PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 307 
P., XXIX, 31, tsao. Ch. XXXII, 1. Kiu huang, 
LVIL, 17. 
aliurus, Prosp. 
Amen. exot., 789, #% soo, vulgo naatsme. Paliu ks a Pp 
Alp. fractu pruni hortensis magnitudine, per maturi ee 
: 7 a . ° vee 
croceo, carne austera, saccharo conditi solito, ossiculo o 
utrinque acuto. a 
Phon zo, UXII, 19-21. Several varieties of Zizyphus 
vulgaris, [See also Stmpoun, Syn. plant. econ. jap., 262.] 
Mencius, 373 :—Sheep dates mentioned, 3% # yang pial 
So called from the resemblance of the fruit to sheep’s dirt. 
[Compare the Rh ya, 277.) 
292.—Mencius said:—Here is a plantation-keeper ~~ 
— neglects his wu [Sterculia, v. infra, 516] and his sia [v. 292, 
908] and cultivates his sour wild dates ; he is a poor 
_ plantation-keeper. : 
What . translates by “sour wild dates ” ig b8 
th ki in the text. The first character is explained ~ 
Rh ya [275] by swan tsao (sour jujube) ; regarding ‘i, see 
_ the next, 7 
The & F# suan tsao at Peking is the wild, spinous form 
of Zizyphus vulgaris, which in its cultivated state is an 
‘Unarmed tree with a large oblong spheroidal fruit, containing 
—4n oblong pointed stone. The wild form “> sie 3 sie 
shrub which produces small globular, sour, edible fruits, a 
—@ globular stone. It is very like the Z. lotus of hie a 
Africa, It is very common in the Peking plain and 
- Mountains, The natives use it for fences. estan wt de 
‘Tegarding this shrub “ spinosissima et molestissima.— 
V. supra, 272. Yap. 2402. 4 es ee 
H, 3 8, pars ‘% Op spyros Lotus, L., which is Fap., 810, 
inese 1 for 
B ie f. H., 426, gives still another (local) Chinese name ot 
this tree, | 
