PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 311 
E., 230, family #¥, with good figure [S., XI, 31]. This looks, 
however, like C. nobilis, and the figure to 226 like C. aurantium, © 
agreeing with LourEIRo, not with the present usage. To add 
to the confusion, Fap., 608, Citr. aurant. is All: 
£., 230, family Ail, with figure of a Citrus, but fruit too small. 
for pumelo. : 
487.—#h Yu. This is mentioned in the Shu king together 
with the preceding iw, or orange, and the commentary says 
that this is the larger sort. Yu even nowadays is a name 
applied in China to the Pumelo, Citrus decumana, L. This 
enormous fruit is now largely produced in Southern China. 
Amoy is famed for its pumeloes. 
Rh ya, 236, yu ; another name is t*iao. 
P., XXX, 35, yu. Synonyms # Ff Aw kan (jug orange), 
AB chu luan. Lr Sui-cuen says the fruit is as large as 
‘Agourd. Ch., XXXII, 6, yu; pumelo figured. LOUREIRO, — 
: Flora cochin., 571, C. decumana. Sinice yeu xu. : 
Amen. exot., 801 :—h jun, vulgo aje tats banna. Malus 
- Aurantia fructu pregrandi, superficie scorbiculata ineequali. 
_ Stzzoxp, Syn, plant. econ. jap., 308 :— Hy Citrus medica, 
_ Yar, junos; idem, Icon. ined., II, and ibidem, 313, RR, 
Citrus Sabon (same as C. decumana). The same in the — 
_ Phon zo [LXV, 17, 18]. 
% Yu is the name of a tree repeatedly mentioned in the 
Shan hai king. Kuo P‘o explains that it resembles the 
_ *é (orange), but the fruit is large, sour, has a thick rind. 
__ The same tree is noticed by the philosopher Lis ts4° 
| (th century B.C.] as an evergreen tree in the kingdoms 
Of SE Wu and #8 Ch‘u (Chekiang and Hukuang), which = 
‘rs a red, sour fruit. The ancient dictionary Chen ya . 
_ Says that this character yu is the same as #ff- 
. Fap., 610, Citrus decumana, L., a ee oe 
es 88.—48 Chi. A tree or shrub of the orange tribe men- 
tioned in the Chow li [II, 460]:—Lorsque les orangers 
