314 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The Chinese name for Hovenia dulcis, Thbg., used sina in 
Japan, is properly #4 FH chi ki, also written Hi kia chi hou. 
P., XXXI, 30. Ch, XXXII, 38, good drawing, showing 
the characteristic recurved fleshy peduncles on which the 
smull pea-like fraits are seated. These peduncles are eaten, 
not the fruit. The Kiu huang [LV, 12] figures this tree 
under the name of 4 2% kwui tsao (crooked jujube). 
This tree was first figured and described under the above 
Chinese names in the Amen. ewot., 808, 809. Phon 20, 
LX1X, 23. Sms. & Zuce., Flora japon., 1, 135, tab. 
8, 74. Hovenia dulcis is « common tree in China and 
Japan. : 
£., 281, family a FA, with good figure and 14 names. 
C129. Sm,, 115. ‘ : 
The #¥J of the Shi king [490] mentioned £., 281, as a synonym, 
see £., 251, family #J, without figure. ie 
Other Rhamnacee are mentioned :— 
Fap , 335; Berchemia racemosa, $. & Z., [lI je: 
” 1869, Rhamnus japonica, Max , var. genuina, Max., Hi Es 
490.— fy Kou. A plant mentioned in the Shi king. Lae 
says that in the Japanese plates it is the Hotenta dulcis. — 
Shi king, 273 :—On the hills of the south is the how. ‘ 
Mao explains ff by #1 #4 chi kou (Hovenia dulcis). The 
Shuo wen says the jou is a tree (of the fruit) of which g 
sauce is made. It grows in Shu (Sz‘ch‘uan). ) 
Lu ke:—The kou is a mountain tree. It resembles the 
i (Eriobotrya). It is also called #4] kou ku, is of the 
size of the white poplar. The wood is white and veined : 
boxes can be made of it. The branches are crooked. The 
fruits are some inches long, like a finger, seated at the 
extremities of the beoeked ; they are of a pleasant, ay 
taste and ripen in the 8th or 9th month ; the best are fe r 
in 1 Kiangnan, This tree is now planted in the govern 
