320 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
495.—fig Rh. This is mentioned in the Li &/ (1, 461] among 
the fruits eaten by the ancient Chinese. [See quotation in 
484, note.] Leaax translates ri by small chestnuts. 
Rh ya, 233, fff, same as fil lie. Kuo P‘o explains :—Small 
chestnuts. : 
The character Ue occurs in the Shi king [450]. Mao — 
understands it of rh asin the AA yu, but Cou Hr takes it as . 
trees growing in rows, and thus it is translated by Leees, 
Lu x1:—The lie is the same as the rh. Leaves like those 
of the elm. Veined, strong, pliable wood, of a red colour, 
fit for making thills of carriages. 
The Chinese tree which bears the small chestnut is figured : 
in Ch, [XXXII, 16] under 36 # mao li, and is also noticed : : 
in P. at the end of the article //, the common chestnut. — 
The mao li is likewise spoken of by Lu KI as producing the 
small chestnut. oat 
On. ABEL, in 1816, saw small chestnuts exposed for sile 
near the Poyang lake. They were not larger than the : 
common bon nut [Journey in the Interior of China, 165, 166). 
Forrunn [Res. am. Chin. 51, 144] met with this small 
chestnut in the hills near Ningpo. He says:—Itisa delici 
little kind, bearing fruit about the size and form of our 
common hazel-nut. This was introduced into England and 
India [Gardn. Chron, 1860, 170]. Father Davip notices - 
small chestnuts, of the size of cherries, produced on dwarf 
trees near Kiukiang [ Your. Arch. Mus. hist. nat., VILL, 33]. 
[Compare also Henry, /.c., 227.] a 
The same small chestnuts are also produced in Japan. See 
Gardn, Chron, 1875, 270, Japanese Edibles exhibited at 
London, 1873. Chestnuts about the size of a small kidney 
bean. These small Japanese chestnuts are figured in the 
Phon zo [LXIL, 16] under 3$ FE. ; . i 
&., 232, family ®, a synonym ; also written xz Si. A, XV 
175, A» Querctis cornea, Lour. 
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