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The B AE BW shi chu yi (edible chu yi) is described in 
_ P.[XXXII, 19] as a lofty thorny tree resembling the #$ 
chu [Ailantus, y. infra, 518]. Branches with white spots, 
yellow flowers, aromatic, pungent fruits, used in Kiangsu 
to season meat. The Kuang ya calls it jp& HR yite tsiao [ Yiie= 
north-east of Chekiang]. According to T‘ao Hune-Kine 
[5th century], this is the ¢ mentioned in the Li hi, and the 
Hl HE tsiao sha of the Rh ya [329]. 
The sha is mentioned in the Li sao [57]:—La plante cha 
(He) qui ne yeuille que le sachet lui soit ouvert. D’ Hervey 
—says:—Ta plante cha est la méme que celle qu'on nomme 
-aujourd’hui chow yu. Ce serait alors une sort de Sanguinaria 
dune assez grande espéce. But the sha is Boymia or 
Zanthowylon. 
_ According to Horra. & Scuuures [632] @ FE HE or we AM 
is Zanthoxylon ailanthoides, 8. & Z. In the Kwa wi [116] 
both the above Chinese names are applied to the same species, 
described there as a tall tree with yellowish white flowers ~ 
[compare the above description in P.]. See also the 
drawing under the same Chinese names in the Phon zo 
[LXX, 12, 13] which seems rather to refer toa Rhus, 
The SE Hw Wu chu yt or chu yi of Wu (Chekiang, 
Kiangsi) is noticed in P. [XXXIL, 13] as a drug, the acrid 
ruit of a tree, resembling the tsiao fruit (Zanthoaylon). 
Rude drawing under the above name in Ch, (XXXII, 37]. 
The drug Wu chu yi, obtained from an apotheeary’s shop at 
: Peking, proved to consist of the fruits of Boymia (Evodia) 
Mutecarpa, described and depicted in Sresoip & Zuce., Flora 
Jtpon., I, 50, tab, 21, and Sievonp, Icon. ined., ll, under 
RR. [Compare also Henry, l.c., 96, 212.] Same Chinese — 
_hame of this plant in Hupei. SigBoLD says that this tree has oe 
been introduced from China into Japan, where its fruit 1s — 
Much esteemed as a medicine. .Phon zo, LXX, under the 
_ Mlecarpa, 
bove Chinese names, 9, 10, Evodia glauca, and, 11, 12, Be 
