330 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
depicts, under their Chinese names, several varieties of M. alba 
cultivated in Japan. 14, 15 :—&%, small entire leaves, red 
berries. 15, 16:—f %& or & 3, large entire leaves. 
16, 17 :—$—E ZH leaves lobed. 18, 19:—# & leaves lobed, 
dissected. The same names appear in the early Chinese 
treatises on sericulture. Sranistas JULIEN, Culture des 
miriers et éducation des vers & soie en Chine, 1887, p- 
Ronpor, /.c., I, 216. 
E., 245, family 3&, with good tigure. Jn/fra, 500, is a synonym. 
S., VII, 36. C., 1066. Sm.,152. H., 386. 
Fap., 1458, Morus alba, var. stylosa, Bur., &. 
” »  » latifolia, Bur., =| &. 
D00.—)B& Yen. An ancient name for the wild mulberry 
tree. Shi kiny, 450 :—He thinned and hewed the mountain | 
mulberry trees. The Chinese text has yen and #R che, which 
latter is not a mulberry tree [see the newt]. 
Rh ya, 8311 :—Yen explained by mountain mulberry ‘in 
Shu king, 102 [Tribute of Yii]:—Province of # JH Ts‘ing 
chou (Shantung). The wild tribes of Lai-i brought in their 
baskets the silk from the mountain mulberry (yen). 
Chou li, 11, 581:—Wood of the wild mulberry used for 
hows. [See the quotation in 501, note.] The yer 8 oe 
mentioned in the Shan hui king. 
Phon zo, UXXXVI, 14, 15 :— 3% (mountain malboegr) 
The drawing represents a mulberry with small leaves and 
red berries, Guxrrs, Jupanese Woods, BR, Morus indica — 
D01.—4§ Che, a tree mentioned in the Shi hing ga “ee 
with the preceding. It is not a mulberry _— as Lacok 
thinks, although the Shwo wen says that it is 
mulberry, 
Li ki, 1, 264 [ Yue ling] :—Last month of spring. Oni 
are given to the foresters not to allow the cutting down of 
the mulberry trees (sang) and the silk-worm oaks (che. 
