PLANTS MENTIONED IN OLASSICAL WORKS. 337 
‘in its leaves. The Eastern-Asiatic arbor vite is a tall tree, 
very common in China, especially in the northern provinces, 
and I think the po of the Classics is to be referred to this 
tree, although some Chinese species of Cupressus go under 
the same name. 3 
Henry, lc, 353:—Po at Ichang is Cupressus funebris, 
and 354; B Hf] ai po is Biota orientalis. 
P., XXXIV, 1, po. Ch., XXXIII, 1, po, rude drawing, 
seems to represent Thuja orientalis. 
Amen. exot., 884 :—44 jinoki altera (the Chinese character 
is, evidently by a typographical error, referred to the next 
plant, faku, which is a Rottlera). Cupressus vulgaris nostras, 
_ foliorum odore balsamico ; fructu ut plurimum quina semina, 
tritici _grano similia, continente. This is Thuja orientalis 
— according to THUNBERG [Flora japon., 266]. Srezoip, Syn. 
Plant. econ. jap., 63, Thuja orientalis, iq. hinoki, ka A+ 
 Lignum coniferarum longe preestantissimum, . 
Phon 20, LUXXVIL, 21, fii or (Y fi, Thuja orientalis. 
The character ig ki, which in the Rh ya [225] is given as — 
"synonym of po, is found in the Li &é (II, 141]:—The 
_ Mortar for the fragrant herbs, in making sacrificial spirits, - 
Was made of cypress wood (dé). [See the quotation in 408.] 
: Z., 203, family ff], with bad figure. Ki is mentioned as a 
synonym, 
S., IX, 5. Sw., 38. 
A., XV, 175, Cupressus sempervirens, L. [v. Sm., 82]. 
Ar 5, ka #H, Biota orientalis, End. C., 950. 
Jé., 2201, Zhuyja orientalis, fii TH: / 
» 2197, ,, dolabrata, L., Hee HA uid 
06. — He Kui. This tree is once mentioned in the Shi king 
: (102) together with the pine. Lage calls it cedar, but 
< ‘Says that in the Japanese plates it is Juniperus. [See the 
_ Wotation in 504, oars of cedar. | ish 
