338 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
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In the Rh ya [819] kué is explained :—Leaves of the 
trunk of the pine. 
Li Sui-cuey, in P. [X XXIV, 2, at the end of the article 
po] gives a short account of the hu/ tree and calls it sung po, 
Pine Thuja. He describes it as a tall, straight tree witha 
thin bark. Its wood is oily (resinous). It has small flowers, 
and fruits like little balls, which after hoar-frost split into 
four valves and then show a number of seeds of the size of 
a wheat grain. The tree has a pleasant fragrance. This is 
the iwi tree of the Rh ya. It is now commonly called 
tH yaan po (po with globular fruits), One variety 
pointed (acicular) leaves and is called #§ kuai. 
The drawing in Ch. [XXXIII, 2] under kui or yiian | 
is bad, but it seems that Juniperus is intended. 
Amen. exot., 884: —e quai, vulgo jinoki et ibukt 
Cupressus, succo imbuta pingui viscido aromatico, odorem 
juniperinum spirante, fructu verrucoso parvulo, pisi magn 
tudinis. According to Stesotp & Zuccarini [Flora ja 
II, 58, 35] this is Juniperus chinensis, L. am 
In the Phon zo [LXX VIII, 2] J. chinensis is figured w 
the Chinese names #4, ji) #f and #§ F #. | 
Under the Bane 8 FA ts‘z' po [H, 355] acicular 1 
and Hil #8 ts‘c sung, acicular pine, Ch. [XX XL, 3] figares 
au Juniperus, probably J. chinensis, for ts‘z sung, at P _ 
is the popular name of this tree. 
The #§ kwai is generally considered by the ancient wrt 
to be the same as the kui [see the Kuang yin Dicti 
and fh ya i]. The Shuo wen states that the wood 0 
kuai is used to scorch the tortoise-shell for use in divination. 
Shu king, 115 [Tribute of Yii]:—The kuai mentione 
growing in the Province of King chou (Hukuang). ‘K 
Yinc-ra says the kuai is the same as the kui, and - 
translates it by cedar. . 
