PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 843 
some Chinese authors assert that this character was anciently 
written #8. We may therefore suppose that in the ancient 
editions of the Classics the latter character was used in the 
above-quoted passages, and that the ia were Catalpu trees. 
ug Supra, 290, 292. 
509. — J, also written #¥. Name of a tree mentioned in 
the Shi king. 
81:—Duke Wan [7th century B.C.] planted around the 
Inansion at Ts‘u (#8) the ¢ and other trees. 276 :—From the 
tung (ev. infra, 515, Paulownia] and the ¢ the fruit hangs 
down. ‘i 
The Rh ya [293] makes the 7 to be the same as the ¢s2* 
(Catalpa), but the mention of both in the text [81] seems to 
show that they are different. n 
— Lv xr, after having spoken of the tsz‘, says that the 7 is 
4a tree which has a fruit like that of the tse‘ and a bark like 
the ung [v. infra, 515, Paulownia]. 
10.—#R Ya. Shi king, 273:—On the hills of the north 
is the ya. The Rh ya [260] calls this tree A RE shu _ts2 : 
-(rat’s Catalpa). ws 
Lu xt:—It is a sort of ts (Catalpa) ; it resembles tha 
‘tree in the leaves and in the texture of the wood. Now the 
People call it # HK ku ts‘iv (bitter Catalpa). The wood is 
‘said to be brittle in wet weather and strong in dry weather. 
In kB Yung ch‘ang it is known under the name of shu tse’. 
, In the Han time it was termed yi. as 
. 511 — fe T‘iao. This character properly means @ branch, 
s twig, the Shuo wen says a small branch, and in this “sa 
At is used in the Shi king [17]. But tao in ancient times — 
had also other meanings. In the RA ya [236] it denotes the - 
Pumelo; in the Shan hai king an herbaceous plant repeatedly ae 
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