344 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
In one passage of the Shi, t‘tao is, according to the Chinese 
commentators, the name of a tree. Mao says, the same as 
the #§ f‘ao in the Rh ya [223], which is said there to be 
the lj ## shan kia or, as Kuo P*o explains, the [lj shan 
ts‘iv. I cannot understand why Mepuurst, who is followed 
by Leaer, asserts that this is a kind of fir distinguished by 
its white bark. None of the Chinese commentators ue 
to it this meaning. ; 
Shi king, 197:—On the Chung nan §& if noni 
(south of the old capital Hao in Skene there are white 
firs (tao). : 
Lu x1:—The tao is the same as the ¢‘ao in the Rh ya 
and is now called [lj #k shan ts‘iu (mountain Catalpa). lt 
resembles the ts‘iu which grows in the plain, but its bark is 
white, and the leaves are also white (downy). It affords 
good timber, boards for carts and coffins. a 
It is impossible to guess what tree the shan ts‘tu was. The 
name ts‘ix seems to be applied to several trees, the leaves 
of which resemble those of Catalpa. In the Kiw huang 
[LIV, 31] is a rude drawing of the jj HK ts‘ ts‘iu 
thorny ts‘iu, represented with palmate leaves and thorns. 
[See also Ch., XXXIV, 16.] It is described as a large’ tree 
provided with large thorns and Catalpa leaves. Its rind 
is greenish white with yellow spots. This is, according 
Henry [J.c., 79], the Acanthopanas 1 ricinifolia, 8. & nie 
the same as the ts‘z‘ ts‘‘u tree with a five-pronged leaf 0 
by Parker in Szch‘uan (China Review, X, 160]. It 
the same Chinese name in Japan, [See the Kwa wl, 89. 
According to this Japanese work it is a tree of large size. 
V. supra, 290. Other Araliacee are mentioned :— 
Fap., 13, Acanthopanax aculeatum, Seem., Bi Ti- 
» 199, Aralia cordata, Thbg., — B Bi- 
» 200, ,, spinosa, L., %& FR. 
» 941, Falsia japonica, Dee. & PI., SZ ay Me. 
