PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 347 
P., XXXIV, 38, f chang. Cuan Ts‘anc-K4, an author 
of the first half of the 8th century, says that the camphor 
tree is called chang from the district of Yii chang, which 
abounds in these trees. The yi chang is mentioned by 
Sz ma Stanc-su [second century B.C.]. [See quotation in 
o14]. Tt appears from the quotations found in RRIF P. 
[LXXIU, 12} under yi chang, that in ancient times this term 
probably referred to the camphor tree. The Shi i ki [4th 
century] says that the ya chang was used for ship-building. 
~The Shu i ki [6th century] relates that the Emperor Han 
Weer B.C, 140-86] built a palace of yi chang wood. 
But Yen Sar-xu [7th century], quoted in A.D., states that 
by ya chang properly two trees are to be understood: which 
greatly resemble each other and can only be distinguished 
when seven years old; the chang is the true camphor tree. 
The ya is referred in P. [l.¢., 39] to another Lauvacea, 
called also $9) HE tao chang (hook camphor tree) and 
S BORE wu chang (black camphor tree). It is supposed that 
the Hit lun of the Rh ya [248] is this tree. ee 
Laurus camphora is 2 common tree in Middle and Southern 
China. It abounds especially in the Province of Kiangsi and 
Formosa: It is’ likewise plentiful in’ Japan. A good 
drawing of the tree is found in Ch. (XXXIII, 61). 
Amen. eot » 770, %, Laurus camphorifera, sio vulgo 
husnoki, With figure. eee 
Stesoxp, Syn, plant. econ, jap., 137. Phon zo [LXXXI, 
8, 9), fi, Laurus camphora, and 10, 11, $y Ht Eindeva’ 
_ fericea, Blume. 7 ee 
_ -£., 259, family ft, with figure of a tree. Be 
 514—There is in KD. a quotation from one of the poems 
Of Sa Ma Stanc-so [126 B.C.] in which he mentions 
“everal trees of the Laurel order, viz., Hi p‘ien, Hf bac} im és 
OL RR yt, BW chang [see 513]. The commentary says ?— 
ge trees of Southern China. The dictionary Ya pren 
