PLAN'S MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. BHD | 
Li ki, U1, 141:—A pestle of Dryandra (wu). [See the 
quotation in 408. ] ; 
Rh ya, 283, wu or chen. 
Iw kt:—[ See his account of the l‘ung trees, translated in 
515.) The statement that cloth can be made of the bark 
refers to Sterculia. Hunry, l.c., 492 :—Strings made of the 
young stems of Sterculia platanifolia, 
P, XXXVa, 25, wu tung. Ch. [XXXV, 56] well 
represents, under wu t‘ung, Sterculia. 
Phon zo, LUXXXILI, 5, 6, # Hil, Sterculia platanifolia. 
517.—% Ts‘i, varnish or lacquer, the sap of Rhus vernici- 
Jera, L., which in China and Japan is collected for lacquer 
_ Ware, is repeatedly mentioned in the Classics. 
Li ki, 1, 265 [ Yue ling|:—Last month of spring. Orders 
tre given to the chiefs of works to inspect the materials in 
the five store-houses. Varnish (ts‘’) mentioned. I, 196 :— 
The lid of a ruler’s coffin was varnished (JM #®)- 
Chow li, U, 469: —Vernis (ts‘’) employé pour la fabrication — 
des roues, des ares, ete. IL, 269:—The Province of jf bu : 
Yii chou (Honan) produces varnish. | pan 
— Shu king, 99, 117 [Tribute of Yii]:—The Provinces of 
-Yii chou (Honan) and ¥ JH Yen chou (Western Shantung) 
produce varnish, ee 
: Shi king, 81:— Varnish trees planted by Duke Wan — 
Lith century B.C.] about the mansion at Tsu (38). 177, 
190 :—Varnish trees. 
The ts‘ tree js frequently mentioned in the Shan hat kenge 
Kvo ps 
518}, ; 
, tr > on phe + eer Ee De 
sgt XXXV Gti tii? “Ch SATE, Ze. ; 
‘Ameen. ewot., 791, 792, with figure. jg st, vulgo wus. 
J oe : | hee ? 
ioe vernicifera, SIEBOLD, Syn. plant. eon. Jp» 258. 
on zo, UXXXIAL, 21, 22. 
0 explains that it resembles the ch‘u [Adlantus, see 
