362 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
1.—The name is applied to a kind of willow :— 
Shi king, 125:—Do not come leaping into my hamlet, d 
not break my willow tree (k%). A‘ has the same meanin; 
in 276. : 
Lv ki, who interprets &¢ in the above passages to m 
a willow, says the AU PM Ad liv grows by the waterside 
the willow. Its leaves are coarse and white (downy). 
wood is finely veined and of a reddish colour, it is fit fo 
making wheel-naves. Now the people take its twigs and, 
after rendering them pliable by fire, use them for making 
trunks. It grows best on the #ft K‘i river (a tributary of the 
Wei in the north-east of Honan), also in the kingdom 
Lu near the T‘ai_ mountain, on the river ik Wen < 
Shantung). 
Menctvs, 270 :—The philosopher Kao said :—Man ‘s nature 
is like the k% willow (k*i liv), and righteousness is like a cup 
ora bowl. A‘ and li« are taken by some as two trees, but 
more generally the commentators take them together. 
2.—The other and principal meaning of ‘i in the Shi 
that of # #E hou ki, a name erroneously rendered in | 
[347] by Berberis Lycium, and reterred to the medla 
Leger. The hou ki is Ly ycitum chinense, Mill., the Chit 
box-thorn, | : 
Shi king, 248:—The doves on the bushy medlars | 
266 :—I ascended the hill in the north to gather the medla 
(A). 272:—On the hills of the south are medlars. 
360 :—I ascend that northern hill and gather the medi 
359 :—Medlars in the marshes. : 
In theRA ya [257] #4 HE hou ki is given asa synonym 
Ki, The Shuo wen writes #j #8, as the name is now written. 
Lu Kt:—The k% is a tree which resembles the 
(Atlantus, see 518). Lt is also called #8 Ae Ku Mi (bitter! 
and Sadia ti ku. In spring it affords a savoury food 
