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cheng liu is a very graceful tree. Its leaves resemble floss- 
silk. The tree knows when rain is imminent, and indicates 
‘it by its leaves moving. It is not injured either by hoar-frost 
orsnow. K‘ou Tsune-sa1 [beginning of the 12th century] 
says that it is commonly called = § MP san ch‘un liu 
(three springs’ willow), for it flowers three times a year. 
Lt Sut-cuen adds that it is a small tree with a red bark and 
weak branches ; leaves like floss-silk ; pale red flowers, like 
those of the liao (Polygonum), in spikes from three to four 
inches long. In Ch. [XXXV, 37] a rude figure of the 
ch‘eny liu, Evidently Vamariv is intended. : 5 
Three species of Tamarix are known in © ‘hina, viz. : 
T. chinensis, Louv., 7’. juniperina, Bee., T. Pallasii, Desy. 
T. chinensis is the most common of these three and seems 
tobe found all over China. It is a tree of middle size, with | 
Minute acute imbricate leaves. The twigs are glabrous 
and of a reddish brown colour. Panicles formed of long, 
dense spikes of small, pale red flowers. Its common name at 
Peking is san ch‘un sie 
Kwa wi, 104, = & BY, Tamarie chinensis. Pion 20, 2 
LXXX, 18, 19, F% PH 7. chinensis. , 
£., 305, family ip BE, with figure apparently of Tamarix, and 
II names. 
£., 264, family J, has the name ##, from the Rh 4M, ae a 5s 
synonym, : 
Fap., 2174, Tamarix chinensis, alas ke Bh. 
. A., XV, 138, BL Ff Pi, is one of the synonyms. Ly eae 
O23.— Her yi and pi} fen, in the Shi king, are the elm. [8 i 
above, B04, Rh ya], Pai fen (white fen) another name for yi 
Shi king, 176 :—In the low, wet grounds are the white elms = 
ae hi, aS : —Elm-juice (Fat 2) ) for the funeral carrig iage eee 
“OF the king, Coena Hitan explains it by ace k aoe if 
| ithe j Juice from the white bark of he simi) Acoonding ¢ to S 
u i). 206 :—There are the white elms (jen) at the east gate. Bee 
