PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 367 
530.—Ha Chiu. A tree of the Shi. Leece translates 
“thorny elm.” Shi king, 176:—On the mountains are the 
thorny elms. 
Rh ya, 241, ch‘u, where K‘vo P*‘o states that this is the 
thorny elm. ' 
Lu x1:—The ch‘u tree has thorns like the che [Cudrania, 
501]. Its leaves resemble those of the elm, and may be eaten 
cooked ; they are more mucilaginous than those of the white 
elm. There are ten different sorts of elms, they resemble 
each other in their leaves but differ. in the bark and the 
texture of the wood. 
This thorny elm, noticed also in P. [article Y%, alm] i is 
probably the Hemiptelea Davidiana, Planch. a shrub or 
small tree of the order Ulmacec, provided with large thorns, 
hot uncommon in the Peking plain and in the mountains. 
The Chinese call it sj $$ ts‘z‘ ya (thorny elm). 
Synonym of U/mus, E., 269 [v. supra, 263, ete. ]. 
Na —® P‘o, name of a tree in the Shi. 
Shi king, 442 :—Abundant is the growth of the yu {an eo | 
0. infra, 584] and the p‘o, supplying ye 
Rh ya, 284, p‘o, also called ff pao. The Shuo wen says 
the p‘o is a tsao (jujube). : 
Hlewry, lc. 377 :—#h BY pio or FE p‘o at Patung is Celtis | 
sinensis, Pers, 
Horra. & Scuutres, 129:—In Japan $ is Celtis muku 
Diirienck: aspera, Bl. ), and [130] Hh | C. W “illdenoreiana / 
[= C. sinensis, Pers}. 
Cy 1040. Fap., 546, Celtis sinensis, Pers., # the shee 
82.— A By Liu po (six po) in the Shi king (201) BS 
six elms, ad 
Me Ith ya [271] it is said to b2 a rel plum, but in the section — 
om domestic wnimals po is given as the name of an animal 
ubtful, designation of a tree. Lec@s traqalates it by Geo 
The he character po is also written B% [see W. Ds 708}, a: ’ . 
