PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. — 369 
 Llid., 373 :—Split the branches of the oaks (# tso) for 
-fire-wood, amid the luxuriance of their leaves: 403:—On 
the branches of the oaks (tso) how abundant are the leaves ! 
441, 450:—The oaks (tso) and the yi (foi) were thinned, 
and roads for travelling. were opened. 445:—Thick grow 
the oaks (¢so) and the yi, which the people use for fuel. 
442:—Abundant is the growth of the ya and the p‘o (@%) 
supplying fire-wood. 
Chou li, 11, 387 :—Les arracheurs des arbres (ff JR) sont 
chargés de labatage des arbres, de la destruction des plantes 
-stuvages, du défrichement des foréts et des cdtes boisces. 
If, 194:—Fire from the wood of the ff: tso tree. [See 
quotation in 528, note. See also supra, 469.] 
Rh ya, 264 :—The fruit of the ## Ui is called #R Miu. Sun 
Yay explains that this is the AR siang. 
Rh ya, 239 :— ff hi, same as #f chu. Kuo P*o saysi— 
Same as HE tso. The Shuo wen says the fruit of the #J hit 
Ts RE (this character here, according to K.D., stands for Th) 
or  tsao, | 7 
Of the above names, #, #, HE, HF, fk appear also in the 
Shan hai king. ; ae 
| Cuena Hitay, in commenting upon the Shi, says that Hf 
and ## are the same. ara, : 
_ Lv kt:—The ## li tree. The people of # Ts‘in (Eastern 
Kansu and Shensi) call it also #f: tso, the people of Ho net 
Worthen Honan) Ac BE mu liao or li. It is allied to the 
ARR s‘iao sha [Lu kris mistaken. Compare the Rh ya, 329]. 
The house of the seed ( FR, he means the cupule of the 
acorn) is called BR ku. see | Ae 
In another place Lu xt states :—The fff hi is now pulled, 
to or #E Ui, The people of ea J Sit chou (Northern . 
langsu) call it Li or 4% chu, also hi. Its fruit is called 
‘a0 or FS tsao tou. Its covering (the cupule) contuns@ 
