| BE BOTANICON SINICUM. 
tree resembling the #f tso (Quercus). It produces an . 
fruit. Incorruptible timber used for posts in bui 
houses. — 
P., XXX, 52, ti -F chu tsz‘. Li SHI-cHEN says 
there are two kinds of chu. One of them is a large evergreen 
- tree with serrate, shining leaves resembling those of the 
chestnut. The fruit is as large as that of the hu [Quere 
535], pointed. The edible seed (acorn) is enclosed in an 
inyolucre (eupule) and is known under the name of {ff ee 
tien (sweet) chu tsz‘ or 35 fif fF mien (mealy) chu 
| The other kind is the #2 KK F ku (bitter) chu tse6 
— wood is coarsely veined and of a red colour. It i 
called fi. Hi hiie-(blood) chu. 
_ The first of the trees mentioned, that with edible a orn 
is, according to Heyny [J.c., 95], Quercus sclerophylla, Lin 
Both are figured under the above names in Ch. [ XX 
46, 44]. 
SIEBOLD, Tees tned., VII, and Flora oon ie 1 
. Quercus glabra, Thbg. , sinice fit- Acorns eaten. Se 
the Phon zo (LXVI, 15], same Chinese name, Q. glam 
Thbg. Ibidem, ¥ ti, Quercus acuta, Thbg. The 
species in Japanese Woods [Home Department] has 
Chinese name fit. He. 
Of Cupulifere are mentioned :— ee 
ale 338, Betula alba, L., var. vulgaris, DC., ke 7K [ 
fy a 484, Aleus maritima, Nutt, var. jap., Reg., a Bi 
x» 690, Corylus [v. 496]. : 
EN 1834, Quercus acuta, Thbg., fil tee. 
» 1836, ,, cuspidata, Thbg., Fil 
ty L857} »  dentata [v. supra, 308]. 
fi 1839, » glandulifera, Bl., Hl. pe 
» 1840, ,, | glauca, Thbg., forma sericea, bal 
» 1841,  ,,  gilva, Bl, Hy Hi. fee 
“wi 1847, yy > serrata, Thbg., HE. 
van (937. Pagus Sicboldi, Endl., var. undulata, BL, 
