376 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
£., 254, family fa, with figure of a tall tree with thorny stem, 
alternate leaves and single berries. S| a, H1., 444, Symplocos 
crategoides, Don., is one of the synonyms. Symplocos, however, . 
is unarmed and has other fruits. P. [XXXV, 37] has a figure 
of fan, also called ra fa, the yellow fan, also a synonym “ge 
E, 254. Another figure in P. [XXXIV, 35] fa or Sandal : 
wobid - 
Sm., 192.  Fap., 1988, Santalium album, L. 
f1., 443, gives Ty fea as the Ichang name for Celtis sinensis. 
V. supra, 531. ieee 
541.—dk HE Fu su. An obscure tree mentioned in the 
Shi king [138]. Mao says:—A small tree. One of the 
commentators thinks that a mulberry tree is meant. 
542.—#% Shun, more correctly written #%. Lea calls it 
the ephemeral hedge tree. 3 y 
Shi king, 186 :—There is the lady in the carriage witha — 
countenance like the flower of the ephemeral hedge tree. 
Mao explains shun by Fe RE mu kin. The Shuo wen says 
that its flowers blossom in the morning and fall off at night. — 
Regarding the mu kin, see the Rh ya [6]. It is the Hibiscus 
syriacus, L. The philosopher Cuuane sz‘ [4th century B.C.) 
calls it Fl J ji hi (the ephemeral). ie 
Li ki, I, 275 [ Yue ling] :—Second month of summer. The 
tree Hibiscus [mu kin] flowers. 
Lu kt:—Shun or mu kin. The people of #§ Ts‘ and 
Lu (Shantung) call it E 3E wang cheng. — : 
Mv k1n is still the common name for Hibiscus syriaeus 
which is much cultivated as an ornamental shrub all ~ 
China. I may, however, observe that the ancient Chinese 
appellation “ephemeral flower” seems rather to hint - 
Hibiscus mutabilis, which is likewise much cultivated in China. 
P., XXXVI, 64, mu kin, good description of H. sy re 
It is well represented in the Kiu huang [LIV, 3] and ¢ 
[XXXV, 34]. In Hunan and Hupei it is much used {i 
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