PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS, 377 
Amen. exot., 858 :— KE hin, vul go mu kunge. Malva frutex 
hortensis .. . . folio auriculato, flore in purpureum ceeruleo, 
-Phon zo, XC, 1-8 :—7R FE, various varieties of H. syriacus 
figured. 
V. supra, 6, 369. 
543 —#E Hu. Leaae calls it arrow-thorn. 
Shi king, 444:—On the foot of the Han mountain (s 
unknown where it was) is the arrow-thorn. 
Shu king, 112 [Tribute of Yii]:—The hu tree produced 
in the province of King chou (Hupei). K‘usa AN-KUO says 
it was good for making arrows. LEGGE states that vegans 
on one occasion refers to the famous hw arrows. 
The hw is mentioned in the Shan hai king. 
Lv kt:—The hu resembles the ji) king [ Vitex, v. supra, 
521) but has a red stem resembling the % shé [the divining 
plant, +, supra, 428]. The people of . Shang tang 
: (South-eastern Shansi) employ it in basket-making and for 
ladies hair-pins, 
‘ That i is all we know from the ancient authors omeling the | 
Iu tree, Although Leaeer calls it the arrow-thorn, Chinese 
or shrub is still known under its ancient name in China. 
We find the hu mentioned in the Shanst ied chi as growing 
in 1 La an fa. .; : 
£., 271, family FE, without figure. 
144.—F9 Nin, eo 
: Shi king, 176 :—In ‘the low, wet grounds is . the new tes we 
:—On the hills of the north is the new tree. eon 
The nix tree is frequently mentioned in the Shan set i gs oe 
According to the Rh ya [230] it is also called #& #. Kuo fe - 
“ys it resembles the ft t7 [ Prunus, v. supra, 476]. - 
The fi # j is mentioned in the Chou li [II 194] as = 
- Which bows can be made, [See the quien in en eo 
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authors do not say that it has thorns. It seems that this tree oe 
