378 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
~The Shuo wen explains 7 by Fi chun [Cedrela, v. supra, 
Lu x1:—The leaves of the niu or 7 tree resemble those 
the apricot, but are more pointed, white (downy). Its ba 
is red. The wood grows very crooked. Luxuriant leay 
In the second month it opens its white flowers like those of 
the ff Ven (Melia) with a silky appearance and small 
stamens. The tree is now cultivated in the government 
gardens, It goes also by the name of BS ge wan sui (th 
myriad years or everlasting). Its original name is explained 
by & 4 which moans myrials. Tae leaves are han sor 
The tree is much cultivated at the foot of mountains. It 
also called 4 $f niu kin. Its wood is used for bows. 7 
_ Lrage states that in the Japanese plates the niw is figm i 
as the Privet or Ligustrum. : 
£., 147, family via AA. Lycopodium, Wan sui Is a synonym, 
E., 307, family Bj, with haure of a tree, probably not 
Ligustrum. 
F., 307, family HE $i, with a pretty good figure of Lien 
has niu hin as a synonym. 
Jap., 1267, Ligustrum Ibota, Sieb , TK Hh BB. 
» 1268, by japonicum, Thbg., x KB: 
Other Ofeacee are mentioned :— 
-  Jap., 965, Forsythia suspensa, Vahl., Hh oH. 
» 971, Fraxinus pubinervis, Bl., He. 
» 1188, Jasminum floridum, Bge., 4 XH ee. 
ye a3Re, ne grandifiorum, L., = 7 ae. 
» HOT, | 4. Samba, Ait., #2 Fl. 
ss 1EQ2, 5 Sicboldianum, Bl., 0 F te 
oo» #9, Olea 2 Sao Zi wand Ak ug ff te 
Melia Toosendan, S. & Z., VFM, any I41l. 
545.—#% I. A tree mentioned in the Shi king [359 jy 
the marshes are the medlar (4% v. supra, 526) and the 
