PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 379 
Ibis said [2A ya, 294] that the 7 is also called #% HR ch'i 
isu (red ts‘) and that a white kind is simply called ts‘u. 
Lu kt:—The leaves of the ts‘w resemble those of the FE 
fso(an oak). Its bark is thin and white Another kind is. 
called ch‘? ts‘u. It has a red wood. This is the i tree. The 
former is also called put ts‘u (white ts‘u). Its wood is hard 
and pliant, suitable for making wheel-naves. 
46 —f Huai. A tree mentioned in the Chou Ui. 
Chow li, 11, 347, 348 :—Réglement de Vaudience officielle 
de Vextérieur. A gauche il y a neuf buissons d’épine (i 
Zizyphus, v. supra, 485). Les vice-conseillers, ministres ou 
prefets se tiennent debout 4 ces neuf places, Les gradués sont 
derritve eux. A droite il y a aussi neuf buissons d’épine. 
Les princes feudateurs des cing ordres Nong, Heou, Pe, Tsen, 
Nan (A, RK, (A. F. 3) se tiennent debout & ces neuf places. 
Les offisiers secondaires sont derriére eux. En face sont les 
trois arbres hout ( #i) Bignonia tumentosa. La se tiennent 
debout les conseillers auliques. Les chefs d'arrondissement 
“¢ pressent derrigre eux. /bidem, LL, 194:—Fire trom the 
iuai wool. [See quotation in 528, note. See also in 530, 
juai trees planted about the graves of functionaries. ] 
Lnai is now the common name for Sophora japonica, L., 
* tree very common throughout China. It is frequently 
Mentioned in the Shan hut hing. Ut would, however, seem 
: from the 2h ya [288-290] that in ancient times the name 
—tuai was applied to several trees of the leguminous order. 
ee [XXXVu, 31] describes. under this name only Sephora 
MMpoutca. Tt is well represented in Ch. [XXXII 10 ; 
Amen, ewot., 841, iL quar vulyo jens et quar haku. Arnot 
_foliis €x quatuor lobis, uno costam claudente pinnatis, siliquis 
- Articulatis, Exotica arbor et hoe coelo rara ac fere sterilis, 
An Tamarindus. Jensiu is, aceording to THUNBERG, the 
| K.xnpren evidently 
bi 
Japanese hame for Sophora Japored. 
