384 ROTANICON SINICUM. 
Li sao, 6:—Ils réunirent le poivrier de Chen [see 4 
& Larbre kiun et au cannellier (kouey). 13:—Je méle | 
hinun et le kouey. v’Hervey here takes kiun and houey as 
two distinet plants, but kvwn kouey is one name, denoting a 
peculiar kind of cinnamon. : Aes 
P., XXXIV, 18:—Kw. The ancient authors describe 
several sorts of cinnamon. The Fk #E mow /wi (male cinnamon) | 
or AR FE mu kui (tree cinnamon), said to be a thick bark from 
a tree with large leaves, which grows in fq He Nan hai 
(Southern China), is that mentioned in the RA ya. Another: 
sort [P.. XXXIV, 21] is called #f #E hun kui. Tt i is the 
bark of a smaller tree said to grow in the mountains 
%@ Ht Kiao chi (Cochin-china). The Chinese Cassia trees 
are figured in Ch. [XX XIII, 7, 8). 
At the end of the article kin kui, Lt Sat-cHen observe 
that the ancient authors comprised in this denomination 
another tree much cultivated in China under the names ¢ 
hi RE yen kui or AR HE mu si. There are three yarieties, © 
with white flowers $8 # yin kw’, one with yellow flowe 
& HE kin kui and one with red flowers J} KE tan hui. 
flowers appear in autumn or in spring ; some varieties 
flowers the whole year. The bark of the tree is thin | 
has not the properties of the true cinnamon. The flower 
are very fragrant and employed for scenting tea. This” ee 
is the Olea fragrans, Thbg., a tree much cultivated in © 
for its small, fragrant flowers which at Peking appear 
August in great profusion in the axils of the leaves. 
flowers are white or reddish brown. It is commonly ¢ 
RE FE kui hua or Cassia flowers, It is known by the 
name at Canton. A good drawing of the plant is found 
Ch. (XXXII, 10) under yen kui. 
Martini [in his Atlas. sinensis, published about 230 
ayo] reports that the city of AE POE Kui lin fu, the: * 
of Kuangsi, derives its name (city of the kw forests) 
