PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 385 
the abundance of this tree in the neighbourhood. [See my 
arly Burop. Res. Bot. Chi 19.7 -T suspéet that the 
kin kui mentioned in the 7; sao may refer to Olea fragrans 
rather than to Cassia bark. 
SieBoip, Syn. plant. econ. jap., 139 :—Cinnamomum Cassia, 
Nikkei, #é. E China introducta, hic ac inde colitur in usum 
medicum. Sresoup, Icon. ined., VI:—Cinnamomum peduncu- 
latum, Nees., RE. 
Phon co, UXXX, 2, Ht HE, C. pedunculatum. 
Aman, exot., 844 :—7€ HE, mokksei, arbor hortensis folio 
Castanez, flosculis albidis in croceum languentibus, tetrapetalis, 
pumilis, in axillis foliorum confertim nascentibus, Jasminum 
spirantibus, fragrantissimis ; unde Sinensibus in deliciis sunt. 
SIEBOLD, Syn, plant. evon. jap., 208 :—Osmanthus (Olea) 
Jragrans, moksen. Chinese name as above. Phon zo, UXXX, 
8:—Olea fragrans. Same Chinese name. 
V. supra, 247, 512. 
593,.— FE Huo, also written Fe. 
Shi king, 354 :— #5 PU HR M8 BE HH. Lance translates 
is passage :—The cold waters issuing variously from the 
Spring do not soak the fire-wood I have cut. Lecee, who 
follows one of the Chinese commentators, takes 8H 7. 
mean fire-wood that has been cut down. But most of the 
Commentators say that the first character denotes a tree. 
Cuexg Hiaw and K‘une Yino-ra refer to the Rh ya [235] 
huo or lo, 
_ Lv kt:—The huo is now called #h tt ye y@ (cocoa-nut 
elm, unknown to me). The leaves resemble those of the 
elm, Its bark is strong and supple. The people strip x of 
M pieces several feet long, and twist it into ropes. Of the 
| Wood, drinkin g-vessels can be made. . is 
The dictionary Yu pien [6th century] says tha 
Same as #8 hua, which is the Birch tree. ‘ 
A AXXVO, 37, BE FE hua mu. Ch, XXXVI, 41. 
t the huo is 
