PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 401 
cultivated in Southern China. P., XXXVI, 45. Ch., XXXV, 
58. Itis the same in Japan. Phon zo, XC, 10-14, KR, 
Hibiscus Rosa sinensis. But this plant has nothing to do 
with the fu sang of the Li sao and the Shi chou ki. 
569.—The #£ jo tree mentioned in the Li sao together with 
the fu sang—the name is also written #f—is likewise a 
fabulous tree. This name appears also in the Huai nan tsz‘, 
the Shan hai king and other ancient works. In the Shan hai 
king it is stated to grow out from another tree, the #% 7K 
Yao mu, 
570.—3R 3% Mi ku, a fabulous tree of the Shan hai king, 
_ which resembles the ku (Broussonetia). Its wood is black, 
tts flowers emit four rays of light (it 7 19 %)- Who 
Wears about himself [a branch of this tree] keeps the right 
road [fh 2 7 PB]. 
571.—Li sao, 39:—Je cueillais une branche de Y'arbre 
kiong (36) Be) pour enrichir ma ceinture. The same, p. 59. 
Kung is properly a fine kind of jadestone. [See the 
_ Shi king, 152], But the name was also applied to a fabulous 
tree. [See the legend of the k‘iung tree in Mavens’ Chinese 
Reader’ s Manual, 317.) 
