124 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
and wrote notices of useful plants. Comp. Hays., Se. pap, 
253.—See also Winttams, Commerc. Guide, p. 84.— 
P. Surra, 14. 
FS WR jou (Heshy) tou k‘ou is the Chinese name for 
Nutmegs, the nuts of Myristica moschata. Mace, the arillus 
of the nutmeg, is called A FTE jou tou hua (Hower) It 
seems improbable that nutmegs were known to the Chinese 
before the 8th century. P., XIV), 45. 7., OXLVIIL. 
‘n‘eN Ts‘anc-K1, the first Chinese author who mentions 
the jou tow kou, states that it is brought by ships from 
foreign countries, where it is called ha-hi-le (probably 
intended for kakula, which, however, as we have seen, is 
Cardamom), 
Su Sune [11th cent.| reports that the jou tou k‘ou is 
also cultivated in South China. : 
Li Sui-cHEn :—The jou tou ou in its flowers and fruit 
resembles the ts‘ao tow k‘ou. The difference is that & 
latter (is a capsule) in which the seeds are contained, whilst 
the jou tou k‘ou is solid (a solid nut), the outer skin of 
which is covered with wrinkled lines, and the inner substance 
is reticulated and mottled like the betelnut. ; 
Ch. ARV, 68 :— Jou tou k‘ou. Rude, incorrect drawing: 
But the Phon zo [IX, 27, 28] sub py Ff BE gives a good 
figure of Myristica moschata, ‘ 
Wituams [in his Commercial Guide, 98, 95] gives 
(erroneously, it Seems] BF 5 tou hou as the Chinese a 
for nutmegs. As we have seen above, the original meaning 
of tou k‘ou is Cardamom. 
Tatar., Cat., 64:—P, Smirg, 156, 141. 
59.—¥5 Ei 30 ts‘a0, Git F hiang fu tse. Py XIV), 
58. 7T., CVI. 
