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are not white underneath, but glabrous, thin and without hairs. 
It blossoms in the 4th or 5th month. White flowers. The , 
berries are smaller than those of the peng lei, less numerous, 
at first greenish yellow, and when ripe they are of a dark red 
colour. The leaves are deciduous. The popular name of this 
is i ORE cha tien pao. This is the Ju pen tsz* of the 
books [see 166] and the kui or kue p‘en of the Rh ya [133]. 
This, as well as the p‘eng lei, is officinal. 
There is one species, also climbing, smaller than the 
preng le. It has trifoliolate leaves which are white under- 
neath and covered with sparse hair. Small white flowers. 
Red fruit like a cherry, appearing in the 4th month. This is 
commonly called $i fy] Ka nou tien pao. It is the pao of the 
Kh ya [190]. This is not officinal. 
One kind is like a tree, from 4 to 5 feet high. Leaves 
like cherry-leaves but narrower and longer. It blossoms in 
the 4th month. Small, white flowers. The fruit resembles 
that of the fu p‘en tsz‘ and is of a plain red colour. This is the 
shan mei of the Rh ya [127] and the We Shy =F hiian kou tsz* 
described by Cu‘en Ts‘ang-x1 [8th cent]. The P. [XVIIIa, 
11] devotes a special article to this plant. The name means 
* hook hanging upside down,” and refers to the recurved 
spines. It is also called YY fy F yen kou tsz‘, AR] mu met, 
BY |] shu (tree) mei, 
One kind creeps on the ground. It is a small plant with 
yellow flowers and fruit of a bright red colour resembling 
those of the Su p'en. Not edible. This is thé she met 
[Fragaria indica, See 167]. 
For the botanical identification of the names preng lei, 
Ju p'en tsz* and hian kou tse, in China and Japan, see Bot. 
sin., II, 436, 133 and 197, Comp. also P. Surrn, 188.—- 
Henry, Chin. pl., 344-349, 
According to Parken [in litteris] Jip 3k RE hao ying pao 
