330 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
call this fruit 3 HEF yen fu ts also — | | wu (black) — 
Ju tse. It is gathered in the 7th and 8th months. 
Caen Kuan [7th cent.] calls it By SF BE wan nien teng, 
and says that the root is used in medicine. 
Cu‘en Ts‘anc-K‘I [ 8th cent.]:—The people of Kiang 
tung [Kiang su, An hui, ete., App. 124] call it B3BRF 
chu fu tsz, in Kiang si [App. 124] it is 42 Ff na tsz', 
It looks like an abacus-bag (?).* The pulp is yellow and 
the seeds black. It is eaten after the skin has been removed. 
Su Kung, in stating that the pulp is white, means the #R 
hou fu (fruit). 
Su Sune [11th cent. ]:—The plant is now found in 
Tse chou, Lu chou [both in Shan si, App. 845, 204], in 
Han chung [S. Shen si, App 54], in Kiang and Huai 
[Kiang su and An hui, App. 124, 89] and in Hu nan. It isa 
climber [the twigs] as thick as a finger, but the stem is — 
sometimes 3 inches in diameter. The leaves are five at the — 
end of acommon petiole, somewhat resemblin g the leaves of the 
shi wei [Niphobolus lingua. See 205]. They have also some — 
resemblance to Pwonia leaves. They stand in pairs opposite. 
It blossoms in summer and autumn, The flowers are purple or 
white. The fruit resembles a small quince, is edible and of 
an agreeable taste. CHen SuHI-LIANG [10th cent.] calls it 
FE ER fou yen tsz. Its twigs are now known under the 
name of 7 3B mu tung also 3% Fe t‘uny ts‘ao, which Lee 
name is also applied to the 38 HE 7K t‘ung to mu [ Aralia 
papyrifera. See Bot. sin., IT, 82]. 2 
Lr Sui-curn :—There are two sorts of mu t'und, the : 
purple and the white. The [fruit of the] purple has a thick 
skin and is of a pungent taste, the white has a thin skin 
and is insipid. 
Ch, XXIL. 37 :—Rude drawing. Conrolvulacea? 
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