426 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
identified. Wrtttams [Dict., 613] states that it is a kind 
of bullace, a large yellow plum. 
Cust. Med., p. 370 (399, 400) :—2= {= nai jen (kernels) 
imported to Canton from Ning po, Shang hai and Han kow. 
279.— fii she. Persimmon. Diospyros Schitze, Bge. 
D. chinensis, Bl. P., XXX, 17. T., COXXXIV. 
Comp. Classics, 491. 
Pie lu:—Only the name. The fruit, peduncle, bark and 
root are all officinal. 
P. Smrru, 86 :-—Diospyros Kaki. 
Cust. Med., p. 8388 (652):—Shi t% (peduncles) exported 
from Canton 2.88 piculs,—p. 810 (537), from Amoy 1.58 
picul,—p. 296 (338) and 310 (536), the dried fruit and 
cakes (shi shuang) made of it 3.70 piculs, from Amoy. 
Further particulars in another part. 
280.—2 Hf an shi liu. The Pomegranate. P., XX%, 
22. T., CCLXXXII. 
Pie lu:—An shi liu. Only the name. The pulp, rind 
of the fruit, root and flowers are all officinal. 
The pomegranate (Punica granatum, L.) is not indigenous 
in China. It was introduced to China by the famous general 
Cuane K‘tew about B.C. 120. [See Bot. sin., I, p. 24] 
P. Surru, 176 :—Pomegranate. 
Cust. Med., p. 354 (207):— Shi liu p't (pomegranate-peel) 
exported 1885 from Canton 7.22 piculs,—p. 150 (171), anf a 
Shang hai 3.40 piculs,—p. 284 (166), from Amoy 1.74 picul. 
Farther particulars in another part. | 
