Att BOTANICON SINICUM. 
formed exclusively of kui trees. In Kiao chi [ Cochinchina, 
App. 133] the kui is cultivated in gardens. There are three 
sorts of kui. That which has leaves resembling those of 
the po™ and a red bark is called Ff} #E tan (cinnabar red) 
kui. That with leaves like the: shi (Diospyros shitze) is the 
fal 48 hin kui. The third kind, with leaves like the p'ip'a 
[Eriobotrya. See 282), is the #E #E mou hui. The San fu 
huang tu [Han period] reports that one of the imperial palaces 
had pillars of fragrant iow wood. 
T‘ao Hune-xine [referring to the statement of the 
Pie lu] says :—Nan hai is now called Kuang chou [App. 
160]. The Shen nung Pen king mentions only the mou ku 
and the kiin kui [see 304]. The sort commonly used is the 
mou kui. The drug is flat, large and very thin. The 
outer coat is yellow. It has but little resin and flesh. It 
smells like the mu lan [ Magnolia. See 305] and tastes 
like the kuz. The author is not sure whether it is the bark 
of an old kué tree or that of a quite different tree.—The 
kiin kui bark is round (cylindrical) and has the appearance 
of a bamboo -cane, That which is threefold (rolled up) 
is the best.”? But this drug is not seen in the markets. te 
people commonly use the bark of young branches, which 
roll up into tubes.—There is a third sort, which is only hall- 
way rolled up. [I understand: not rolled up as a tube, 
but each side curled inward, forming a channel. } This 
is called simply t# kui and is much used in medicine. The 
kui produced in Kuang chou is of a superior quality. That 
of Kiao chou [S.W. Kuang tung, App. 132] and Kui chou 
(in Kuang si, App. 164] is very small but has much 
resin and flesh, and is also valued. The kui from Siang chou 
{in Hu nan, App. 307] and Kui yang hien in the prefecture 
- vis) Thuja. This character is most probably a mistake. 
"SESH. ” op AB. 
