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of Shi hing [in Kuang tung, App. 167, 289] is called 
the sy FE sao (small) kui. It is inferior to the drug from 
Kuang chou. The Aing [ Sien king, seo further on] says :— 
The leaves of the kud are like those of the po (Thuja), shining 
and dark. The bark is yellow and the heart is red. At 
the time of Emperor Wu 1 of the Ts‘ dynasty [A.D. 483- 
494] kui trees from Siang chou were sent to the capital 
[present Nan king] and planted in the imperial garden Fang 
lin yiian. In the eastern mountains (Tung shan) there grows 
a kind of kui the bark of which has a strong smell, It. 
has peculiar persistent leaves. Perhaps it is the mou hui. 
The people commonly call it PP RE tan hut [v. supra], for 
it has’ a red bark. In North China the fui bark is an 
important ingredient of food. In the Li ki the aromatic kui 
is mentioned together with ginger. 
Su Kuna [7th cent.]:—There are two sorts of hui. 
Tao Hune-Krva quotes the King, which says that the leaves 
of the Lud resemble those of the po. Su Kune does not under- 
stand from what source this erroneous statement is derived. 
That which the Pie lu says regarding the kud is likewise 
incorrect. The #4 kw, simply so called, is the same as the 
a | mou kui, or male kui, the ts‘in or mu (wood) kui of 
the Rh ya [247]. Its leaves are more than a foot long. 
{n its flowers and fruit it does not differ from the kin kui. 
The bark of the large as well as of the small branches go 
all under the name of mou kui, but there is a difference. 
The bark of the larger branches is of a coarse ligneous | 
texture, and it has but little flesh. Its taste is poor. This drug 
is also called 7 | mw (wood) kui or ta (large) kui. It 
is much inferior in quality to the bark taken from the small, 
young branches, which has much flesh and is half-way rolled 
up. -It has small wrinkles on the inner surface. Its taste 
is pungent and pleasant. This latter (ze. the bark — 
the small branches) is also called fy | jow (flesh) hue, or 
