448 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
In Man tung [App. 217] the people cultivate it in gardens. 
The bark produced north of the mountain range has but little 
aroma and pungency, and cannot be used in medicine. It 
blossoms in the 8rd or 4th month. The flowers resemble 
those of the chu yi [Boymia. See 291 ]. The fruit is 
produced in the 9th month. The leaves are very fragrant. 
An excellent beverage is made of them. The bark is collected 
in the 2nd and 8th months and the flowers in the 9th month 
[evidently a mistake]. Now the flowers and the fruits are 
much used for decorative purposes at festivities. 
Fan Cu‘enc-ra in his description of the southern pro- 
vinces [end of the 12th cent.] says:—The kui is a remarkable 
tree of Southern China. It furnishes an important medicine. 
The name of [the ancient province] Kui lin is derived from 
the kuz tree, but it does not grow there now. The ku: is 
produced in Pin chou and I chou [v. supra].” 
Lr SuI-cuEn admits two kinds of kui—the mou kw and 
the kin kui. The mou kui has long hard leaves, covered with 
hair and serrated on the margin. The flowers are white. 
The bark contains much resin. The kin kui has leaves like the 
shi (Diospyros) but narrower, shining, with three nerves, and 
not serrated. The flowers are yellow or white. The bark is 
thin and rolled up. The druggists also distinguish these two 
sorts—the kiin kui, which rolls up entirely, and the mow hut, 
which is rolled up partly or not at all. 
Besides the bark, the leaves and flowers of the Aui are 
officinal. 
Ch., XXXUT, 7:—4¥ ku’. Rude drawing. The drawing 
fol. 8, 53 #E ff kui tree from Meng tsz*‘ hien [in Yun nan); 
™ The Kuang si Tung chi, sub Kui lin fu, quotes the [3] uy. Jil it 
&® modern work, it seems, in which it is stated that there are, in Kui lin fa, 
kui trees of enormous size. Ten men are required to encompass one of 
them. They perfume the air with delightful fragrance. I suppose sie 
kui hua, or Olea fragrans, is meant, Comp, MARTINI’s notice of Kui lin ® 
my Harly Europ, Res, Fl, China {p. 11]. 
