454 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
and of an aromatic, pungent taste. There is an old tradition 
that they fall down from the moon (yiie=moon). These 
fruits are used in medicine. . 
It Sut-cuzn says that the legends regarding the 
cinnamon tree growing in the moon date from the T‘ang and 
Sung dynasties. It is reported in the T‘ang History that in ; 
A.D. 688, at T‘ai chou in Che kiang, these yiie kui berries 
fell down during 10 days. The same phenomenon took place 
in the Sung period, in the reign of T‘1en sHENG (1023-1082), 
when at the monastery of Ling yin, at Hang chou in Che 
kiang, a tain of yiie kui tsz‘ fell down during 15 moonlight 
nights. 
Comp. also regarding the legend of the Cassia in the 
moon, Mayers’ Chin. Read. Man., 300. 
P. Surra [53] identifies the AR FE Fe yie kui tee! 
erroneously with Cassia buds. 
Stes., Icon. ined., VI :—Litsea glauca, Sres. Sinice: 
Ft. 
305.—7K BA mu lan. P.. XXXIV, 23. 7., COXCIIL 
Comp. Bot, sin., II, 551. 7 
Pen king :—Mu lan (tree lan) and Af | lin (forest) lan. 
The bark of the tree is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. 
Non- poisonous. 
Pie lu :—Other name : i | tu lan. The mu lan grows 
in Ling ling [in Hu nan, App. 196] in mountain-valleys, 
also in Tai shan [in Shan tung, App. 322]. The bark 
resembles that of the kui (cinnamon) and is fragrant, It 1s 
gathered in the 12th month and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hune-xine : — It is found in all the districts of | 
Ling ling. The tree resembles the nan tree [ Persea nan ml. 
See 310]. The bark is very thin, of a pungent taste and 
aromatic, There is one sort in 1 chou [in Sz ch‘uan, 
