490 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Amen, exot., 841 :—¥1 JE sokio, vulgo kawara Judsi. 
Arbor vasta, foliis impariter pinnatis ; siliquis (quas non 
vidi) longis, multisque, quod dicunt, interstitiis intus dis- — 
tinctis. Ex Sina adducta arbor, rara hic est, fructu imperfecto 
vel nullo. An arbor Cassis fistulee ? 
Kwa wi, 88 :—Same Chinese name. Gleditschia japonica, 
Mig. 
Phon zo, UXXXIII, 23, 24:—Same Chinese name. 
Gl. heterophylla, Bge., and Gil. japonica.—lbid., 25 :— F 
4 BE. Only pods figured. 
After the tsao kia the P. describes [XXXV2, 13] the 
WE i 3 fei (fat) tsao kia. No: ancient author. quoted. 
Li Sut-cuen states :—The Jet tsao kia grows on high moun- 
tains. It is a tall tree. Leaves like those of the éan 
(Cesalpinia) and the common tsao kia. It blossoms in the 
5th or 6th month. White flowers. The pods are from three 
to four inches long and resemble those of the yin she 
[Cesalpinia. See 140] but are thick, fleshy and fat. Each 
pod contains several black seeds as large as the end of a 
finger, not exactly globular. They are black like varnish, 
very hard, with a white kernel within like a chestnut, which 
can be eaten when roasted. The tree is also cultivated. The 
pods are gathered in the 10th month, boiled and roasted, p 
then pounded to powder and mixed with wheaten flour and oa 
perfumes. This composition, formed into balls, is used [instead 
of soap] for Washing the body and the face, to cleanse ther : 
of dirt. It is richer in fat than the pods of the tsao Mt 
It is said that the water from the fei tsao kia kills gold- 
fish and drives away ants. a 
The large black, hard seeds of this tree are brought t 2 
Peking from Mid China and used by women in washing 
the head and hair, They are called fei tsao. The same 
