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large and oblong sort is called (fF FA | | fu shi chi tse‘ in the 
P‘ao chi lun [5th cent.]. It is not efficacious as a medicine. 
Li Sui-cuen :—The leaves of the ché tsz‘ resemble a 
hare’s ear. They are thick, of a dark green colour, and 
wither in autumn. The flowers are as large as a wine-cup. 
White petals and yellow stamens. The fruit (berry) has a thin 
skin. The seeds are small and have a beard. It is collected 
after hoar-frost. In Shu (Sz ch‘uan) there is a red-flowered 
sort, The fruit of the chi tse‘ is employed for dyeing an 
orange colour. 
Ch., XXXII, 43:—Chi tse’. The drawing seems to 
be intended for Gardenia florida, L. 
Lovur., Fl. cochin., 183 :— Gardenia Jlorida, Lh. Sinice: 
chy tsu. Baccarum recentium pulpa succosa et ruberrima 
tinguntur eleganter serica. 
Tarar., Cat., 17:—Chi tsz‘. Fructus Gardeniv florid. 
—P. Smrrz, 101.—Hanp., Se. pap., 241-242 :—Fruit of the 
chi tsz‘ figured and described. The berries are six-ribbed. 
Hansury examined also the shan chi ts‘ with smaller fruits, 
and the $F | | huang (yellow) chi tsz‘, which latter fruit 
seemed to be identical with the common chi tsz‘, but had been 
referred to G. radicans by Prof. Martius. The name huang 
chi tsz‘ is not found in the P., but it is noticed in the 
Chung shu shu [8th cent. Bot. sin., I, p. 79]. In Brien. 
Chin. Chrest. [p. 453 (81)] and in ParKer’s Canton plants 
[117] huang chi is given as a name for Gardenia florida. 
ParKeR, Sz ch‘uan plants, 27, and Henry, Chin. pl, 
64:— Chi tsz‘ hua in Sz ch‘uan and Hu pei is Gardenia florida. 
Cust. Med., p. 366 (338) :—Chi tsz‘ exported 1885 from 
Canton 256 piculs,—p. 232 (176), from Foo chow 13 piculs, 
—p- 420 (96), from Pak hoi 1.81 picul. 
Cust. Med., p. 74 (127):—Bt | | kien chi tsz* (kien 
probably means Fu kien province) exported from Han kow 
6.86 piculs, 
