506 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
more or less tomentose. See Benruam, /7. hongk., 66. 
The red ki may be a Zizyphus. The Z. vulgaris, var. spinosa, 
a very common shrub in North China, has a reddish brown 
bark. 
338.—4E ¥ jui ho. P., XXXVI, 28. 7, CCLI. 
Comp. Fh ya, 300. 
Pen king :—Jui ho. The kernel of the fruit is officinal. 
Taste sweet. Nature warm. N on-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The H#€ f% f- jui ho jen (kernel of the fruit- 
stone) grows in Han ku [in Ho nan, App. 55] in 
river-valleys, also in Pa si [in Sz ch‘uan, App. 236]. 
T‘so Hune-xine :—It grows in P‘eng ch‘eng [in Kiang 
su, App. 247]. It (apparently the fruit-stone) is as large as 
a black bean, globular, flattened, veined, and resembles a 
walnut. The people use it (the kernel) together with the 
shell ; they break the shell and then weigh the kernel. . 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent. |:—It is produced in Yung 
chou [in Shen si, App. 424]. It is a tree with small . 
leaves resembling those of the kou hi [Lycium. See 345], 
but narrow and long. White flowers. The fruit is produced 
on the stem, is of a purplish red colour and of the size of 
the wu wet tsz (Schizandra. See 164]. The stem is covered 
with small spines. The fruit ripens in the 5th or 6th month 
and is then gathered and dried in the sun. 
Su Suye [11th cent.]:—It now grows in Ho tung and 
Ping chou [both in Shan si, App. 80, 253]. It isa small 
tree, from four to five feet high. The stem has spines. 
Li Sui-cuen refers it to Lh ya, 300, Fak yt or Ae 
pat jui, and observes that the character yit in later times 
was applied to the tsol tree (oak). The flowers and fruits 3 
Be 
