508 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Wo Pu [8rd cent.] calls it HE AE hi tsu (cock’s foot) 
and FR 3e shu shi (rat’s excrement), 
T‘so Hune-xine :—It grows in all mountains of Mid 
China. It is a large tree. The fresh ripe fruit is red and 
resembles the hu t‘ui tse. It is edible. When dried 
the skin becomes very thin, and the berry is used together 
with the stone. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—Its leaves are like those of the 
mei [Prunus Mume. See 272]. The tree has spines. It 
blossoms in the 2nd month. The flowers resemble apricot- 
flowers. The fruit is produced in the 4th month. It is red, 
resembles the suan tsao [small Jujube. See 336] and is 
gathered in the 5th month. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is now produced in Hai chou 
[in Kiang su, App. 48] and in Yen chou {in Shan tung, 
App. 404}. It is a tree about 10 feet high with leaves 
resembling elm-leaves. White flowers. The P*ao chi lun 
[oth cent.] says that there is one kind [of the shan chu 
y#] which strongly resembles the tsio rh su, but it has 
an eight-edged stone and is not used in medicine. 
Kou Tsune-sar [12th cent.]:—The shan chu yi differs 
far from the Wu chu yt [Boymia. See 291]. The medical 
properties in each are also very different. Why the name 
chu yit has been applied to each of them is not manifest. 
Li Sat-cuen :—It is also called Py Z¥ jou tsao (fleshy 
Jujube), 
Tarar., Cat., 52:—Shan chu yt.  Drupee Cornt.— 
P. Sura, 74 :— Cornus officinalis, 
In the Cust. Med. it is called Ae BE PY chu yit jou (fesh), 
P. 202 (258), exported from Ning po 1,841.11 piculs,—p. 166 
ag rit fist F Hle@agnus in Japan. 
- B 5 ak Same as the hu t‘wi tsz‘ (Hl@agnus) v. supra. 
