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_ joints. The fruit resembles the kou kt tsz* [fruit of Lycium, 
See 345]. It ripens in winter and is then of a red colour 
and a sweet and bitter taste. It is sometimes confounded 
with the how k@ tsz*. This is not the yang lu which the 
people use for forming hedges. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The shou shu resembles the kung 
- shu [v. supra]. It is a tree above 10 feet high with a white 
bark. Its fruit ripens in the 8th or 9th month, is of a 
red colour and resembles the kou ki. The berries grow 
in pairs, Taste bitter. They do not resemble the fruit of 
the kung shu. The k‘ung shu is the same as the yang lw. 
lis fruit is a pod. 
Ma Cut [ 10th cent. ]:—The show shu resembles the ow 
k%, but the show shu has spines whilst the kow ki is unarmed. 
Li Sui-cHen says that the above statements are not clear. 
The shou shu tree seems to be unknown to him. 
Ch., XXXIII :—Shou shu. The figure represents a tree 
or shrub with oblong berries. 
Amen. evot., 855 :—hB HR. Korei utsugi. Bembecins 
ramorum facie frutex Coreensis etc. Figured in aralge 
-Teon, Kempf. sel. [45]. This is Diervilla grandiflora, Sieb. & 
— Sue. Flora. jap., I, 71, tab. 31. Sresoxp states that 
_ Kawersr is mistaken in writing Kore! utsugi. s should 
_ Tead joro utsugi, joro being the Japanese pronunciation of the 
_ above Chinese characters. 
Amen. exot., 854 :— #5 BR joro, vulgo utsugi. Reatae 
: facie frutex etc, According to SI£BOLD, Lex, instead of c 
u Vulgo utsugi we have to read Korei utsugt. ed nsithahe 
_ Chinese characters mean Corea. This is Deutzia — 
3 Thhg. See Stes. & Zucc., Fl. jap., 1, 20, eo 9 ri . 
: _ Siven as the Chinese name, «.c. ¥# Hg. But in Stes — Sie 
ined. (IV ] this Chinese name is applied to Deutza grae 
