528 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
flowers are with six leaves (petals) of a red colour, in bunches, 
There are numerous stamens which conceal the flowers. After 
the tree has shed its flowers, the old leaves fall off and new 
leaves appear. The shi nan is rarely seen in the northern 
‘provinces, but it is common in Hu nan and Hu pei, in 
Kiang si and in the two Che [Che kiang and Kiang su. 
App. 10], where it is much employed by the people [asa 
drug]. 
Li Sui-cHEn :—-The shi nan grows on the sunny side of 
rocks, whence the name (shi= rock, nan=south). In Kui — 
yang chou [in Hu nan, App. 167] it is called Jil, 34 feng yao, 
and [the leaves] is used as a substitute for tea. Steeped in 
wine it is useful in curing head-ache. 
_ It is impossible to decide from the above descriptions 
what tree is meant. Probably several plants are known by 
the name shi nan in different parts of China. 
Ch., XXXIII, 50:—Shi nan. The figure represents a 
plant with berries, 
Amen, exot., 877 i—Ay BA sekki nan, vulgo saku nange. 
Frutex perennis orgyjam altus, ete.—This is Rhododendron 
Metternichii, 8. & Z. [H. jap., I, 23, tab. 9].—Same identifi- 
cation in the Phon zo [LXXXIX, 13, 14],—Kuwa wi, 103. 
Heyry [ Chin. pl., 368] says that in Hu pei Rhododendron 
Fortune’, Lal, is called SF fit HB ye pti p‘a. Comp. above 
the statement of the ancient Chinese authors that the leaves — 
of the shi nan resemble the pi p‘a leaves (Lriobotrya). 
348.—Ht Fj mou king. P., XXXVI, 56. 7, CCLXX. 
Comp. Classics, 521. oe 
The Pen hing calls it “|. Hj siao (small) king. The fruit — 
is officinal. Taste bitter. Non-poisonous.—The leaves, root, — 
and the sap of the tree also are used in medicine. 7 
