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leaves resemble apricot-leaves. It blossoms in the 6th month. 
Flowers reddish white with yellow filaments. In the 9th 
month it bears fruit. This is as large as the seed of the wu 
(Stereulia platanifolia), has black spots and is light. The 
leaves fall off in winter. It is frequently confounded with 
the mou king. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is common in Pien king 
[in Ho nan, App. 248], in Ts‘in chou (in Kan su, App. 358], 
Lung chou [in Shen si, App. 215], and in Ming chou and 
Yue chou [both in Che kiang, App. 224, 418]. ~The stem is 
from 4 to 5 feet high. The leaves proceed from the joints and 
are opposite. It looks like a small lien tree [Melia. See 321]. 
It blossoms in summer. Flowers of a pale red colour. 
Filaments yellowish white. Below the flower is the green 
receptacle of which the fruit is formed. The ancient authors 
named it man (creeping) king, but it does not creep. 
Lt Sar-cHen says its branches are slender and weak, 
whence the name (creeping hing). 
In the Ch. [XXXIII, 27, sub & jj man king or Fj HE 
king tao (twigs)] is a good drawing of Viter incisa, Lam. 
The same is figured in the Kiu huang [LV, 4, sub il F 
king tsz‘]. The description in the P. agrees. At Peking 
king t%ao is the common name for Vitex incisa. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 474:—Vitex negundo, L. Sinice: 
muen kim (man king).—Ibid.. 475:—V. spicata, Lour. 
Sinice: «u chu kim [ probably Fe FR Fl we chi king (five 
fingers king), which according to PaRrKER is the Canton name 
for V. negundo]. 
Tatar., Cat., 59:—3fj (& king t'iao, Vitex inciea.— 
Ibid., 38, a HH) $F man king tsz*, semina Vetzeis incise,.— 
P. Surrs, 227. 
