TEA AND " TEA-YIELDING " PLANTS 99 



known as the " Ch'a-yu kuo-tzu," a relative of the true tea 

 plant, from which it may be readily distinguished by its hairy 

 shoots. It is a shrub, common as a wild plant in the sandstone 

 ravines of north-central Szechuan. In parts of eastern China 

 it is abundantly cultivated for the sake of its oil, but in the 

 west I only met with plantations in the district of An Hsien. 

 It is, however, reported as being cultivated in the department 

 of Kiung Chou and elsewhere. The oil is used to adulterate 

 cabbage-oil, and by Chinese ladies as a dressing for their hair. 

 The refuse cake is valued as a fertilizer, and when applied to 

 rice fields is said to destroy the earth-worms which often 

 attack the young rice plants. 



