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iseo 62. Shanghai, the other at Foo-chow. As I have not seen either 

 of these fruits, I can offer no opinion upon them ; but to those 

 resident in the districts in question, I would address the request 

 for specimens, including the pressed and dried flowers and leaves 

 of the plants, in order that their botanical names may be deter- 

 mined. It is also desirable to ascertain in each case, how the 

 fruit is used by the Chinese, by what names it is known, and if 

 the tree is cultivated or grows spontaneously. 



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Melia. ^^ Chuen-leen-tsze ; Fruits of Melia sp. (Meliacece) ; 



Czuan-lan-tsy, Tatarinov, Catal. Med. Sinens., p. 15 ; Pun-tsaou, 



Fig. 745. 



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FIG. 9. Three seeds, natural size ; longitudinal section of a seed; 

 half-seed (testa removed) showing leafy cotyledon. 



A fleshy, globular drupe about an inch in diameter, covered 

 with a shining, thin, horny, yellowish-brown skin, within which, 

 surrounded by dried pulpy matter, is a large stony endocarp 

 furrowed longitudinally and containing seven or eight cells 

 of which, however, not more than six are usually developed. 

 Loureiro gives Xun-litn (Chuen-leen) as the Chinese name of 

 Melia Azedarach, L., but the fruits of that tree are five-celled 

 and much smaller than those in question. The drug under 

 notice is used in China as a vermifuge. 



xC 19* ~j Ta-funcj-tsze ; Seeds of Chaulmoogra sp. (Pangiece) ; 

 Pun-tsaou, Fig. 773 ; Da-fyn-tsy, Tatarinov, Cat. Med. Sinens., 

 p. 19. 



These seeds (Fig. 9), which are imported into China from 



