170 THE LYCHEE AND LUNGAN 



PLATE XXXV, FIGURE 49. The Hei yeh (Hak ip) or Black-leaf variety. (One- 

 half natural size.) Fruit from Tseng Ch'ing district, Kwangtung, China, 

 June, 1920. Photograph (No. 1327) for the author. 



PLATE XXXV, FIGURE 50. The Fei tsu hsiao (Fi tsz siu) or Imperial concu- 

 bine's laugh. (One-half natural size.) Fruit from Pei Shan, Pan Yu district, 

 Kwangtung, China, June, 1920. Photograph (No. 1325) for the author. 



PLATE XXXVI, FIGURE 51. The Ch'u ma tsu (Chu ma tsz) or Chinese grass 

 fiber variety. (One-half natural size.) Fruit from Lo Kang, Kwangtung, 

 China, June, 1920. Photograph (No. 1339) for the author. 



PLATE XXXVI, FIGURE 52. The Huai chih (Wai chi) lychee, as it appears on 

 the Canton markets under the name of Hei yeh or Black-leaf. (About three- 

 fourths natural size.) Canton, China, June, 1915. Photograph (No. 1135) 

 for the author. 



PLATE XXXVII, FIGURE 53. The San yueh hung (Sam ut hung) or Third 

 month red lychee. (About two-thirds natural size.) Canton, China, May, 

 1915. Photograph (No. 1130) for the author. 



PLATE XXXVII, FIGURE 54. Fruit and leaves of the Shan chih (Shan chi) or 

 Mountain lychee. (About one-third natural size.) This is one of the wild 

 forms found growing in Kwangtung. The fruit invariably contains large seeds, 

 and the flesh, which is thin, is very sour. The seed germinates readily, if 

 planted shortly after removal from the fruit, and the seedlings are vigorous. 

 In Lo Kang and other regions this type is often used for stock on which to graft 

 or inarch the No mi ts'z and other varieties. Tseng Ch'ing district, Kwang- 

 tung, China. June 29, 1918. Photograph (No. 31331) by the author. 



PLATE XXXVIII, FIGURE 55. The Chuang yuan hung (Chong un hung) lychee, 

 not a commercial variety but nevertheless quite popular. (Two-thirds natural 

 size.) Fruit from Pei Shan, Pan Yu district, Kwangtung, China, June, 1920. 

 Photograph (No. 1323) for the author. 



PLATE XXXIX, FIGURE 56. Magnificent specimen of a lungan tree near a 

 temple along the road extending from the East Gate of Tseng Ch'ing city to 

 Liu Ts'un. This tree was variety Yau yen (Yau ngan) or Soft lungan. It 

 was forty feet high with a spread of head of sixty feet. The trunk, breast 

 high, had a diameter of two feet, eight inches and a circumference of eight feet. 

 Liu Ts'un, Tseng Ch'ing district, Kwangtung, China, June 29, 1918. Photo- 

 graph (No. 31319) by the author. 



PLATE XXXIX, FIGURE 57. The fruiting head of a fine specimen of lungan 

 tree. Tseng Ch'ing district, Kwangtung, China, June 29, 1918. Photograph 

 (No. 31320) by the author. 



PLATE XL, FIGURE 58. Mr. K wok Wa Shau, with potted lungan seedling four- 

 teen months old. The tree is a U un (Wu yuan) or Black ball variety, com- 

 monly used for stock. Ling Nan (Canton Christian College), Canton, China 

 November, 1919. Photograph (No. 31547) for the author. 



PLATE XLI, FIGURE 59. A fruiting cluster of the U un (Wu yuan) or Black ball 

 lungan. (About two-fifths natural size.) This is the variety commonly used for 

 stock. The fruit is edible but inferior to other varieties. Fruit from Pan Yu dis- 

 trict, Kwangtung, China, July, 1918. Photograph (No. 31362) for the author. 



PLATE XLI, FIGURE 60. A cluster of She p'i or Snake skin lungan. (About 

 two-thirds natural size.) This is one of the largest of the lungan, and, like all 

 other varieties, has large seeds. Shih Wei T'ang, near Canton, China, July, 

 1918. Photograph (No. 31363) for the author. 



