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LIST OF THE CHINESE NAMES FOR CONIFERS. 



Ginan (deciduous tree), — Salisburia adiantifolia. 



Ginkgo (full of leafless buds), — Salisburia adiantifolia. 



Go-sju-mats (Pine with five leaves), — Pinus parviflora. 



Hai-sung-tse (common on Sea Shore), — Pinus Koraiensis. 



Hak (everlasting life, or evergreen), — Biota Orientalis. 



Hen-hak (tree of life), — Retinispora obtusa. 



He-sung-mats (common female pine), — Pinus Sinensis, and 



densiflora. 

 Jo-bi-sjo (common tree), — Abies Smithiana. 

 Kara-mats (Pine full of buds), — Pseudolarix Keempferi. 

 Keu-sung ^ 



Kiu-sung > (spurious or false), — Sciadopitys verticillata. 

 Kisu-sin ) 



Kin-tsian-sung (common yellow deciduous), — Larix leptolepis. 

 Kieu-lung-mu (skin or bark shedding), — Pinus Bungeana. 

 Kin - le - sung - mats (common Golden Pine), — Pseudolarix 



Kaempferi 

 Kin-sung-Maki i (common Yellow Maki), — Sciadopitys verti- 

 Kin-sjo 3 cillata. 



Kok-sung-mats (common black pine), — Pinus Pinaster, and 



Pinus Massoniana. 

 Kwa-hak (flowering tree of life), — Retinispora pisifera. 

 Lin (Spruce or Silver Fir), — Abies and Picea. 

 Lin-ki-momi (native fir), — Cunninghamia Sinensis. 

 Maats (all Pines, Junipers, and other conifers with sharp, 



needle-shaped leaves are called Mats or Maats by the 



Chinese). 

 Maki (Podocarpus Chinensis and all the large Yew-like plants 



resembling it are called Maki). 



