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EARLY EUROPEAN RESEARCHES. 
Dr. W. Sherard, the well known botanist, who is said to hay© 
gained this information whilst in Rome with his pupil, the 
Duke of Beaufort. 
The tree tong chit, with fruit resembling walnuts and con¬ 
taining a poisonous oil, used for painting, (I. 18.) is the 
Aleurites cordata. Miill. (Flaeococca verrucosa Adr. Juss., 
Vernicia montana. Lour.) sin : #3 Hf tuny shu. 
The Tallow tree (I. 18, II. 143.) v. supra Martini 36. 
The pe la chu or Wax-insect tree. (1.18.) Martini 37. sin • 
^ II M l oe shu. 
The tchou tze or Bamboo (1.19.) sin: ff ~jp cliu tsz\ Martini 33. 
The cha mou, yielding an excellent timber wood (I. 19.) ds 
the Cunninghamia sinensis. R. Br. sin: sha mu. 
The nan mou, a precious timber wood, much used for build¬ 
ing the Imperial palaces (1.19.) is, as my friend, Father David, 
kindly informed me, a species of Laurus. He saw the tree in 
Sz’chhian. 
The tse tan or Bose wood, the tie by mou or Iron wood (I. 19.) 
Ht l sz ' tan, a heavy precious wood, much used for furniture. 
The tree which produces it seems to be unknown to botanists. 
With respect to Iron wood comp, above Martini 32. 
The Tea plant (I. 20.) 
The tree tcha yeou, the fruit of which yields an oil (I. 22.) 
is the Camellia Sesanqua. Thbg. (0; oleifera. Abel.) The oil, 
styled Tea oil by Europeans, is ^ ^ cFa yu in Chinese. 
The flower mo ly hoa (I. 23) is Jasminum Sambac L. v. supra 
Martini 19. 
The tree Tcuey hoa, with fragrant flowers (I. 22.) is Olea 
fragrans. Thbg. v. supra Martini 20. 
The flower lan hoa or Ian wei hoa with unornamental yellowish 
but very fragrant flowers (I. 23.) is Cymbidium ensifolium Sw., 
in Chin : If lan or MM $ lan wei hua. 
A tree called ouen Jcoang chu in Peking, with white flowers, 
and fruits with the appearance of a peach, but containing large 
black and hard seeds. (I. 23.). This is Xanthoceras sorbifolia. 
Bge. sin : % MM wen Teuan shu. 
Lien hoa (I. 24.) Nelumbium speciosum. W. (Martini 16.). 
Betsi (I. 24.) Fleocharis iuberosus. Schult. (Martini 14.) 
A peculiarity of the Chinesh Cabbage, pe tsai is noticed, 
(I. 24.) which does not form heads like European Cabbage. 
This is Brassica chinensis L. sin : £j 3jjj| pe tsai. 
Rhubarb, the Fou ling and the JPe fou ling (I. 25.) v. supra 
Martini 40, 41. 
