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The tcha hoa (II. 149.) is Camellia, japonica. L. sin; ^ 
cFo hoa. 
Description of a peculiar tree called tse song or yuen pe. 
Some of its leaves are prickly and resemble those of the 
Juniper tree, whilst other branches of the same tree present 
Cypress leaves. (II. ISO). 
This is Juniperus chinensis L. a large tree, which shows indeed 
the above mentioned peculiarity. Scale-like closely appressed 
leaves or linear spreading ones occur in different parts of the 
same tree. Its Chinese name is in Peking $]J tsz ’ sung 
(prickly pine). The name 0 fjf yuan'po is applied to a 
different coniferous tree, according to Chinese books. 
On the same page begins a long treatise on Ginseng, for the 
greater part a reproduction of Jartoux’s memoir. It is 
accompanied with the drawing of the plant made by Jartoux. 
Among the Chinese medicinal plants noticed in the 3d vol. 
of Du Halae’s work, there is only one the name of which 
appears for the first time in the records of the Jesuits. On 
p. 496 is an account of certain Galls call ou poey tse and 
produced upon a tree yen fou tse. These galls are used by 
dyers to produce a black color. 
Asis known now,—these galls constitute a regular article of 
commerce—the tree or shrub on which they are, found is Rhus 
semialata. Murr. Sin : §§[ ~jp yen fu tsz. The galls are 
termed 55 wu pei tsz’. 
Du Halde’s work is illustrated by eleven engravings repre¬ 
senting Chinese plants. He does hot quote the sources of 
these drawings but from comparison I have been able to 
trace them. 
1. The Bamboo, (taken from Niewhoff, resp. Bontius.) 
2. The Sugar cane. (Niewhoff.) 
3. The Lichi tree. (Boym’s Flora sin.) 
4. ArtocarpUs incisa. L. (Niewhoff, resp Bontius 119.) 
5. Betdpepper (Niewhoff, resp. Bontius. 91.) / 
6. The Cotton plant. (Niewhoff.) 
7. The Ginseng, (reproduced from Jartoux’s original de¬ 
lineation.) 
8. Fouling, Radix China. (Boym’s Flora sin.) 
9. The Rhubarb plant. (Kireher’s China illust.) 
10. Ou tong chou, Sterculia (Le Comte.) 
11. The Ten plant (Niewhoff.) 
Having brought down thus far my review of the observations 
made by the ancient Jesuit missionaries with respect to 
