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26. The tree tsao Ida, XI. 493, is Gleditschia sinensis. Lara. 
Sin : ^ ts ao Ida. 
27. The tree- chou he.ou, resembling the Mulberry tree and 
the fibrous bark of which is used for making paper, XI. 295, 
is Broussonetia, pap'y'rifera. Vent, sin : ^ ^ chu Jm., 
28. On Chinese Gales. III. 484. 
29. Cibot translates from Emperor Xanghrs memoirs an 
account of a barkless tree of Mongolia,’ called Tcha Ice, furnish¬ 
ing an excellent, fuel. IV. 460.—This is-the Haloxylon am- 
modendron C. A'. Mey, the dshak modq of the Mongols., 
30. The tree Lo ye song, a Eir tree with deciduous leaves, 
in South-Mongolia, IV. 454, is Larix dciliMrica . Eisch. sin : 
31. An interesting memoir on Chinese Bamboos is found 
II. 623. 
82. The mou chou Jcouo tse, a tree on which peculiar Galls 
are produced, XI. 294, is Celtis sinensis. Pers. sin: /fv |§f jj| ~p. 
mu shu law tsd. 
33. The Lin tchi, Agaric ramifie, described in vol. IV. p. 500, 
with an engraving, is a Chinese Agaric, termed §H ^ ling 
eld in Peking, not yet examined by botanists. 
34. The Mo Icou sin. IV. 500, accompanied with an engrav¬ 
ing. This is, the Clathrusmohusin Spreng. Phallus molcusin. L. 
A more detailed article on this Fungus, has been published by 
Cibot in the Memoires de l’Academie de St. Petersb. IX (1774) 
The Chin, characters are iif mo, hn sin.. • 
35. Einally I ought not to omit to mention a treatise written 
by Cibot on Chinese Mot-houses, in which he furnishes interest¬ 
ing details with respect to the primitive but practical mode of 
Peking gardeners to protect Southern plants in winter, and 
how they proceed to cause plants to put forth blossoms in 
winter. Vol. III. 423. 
For the sake of completeness I may mention moreover 
in connection with papers on botanical matters two Jesuit 
missionaries of Peking, contemporaries of Cibot. One of them 
C©XXiLS 5 +1781, wrote an article on Chinese Bamboos, 
and another on the plants, flowers and trees of China, w T hich 
could be cultivated in France. Mem. cone. Chin. XI. 553, 183. 
X» de Poirot,+1802, has written a paper on Chinese 
Worm, wood .(Artemisia), ibid. IX. 244. 
Before quitting the subject dealt with in this chapter it 
may not be out of place to call the attention of the reader to a 
slight account of Northern Chinese fruits and vegetables found 
