PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 173 
Fap., 108, Allium scorodoprasum, L., bi . 
y» 110, »  victoriale, L., Ae A. 
361.—There is a vegetable [¥¥ feng] repeatedly mentioned 
in the Shi king. Leacu thinks that it is a Brassica or 
mustard plant. W.D., 157, Crucifera, allied to the mustard. 
_Leeae observes that in the Japanese plates the feny is a sorrel, 
Rumew persicaroides. Tt has an edible root. 
Shi king, 55:—When we gather the mustard plant (feng) 
and earth melons [v. infra, 363] we do not reject them 
because of their roots. 79:—I am going to gather the 
mustard plant in the east of Mei 7& (in the north of Honan). 
188 :—Gather the mustard plant (feng). 
Mao says the feng is the same as $ sit, which latter, in the 
Rh ya, is referred to two different plants. Rh ya, 83, we 
have lie A iy lung tien yo, synonym 9 4 HE sit feng t sung, 
obscure names not explained hy the commentators ; and 
(105] 4 sa, synonym && HE sun wu. : 
_ The ancient. commentators, as quoted in P., XXVI, 36, 
Tefer the above names of the Rh ya [83 and 105] both to the 
Jeng of the Sh/ king, which they identify with # 7 wu tsing 
“id SF man ts‘ng, names nowadays applied to the rape 
turnip, Brassica rapa, 1. Other ancient authors say that the 
st OF sun wen [Rh ya, 105] is the # mo of the Shi hing, a 
‘Sorrel, Rumex [v. infra, 441]. 
The Fang yen [1st century B.C.] writes the name feng Ba. 
It is there stated that this name is applied to the plant in 
Ls | Chen (Honan) and in #8 Ch‘u (Hupei, Hunan), whilst in 
& Lu and in #% T‘si (both in Shantung) it is termed 3¥ jao. 
Hast and West of the (T‘ung kuan) Pass (in Southern | 
Shansi and Shensi) it is called J #f 2x tsing ; in jf] Chao 
and $& Wei (Chili and Northern Shansi) the people call it 
K IF ta kiai (great mustard plant). ; 
Lu KI explains $f feng by ou tsing and adds that in Hi 
*U chou (Northern Chili) it is called Zf hia’, 
