PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 175 
362.—3F kia’ (kie) is a name which the Chinese nowadays 
apply to mustard and the mustard plant. At Peking they 
cultivate under this name several varieties of Sinapis juncea, 
L., the typical form of which yields the well-known Russian 
mustard produced at Sarepta. 
One of these varieties is grown for its seeds, which are used 
as in Europe ; another for its leaves, eaten boiled or as a 
salad ; a third variety, hitherto unknown to our botanists, 
which I introduced into Europe some years ago, is cultivated 
for its large turnip-shaped roots, which are pickled and 
largely used as food. This is called K FF ta kiai (large 
mustard), 
Li ki, J, 459, 460 [“ Diet of the Ancient Chinese ”] :— 
- Mustard sauce (Jf 4) with minced fish. 1, 461 :—Mince 
in autumn was made with the mustard plant (it is not said 
_ whether the seeds, the leaves or the roots were employed). 
Menctus, 190, 194 :—The character kiai (mustard) used as 
a synonym for #% (plant). 
The Fang yen seems to confound the mustard plant with 
the turnip, for it is there stated (see the passage quoted in 
2 861) that the Jeng in Chao and Wei is called ta kiat (great — 
Mustard), A smaller variety of it was known by the name 
ER sin kiai (pungent mustard) or ZF yu Avaé (mustard 
from Yu chou or Northern Chili). This latter was probably 
— Stnapis juncea grown for its seeds. 
Comp. P., XXVI, 31, 33, Ch., IL, 52, 54. 
3 So moku XII, 38, 3E Sinapis cernua, Thbg., Lbidem, 89, 
KF S. inteyrifolia, Willd., 41, HE FE S. japonica, Thhg. 
See also the Phon zo, XLVI, 9-12. a 
 E., 60, family FE. Figure bad, a copy of S.,X,7- — 
C., 96, Brassica ( Sinapis) cernua, Thbg. A., XV, 137, Ht 
HK Brassica chinensis, L., called at Peking A R- 
Fap., 2085, Sinapis cernua, Thbg., FF: 
» 2086, ,, chinensis, L., KH. 
» 2087, ,,  integrifolia, Willd., Fe 3F- 
