PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 185 
 P, XXVI, 59, kin. Ch., XII, 9, kin hin ts‘ai, a viola 
figured. See also the Kiu huang, XLVILLI, 26. 
Amen, exot., 875, & HE hin sai vulgo sumire. Jacea 
tricolor, sive flos Trinitatis (Viola tricolor). Under the same 
Chinese name, So moku, XVII, 61 :— Viola japonica, LANGSD. 
Lbidem, 58 :—& V. pycnophylla, FRANCH. 
The name 38 # tsz* kin (violet or purple fn) in the 
So moku [XIL, 2] is applied to Corydalis ineisa, Pers. 
(Comp. Ch., LI, 48; P., XXVI, 60.] 
Fap., 684, Corydalis incisa, Pers., ae =. 
» 687, ,, Wilfrdi, Reg, RW #- 
» 2356, Viola sylvestris, Kit., var. grypoceras, A. Gray, LS 
» 2353, ,, pinnata, L., var. cherophylloides, Regel., 23) 
i & 
_» 2359, Viola vaginata, Max., i. Comp., Jap. 2351; 
Patrinii, DC., Var. chinensis, Ging., & via 5) TJ: 
872.—38 P'ing. Leuck makes it to be a kind of celery. 
Wutams [Dict., 7 02] thinks that it is a species of succulent 
cress; but we are not told whereupon these identifications 
are founded. 
Shi king, 245 :—With pleasant sounds the deer call to one 
nother, eating the celery (p‘ing) of the fields. 
? Mao refers the ping to the # p‘ing in the Rh ya [113], 
which is duckweed, whilst Cuenca Hian makes it the same as_ 
the $ ping or $K PE lui siao [Rh ya, 119], which may be an 
rlemisia, ; 
Lv k1:—The leaf of the p‘ing is green and white (Linas | 
understands white inside); the stalk is like a chopstick 
(Lecce translates “like a quill.’’) 
. ‘The plant is fragrant and may be eaten 
— Hia Calendar [81] :—Seventh month. In the low pools 3 
Stews the pting plant. [84] :—The p‘ing flourishes. =~ 
[See also infra, 375, at the end.] | | 
Viola 
both raw and 
