394 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
T‘ao Huna-xine :—The hie resembles the sung [see 245] 
but the leaves are covered with hair and have a pungent taste. 
They are eaten raw or pickled. The seeds are used for 
preserving the tung kua [Benincasa. See 265]. 
Cust. Med., p. 50 (59):—Kie tsz‘ (mustard seeds) ex- 
ported 1885 from Chefoo 2,070 piculs,—p. 292 (263), from 
Amoy 1.82 picul,—p. 162 (3839), from Shang hai, pa 
(white) kie tsz* 1.20 picul.—Exported also from Han kow. 
See Hank. Med., 3. 
More details regarding the Chinese mustard plants will 
be found in another part. 
247.—HE 3 wu tsing. P., AXVI, 36... 7., LAG 
Comp. Classics, 361. Rape. 
Pie lu:—Wu tsing. The root, the leaves and the seeds | 
are officinal, also the flowers. 
T’ao Hune-Kie :—The wu tsing is akin to the Iu fu 
[radish. See Rh ya, 39]. The latter is nowadays also called 
im Fs wen sung. Its root is eaten but not the leaf. The root 
of the wu tsing is smaller than that of the wen sung. The 
leaves of the wx tsing resemble those of the sung [see 245] 
and are good as food. It is cultivated in Si ch‘uan [in 
Kan su, App. 296]. The seeds of the wu tsing are ver 
like those of the wen sung. They are not used now 
medicine, but are eaten. The root is much used as food, 
steamed or pickled. 
Su Kone [7th cent.]:—The wu tsing is called is 
man tsing in the northern provinces. In its root, ee 
and seeds it resembles the sung (Brassica chinensis) ¥a 
than the ly Ju (Radish), 
Further particulars in another part. 
