3898 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The drawing sub han k‘in, in the Ch. [III, 40) seoms 
to represent Celery. Parker [Canton plants, 18] has han 
kin ts‘at, Apium graveolens. See also P. Smirn, 57. 
Amen. exot., 825:—FE kin, vulgo seri. Petroselinum 
folio Alsines, Morsus Gallinee dicte.—Taunpere [Fl. jap, 
120] identifies this with Apium petroselinum, L. But seri 
is the Japanese name for C2nanthe stolonifera, and in Sm, 
Cicon. [252] inondo is given as the Japanese name of 
Anethum yraveolens. Rarius pro condimento in hortis cultum. 
wore tet. Pj XXVIL, 5. 7. LX. 
Comp. Rh ya, 103, Classics, 367. 2 
Pie lu:—Tsi. Leaves, flowers and fruit used in medicine, 
Taste sweet. Non-poisonous. _ 
Wu P‘u [8rd cent.]:—The tsi grows in waste places. 
Its fruit, which is called 38 $F ts‘o shi [comp. Lh ya, 103}, 
is gathered on the 3rd day of the 8rd month and dried in 
the shade, | 
T‘ao Hune-Kinc :—There are many sorts of tsi. Of the 
common sort, which the people now use for food, the leave 
are pickled, and also boiled into soup. It is mentioned in 
the Shi king. 
Ii Sut-coen :—There are several sorts of tsi —the lags : 
the small and others. The small tsi has the stem, the Jeane 
and the flowers flat (thin, tender) and is very palatal 
The smallest sort is called PS | sha (sand) tsi. eae 
tst has a less agreeable taste and its stem is hard. One s0* 
which is covered with hair, is called si ming [see the we 
and is not good as food. All these kinds begin to eon 
the winter solstice. In the 2nd or 3rd month the ® 
sends up a stem from five to six inches high, and § 
White flowers appear. The fruit is a small pod (sl 
