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52. Sinapis chinensis, L.,
UNIVERSITY
a subspecies
of the preceding with broad leaves and without segments,
and it is used for about the same purpose as others, but
superior in quality.
The village Mibu in Kudsimo district,
Yamashiro province,
is noted for this ,
vegetable whence the name
is derived.
52. b. Brassica chinensis, Z., var. Jap., Suikukina ; a
biennial cultivated plant of the order Cruciferae. Its leaves
nible those of the turnip and are about 1 ft. in length. In the
district of Kamo, province Yamashiro, they are extentively
cultivated and preserved in salt with the name Suikukina.
53. Sinapis integrifolia, Wild, Jap., Takana, U-garashi,
Oba-garasJii ; a biennial cultivated vegetable. Its leaves are
full of crape-like wrinkles and of 2 3 fts. in length.
In winter
and spring they are much consumed as culinary vegetables
either boiled or preserved in salt as pickles, and are of a very good
quality.
54. Sinapis cermia, Thimb, Jap, Karashina ; like
the preceding, with leaves 7 9 inches in length, which are
eaten much as pickles in winter and spring. There are black
and white seeds, both used as spices and condiments or for medicinal
purposes.
54. b. Sinapis cernua, Thnnb, \ar., Jap., Chirimenna,
Jrana ; a variety of the preceding with wrinkled purple leaves.
The finely serrated edges look very pretty. They are eaten
either boiled or as pickles preserved in salt.
55. Tetragonia expansa, Ait., Jap., Tsuruna ; an
evergreen herb of the order Ficoidece growing wild on the seacoast
of warmer regions. It creeps over the sandy ground.
It is also cultivated from seeds, and its leaves are eaten as vegetable
in summer and autumn.
56. Spinacia inermis, Moench, Jap., Horenso ; a
cultivated biennial plant of the order Chenopodiacea3. It is
sown twice in a year, in spring and autumn. It grows to the