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autumn, attaining a height
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spring, and its seeds ripen in early
earliest maturity of graminous plants.
of 5-6 inches. Jt blooms in late
summer. This is one of the
28O. Poa fertilis, Host., Jap. Ichigo-tsunagi, Niramigusa
; a biennial graminous plant growing with everywhere and
attaining a height of 1-2 fts. in summer. It resembles very mueh
the former in form, but is larger.
281. Paspalum thunbergii, Knnth., Jap.
no-Jiiyi ; a biennial graminous plant much found wild, attaining a
height oE 1-2 fts. in summer. The panicles
branches on a stalk.
consist of several
Note. Those mentioned in the above Chapter are only a
few of the wild forage plants. There are great many other
forage plants.
CHAPTER XII. PLANTS FOE LUXURV.
Tin's Chapter includes those plants which are next in im-
portance to food-yielding plants and rather resemble spices and
condiments in qualit}'. They are indispensable for the luxury of
mankind. Some of them are wholesome, but others not so.
282. Thea chinensis, Sim., Tea, Jap. Cha-no-ki ; an
everygrten shrub of the order Ternstaemiaccse. Though it grows
wild in mountains, it is extensively cultivated. It attains a height
of 6-7 fts. in the wild state, but the cultivated plants are generally
cut down and trained to a height of 2-3 fts. In late autumn the
white flowers are produced, and the fruits ripen in the autumn of
the following year. In early summer the young leaves are gathered
for Clia (tea) which in prepared by steaming, rubbing, rolling, and
drying up. It is prepared in many different ways, giving various
t- as as Seii-cha, Matcha, Ryoku-cha, (green tea), Ko-cha, (red or
black tea), etc. Oil is pressed out from the seeds.