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bears pale yellow flowers shaded with green. As they have a
fragrant odour, it
is planted in pots.
396. Cymbidium, Jap. Hosai-ran ; an evergreen terrestial
orchid growing wild in mountains of warm countries. The
leaves are of a lustrous dark green, and 2-3 fts. long and about
an inch broad. In spring dark purplich red fragrant flowers are
produced on a stalk.
397. Cymbidium, Jap. Kan-ran ; an evergreen terrestial
orchid growing wild in mountains of warm regions, differing in
size according to the its growing places. It blooms in the beginning
of winter, whence the name Kan-ran (winter orchid). One with
yellowish green flowers illustrated here is called Sei-kan-ran
(green winter orchid). Another with a purplish red shade is called
Shi-kan-ran (purple winter orchid). There are manyo ther varieties y
all of which have fragrant flowers and are admired for blooming
in winter.
few . Those mentioned here are only a very of the
flower bearing plants. There are a great many others used for
making perfumed water and oil.
CHAPTER XIX.
MEDICINAL PLANTS.
This chapter includes those plants, which are grown wild or
cultivated in this country and used for medicine. There are a
great many medicinal plants, but those mentioned here are the most
noted. The poisonous plants are included in their own chapter,
and they are not mentioned here.
398. Coptis brachypetala, 5. et Z., var. major, Miq.,
Jap. Oren, Seriba-oren ; a perennial plant of the order Kanunculaceae
growing wild in mountains. In spring
it shoots forth
stalks by the sides of the leaves to a height of 3-5 inches, and
yields small white flowers on divided petioles. When young