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4 petaled yellow flowers, which are succeeded with pods. This
plant contains a yetlow juice.
487. Coriaria japonica, A. Gr., Jap, Doku-utsugi ; a
deciduous shrub of the order Coriariacese growing wild in bushes
and on river banks. Tt is a dia3cious or monaecious plant. It
blooms in panicles, and the female flowers are succeeded with
round red fruits, which are very pretty, but poisonous.
488. Rhus toxicodendron, Z., Jap. Tsnta-nrushi ; a
deciduous climber of the order Anacardiaceae growing wild in
forests and climbing on other trees. The leaves are ternate, and
the flowers and fruits resemble those of E. vernicifera. The stem
is used for dying.
489. Desmodium laburnifolium, DC., Jap. Uji
koroshi, Miso-iiaoshi, Miso-kusa ; a deciduous shrub of the order
i^guminosaB growing wild in warm provinces. Tt attains to a
height of about 1 ft., but it Is
mostly herbaceous. In summer it
shoots forth a panicle, and yields yellowish white papilionaceos
flowers, being succeeded with long pods covered with hair. The
leaves are used to kill the worms produced in miso (a kind of
sauce).
490. Cicuta Virosa, ., Jap. Doku-jeri. 0-jeri; a triennial
herb of the order Umbelliferaa growing wild in ponds and
marshes.
Jt resembles Seri (58) in form, but larger and poisonous.
Early in spring, its stem is used as a pot-plant, being called C/tontechiku.
The dried petioles are used for fastening as cord.
491. Andromeda japonica, Th. t Jap. Asebo, Asebi,
A \scini ; an evergreen shrub of the order Ericaceae, growing in
mountains often 10 fts. high. Early in spring it produces bunches
of campanula te small white drooping flowers. It is used as an
ornamentel pot-plant. The leaves contain a violent poison, aud
the decoction is used to destroy injurious insects.
492. Buddleya curviflora, Lindt., Jap. Fuji-utsugi ; a
deciduous shrub of the order Loganiaceae growing wild in moun-