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ornamental in gardens,<br />
and its leaves are used for various<br />
purposes.<br />
Bambusa vejtchjj> Carr<br />
732. _ . Jap. Kuma-zasa; a famous mountain<br />
bamboo attaining to a height of 5-6 fts.,<br />
with broad leaves about<br />
8-9 inches long. A large variety called Oni-kumazasa is about<br />
10 fts.<br />
high, and a small one called Ko-kumazasa is about 1 ft.<br />
high. The stems are slender and strong. It rarely gives grains,<br />
which are edible (20. c.).<br />
Phyllostachys Kumasasa, Munro.<br />
733. , Jap. Bungv-sasa, Okame-zasa, Tdbazasa,<br />
lyo-zasa ; a mountain bamboo growing to a height of 3-4<br />
fts. The stem is<br />
very slender with elevated knots, and the leaves<br />
shoot from each knot in a five-leaved-cluster. As its stems grow<br />
in groups, it is fitted for hedges. The stems are used to make<br />
baskets, etc.<br />
Note. Besides those mentioned here, there are many other<br />
plants which many be included in this chapter. The principal<br />
ones are as follows : in the Chapter of Timber Trees and Bamboos,<br />
Distylium racemosum (544), Olea aquifolium (551), Cinnamomum<br />
carnphora (553), Buxus japonica (556), Quercus acuta<br />
(564), Q. glauca (565), Q. phyllioides (566), Juniperus chinensis<br />
(572), Thuja dolabrata (573), T. japonica (574), Chamsecyparis<br />
obtusa (575), C. pisifera (576), Cryptomeria japonica (577), Podocarpus<br />
chinensis (578), P. nagaea (579), Taxus cuspidata (580),<br />
Pinus thunbergii (581), P. densiflora (582), P. parviflora (583),<br />
Abies firma (585), A. tsuga (586), Bambusa puberula (592),<br />
Phyllostachys nigra (590), etc. ;<br />
in the Chapter of Fruit-trees<br />
Photinia japonica (192), -Elcegnus longipes (213), Torreya nucifera<br />
(217), Quercus cuspidata (225), and Q. glabra (226); all<br />
kinds of oranges, which are good to plant in pots; in the<br />
Chapter of Plants for Luxury, Thea chinensis (283) and Ligustrum<br />
japonicum (290) ;<br />
in the Chapter of Oil and Wax Plants,<br />
Camellia japonica (311) and Cephalotaxus drupacea (314); in<br />
the Chapter of Dye-plants, Myrica rubra (374); in the Chapter<br />
of Odorous Plants, Olea fragrans (392) and O. fragrans (393) ;