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175<br />

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) ;

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