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the leaves on the roof on the May-festival day.
is made from the roots.
A kind of incence
969. Acorus gramineus, Ait., Jap. Sckisln ; a small
species of the preceding, growing in valley-rivulets. It is planted
by water-sides to prevent sand from its sliding down. There are
several varieties of planted Acorns. They arc highly prized by
amateurs as evergreen ornamental pot-plants. A few of them are
described in the following articles.
970. Acorus graxnineus, Ait., var., Jap.
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sckisho ; a variety of the preceding with a beautiful dark green
straight leaves.
971. Acorus graniineus, Ait., var., Jap. Birvdo-sckis/io
; a dwarf variety of the preceding with tiny leaves less than
1 inch in lenth.
972. Miscanthus s i n 6 n S i
S, Ander^^ Susuki, Ghana ;
a perennial wild herb of the order Graminese.
In autumn it shoots
up leaves to a length of 5-6 fts. Panicles of flowers grow at the
top, and the ripen seeds fly off by their own pappus. It is planted
as one of the seven autumn herbs. The leaves are used to make
rope.
973. Miscanthus sinens'lS, Anders, var. zebrina, Jap.
Takanoha-susuki ; a variety of the preceding. Its leaves have
lateral white stripes like the wing of a hawk. A variety with
longitudinal stripes is called Shivta-susuki*
974. Miscanthus, Jap. Ito-susuki ; a species
of Susiiki
(972) with slender leaves about 2-3 fts. long.
975. Equisetum ramosissimum, Desf., Jap. Inudokusa,
Kaivara-tokusa ; a perennial herb of the order Equisetacese
growing in sandy places near water, resembling K hiemale
(296), though smaller.
975. b. Equisetum hiemale, L., Jap. Tokusa ; this