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1O12. Zoysia pungens, Willd., Jap. Chosen-shiba
Yaye-shiba, Korai-shiba ; a perennial grass with very fine small
leaves, creeping over the ground and taking roots at the joints.
The leaves are 1-2 inches long, and amidst them produces small
panicles of flowers, being succeeded with fine seeds. It is the
best plant Tor lawn. A variety with tiny leaves is called Chirijiicn-shiba
,
which fades in cold weather.
1012. b. Zoysia macrostacliya, Fr. et Sav., Jap.
Skiba* No-shiba ;
a large species of the preceding growing everywhere.
It is planted on mounds, mountain-cliffs, etc., to protect
earth from falling down.
1013. Miscanthus japonicus, Be nth., var., Jap. Tokiiua-snsuki
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Kan-snmki ; an evergreen grass growing in bushes by
sea-coasts of warm regions. The leaves are about 5-6 fts. long.
In cold regions the leaves wither more or less, but. most of them
(remain evergreen. In autumn it
produces panicles
of 'flowers.
This plant is planted on sea-coasts to protect the sand from being
washed away by waves. The sheath of the young leaves are made
into ropes, and the voung panicles are made into brooms.
Miscanthus sacchariflo rus, Hack.
1014. MiscanthtlS, Jap. Ogi, Ugi-yoshi, Umi-yoshi;
a perennial grassv growing by water-sides and in plains. Its
rhizomes creep c iider the ground, and produce stalks from each
joint to a height of 5-6 fts. The leaves resemble those of Mis-
Acanthus japonicus (972), but have no sharp dissection on the edges.
The. panicles also resemble those of 1)72, but larger and longer.
This grass is fitted to protect mounds from falling off.
1015. Phragmites . roxburghii, Kunth, Jap. Yoshi,
As/iit ; a perennial grass growing in marshy places. ]ts roots
creep under the ground and shoots up stalks to a height of about
6 fts., bearing panicles at the tops.
The stalks resemble small
bamboos, being slender, light and lustrous, and they are used to
make blinds. The thickness of the stalk depends on the fertility
of the ground. Those growing by sea-coasts are slender, flexible
.and strong. This grass is planted in wat'T-sid'.'s to protect mud