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It is used to put in boiled rice after having been cut into small
pieces. Ft is also used to give a flavour to soup, or as an infusion
like ten.
The Chinese call the Larninaria Kaitai, and the cut one,
Taishi ; both are esteemed by them as a delicious food.
153. b. Laminaria sp., Jap. Hosomc, Bonmc ; a small
kind of Laminaria inferior in taste is
produced
ii> the ''seas of
the northern provinces. It is used at the feast of lanterns called
Bon in Japan, whence derived the name Bourne.
\ 153. C. Laminaria sp., Jap. Hokka-kombu ; a species of
Laminaria (153) growing in the sea of Riknzen or Rikuchiu.
thin and inferior in taste.
It is
153. d. Laminaria sp., Arthrothamnus bifidus,
Jag., Jap. Nfko-ashi-konbUi Mimi-koubu ; a species of Laminaria
(153) growing in the cold seas of Nemuro and Kushiro and their
neighbouring provinces. It is about 4 fts. in length and 2-2 \
inches in breadth. As it has ear-lobe-like protuberances at both
sides of the base of the frond, it is called ear-like or cat's foot
Laminaria and has a good taste.
153. 6. Laminaria sp., Jap. Tororo-konbu, Chizimikonbu
; a species of Laminaria (158) growing
in the seas of
Xcinuro and Kushiro in Hokkaido. It has a length of 3-4 fts.
with a breadth of about 2 inches, covered with wrinkles on the
whole surface. It is very rich in a gluey fluid and is eaten like
the gruel of the dioscorea tuber.
154. Capea elongata, Ag., Jap. Arame, Kurome ; an *
algae much produced in the seas of different provinces.
It is
divided into parts containing several leaves at the top of a long
stem ;
eacli leaf has a length of 1-2 fts. with a breadth of H-2J
inches and is flat in form and of a dark grey colour covered with
wrinkles, but when dried it becomes quite black. They are gathered
late in spring and preserved by drying and used as food.
154. b. Capea richardiana, Jap. Kajime, Sagarame ;
an algae resembling very much Capea elongata, Ag. (154) in form,