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Afparagus Officinalis, 139. Sp. pi. 2. p. 68. Cultivated at
Jedo.
Dhfcare'dk', 149. All the different forts are cultivated or eaten
wild.
Lilium TfitibiferiPm, 134, Sp. pi. 2. p. 43. Kaertip. Amxn. V. p.
871. The root is eaten.
iDioJJyros Kbki, 157. Kaempf. Amxti. v. p. 805. 806. 807. fig.
p. 806. Flor. Cocb. 278. The fruit is pre'feived like figs ; eaten
before it is ripe, eccafions a diarrhcea,
P'/kygbnutn fagopyrum, 169. Sp. pi. 2. p. 2I2. Kdcmpf. Amxn.-
V . p. 835. Buck wheat is made into round cake's,, and fold fo travellers
at. all' the inns.'
Suerew cufpid'dt’a, 176. Kaempf. AniXn. Sr. p. 816. A fpecies
o f oak; the acorns are eaten either dreffed or raw.
Fagus daftaHea, 195. Sp. pi. 4. p. 166. Kaempf. Amxn. v. p.
816. Flor. Cocb. 699. The common chefnut.
CaBus ficus, 198. Sp. pi. 2. p. 470, Indian fig, common to
Japan and South America.
Funiea granatum, 199. Sp. pi. 2. p. 480. Flor. Cocb. 383. The
pomegranate.
Amygdalus perfica, et nanct, 199. Sp. pi. 2. p. 481. Kaempf
AnKen. v.p.798. Flor. Cocb.386. Peach, and dwarf almond.
Prunus Armeniaca, cerafus, afpera et dofnejtica, 200. 201. Sp.
pi. 2. p. 485, Flor. Cocb. 388. Kaempf. Amxn. v. p. 798. The
apricot, cherry,, both the rough and common plum, cultivated ;,
the afpera a new fpecies.
Mefpilus Japoniea, 206. Kaempf Amxn. v. p. 800. A tree of
vaft height and fize, the berries as large as a cherry.
4 ' Pyrus
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Pyrus communis, 207. Sp. pi. 2. p. 500. Kaempf. Amxn. 800.
Flor. Cocb. 393. Common pear.
baccata, 207. Sp. pi. ii. p. 502. Kaempf Amxn. v. p. 800.
Grows in the Dutch hotel at Ofaklca; perhaps introduced from
Sipiria.
Japoniea et cyddnia, 207. Kaempf Amxn. v. p. 844. Flor.-
Cocb. 394. The Japan pear and the quince.
Rubus trifidus et palmatus, 217. Kaempf Amxn. v. p. 787. The
fruits o f thefe two have a grateful tafte.
Nymphaa nelumbo, 223. Sp. pi. 2. p. 579. Kaempf Amxn. v. p.
880. Flor. Cocb '. 416. A facred plant.; the flowers ornament the
altars, and are painted as the feat of the gods. The ftalks eaten
among other greens.
Arum efculentum, 234.-Sp. pi. 4. p. 69. Kaempf Amxn. v. p.
828. Flor. Cocb. 654. The roots and ftalks-ufed in broths.
Cycas revoluta, 229. Kaempf Amxn. v. p. 897. Titfjiu, Rumpb.
Amb. 1. 70. tab.- 24. The drupx are eaten; the /ago, or pith, is
beyond meafure nutritive, a fmall hit will fupport a man a very
long time. It is forbidden, on pain o f death, to export any out o f
Japan.
•Sagittaria Sagittata, 242. Sp. pi. 4. p. 155. Kaempf Amxn. v .
p. 827.'Flor. Cocb. 698. The root efculent.
BraJJica rapa, 261. Sp. pi. 3. p. 278. Kaempf. Amxn. v. p. 822.
Rape, common in England, ufed for-oil, and the feeds for fmall
birds. The root eaten in Japan.
Rapbanus'Sativus, 263. -Sp. pi. 3. p. 284. Kaempf Amxn. v. p.
822. Raddifh, Gerard, 237. Flor. Cocb, 481. The moft common
edible root in Japan ; eaten raw, dreffed, and dried.
Phafeolus