424 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
28. Rosa rugosa, Th. 
29, 30. Diervilla Aorfensis, n. sp. 31. D. grandiflora, 
Siebold (D. Coreensis, Th.) 32. D. floribunda, n. sp. 33. 
D. versicolor, Siebold (D. Japonica, DC.) 
34. Abelia serrata, n. sp. 
35. Ligularia Kempferi, n. sp. i 
36. Ligularia gigantea, Siebold (Tussilago Japonica, L. 
a fine autumnal flowering plant, now in our Botanic Gardens, 
where I believe it has not blossomed. ; 
37. Viburnum plicatum, Th. 38. V. tomentosum, Th. 
39, 40. Trochodendron aralioides, Siebold ; a new plant of 
Winteranee, Br., with the habit of some simple-leaved Aralia 
or Hedera. er 
41. Lilium callosum, n. sp. The bulbous roots both of 
this Lily and of Lilium tigrinum,” equally wild in Japan, are 
gathered in autumn and eaten either boiled or baked, being 
highly nourishing, farinaceous, and agreeably tasted. is 
It were well that greater attention were paid to the nutri- — 
cious quality of Lily roots in general. Many ofthe species — 
multiply prodigiously by their bulbs, even in the most sandy — 
and barren soils, and might afford a valuable erticle of sub- 
sistence, like the Salauga (Lilium Kamschaticum) which 1s 
indispensable to the natives of that country, and some other 
species on which the aborigines of the Kurile Islands mainly - 
depend for food. 
42. Aronia Asiatica, n. sp. * me e 
43. Wisteria Japonica. n. sp. 44. W. Sinensis, D.C. d 
With the latter shrub we are familiar in this country- pt 
Siebold observes of it : * When once the * Fudsi,” the native — 
name, “has come into flower, all classes of society collect 
under the bowers that are made from it. This is in Apriland 
May; there the people amuse themselves in dancing, A 
ing, and instrumental music, and while they compose scraps E 
of extemporaneous poetry in honour of their favourite 
flowers, they quaff large libations of Sahi, the beverage of. the Ke 
country, made from rice, and hang their strips of write? 
verses upon the largest bunches of blossoms. Japanes 
