394 BOTANICON siNicuM. 
Amen. exot., 898 :—f Tsiku, vulgo tacke et fatsku, — 
Arundo in genere, et per excellentiam Arundo ‘indica — 
Bambuus dicta. Ejus germina, que ex radice pullulant sale 
et aceto macerata, additis allio et Capsici siliquis, inter 
condita illa, que atsjaar vocant, principi loco habentur. — 
Radices circa pagum Kusatsu provincie Oomi, ob fundi 
limosi singulare ingenium mira pulchritudine luxuriant; | 
que effosse et a fibrarum yverticillis liberate, pro bacillis 
serviunt, quos manibus gestamus, yulgo rotang dictos. | 
Lhidem, ji ff (reed bamboo) rotsikku, vulgo najo dacke 
item niga dacke, i.e, Arundo indica, amara a radicum sapore = 
dicta, fruticescens. The lu chu or reed bamboo is mentioned ie 
in the Sin pu (a Chinese treatise on bamboo-sprouts, 4 
10th century). It is said there to be produced in fH — 
Lii chou (in Anhui). The sprouts are bitter, but can be — 
eaten. ae 
Lhidem, ¥ ff futsiku, vulgo futamma tacke, ie, Arando 
bifurea. Arundo frutescens caudice bifurca. This Chinese 
name appears in the Shan hai king [v. supra] and in the 
Stin pu. ole 
Ibidem, 3% V§ (purple bamboo), ssi tsiku, 2.€, Arundo 
plicata, vulgo murisacki dacke, i.e. Arundo purpurea ; it. man- 
dara dacke. Arundo frutescens, caule atro purpureo, tenuior!, 
farto ; foliis brevibus, latius culis, pendulis, plicatis. Perhaps 
this is the Bambusa purpurascens figured in S1EBOLD’s Tan. 
ined. [VIII]:—The purple bamboo is said in the Sdn pu! 
be produced in Cheng tu fu (Sz‘ch‘uan). It is of a purple 
colour. Its sprouts are not eaten. , af 
Lhidem, 899 :—4§ dso, vulgo sasa, it. si nosa. Arw 
humilis foliis angustis. Sive :—suffrutex foliis arundinacel 
This is the small bamboo of the Shu king. [V. supra, 504] 
| Lbidem, 8 coma sasa. Arando humilis foliis latiorl! 
Sive :—Suffrutex foliis arundinaceis latiorius striatis. 1 : 
sasa. Hadem Arundo, montis Fackona, foliis margime | 
