The Nanakusa. 



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This verse is meaningless except as a catalogue of the 

 nanakusa; it contains merely their names, with the repe- 



FLOWER VENDER. 



tition of the word hana (blossom) and the use of the 

 necessary connections. 2 



"Another list substitutes kikyd (platycodon) for fitji-bakama, and re- 

 arranges the order. 



