JAPAN. ni; 



the tea-table, and all its apparatus, in tab. 39, and of the tea- 

 cup ; nor is the reprefentation of its great founder Danna, for- 

 gotten, with his vafl: over-hanging eye-brows. 



jirwn dr aeon t turn, 233. Sp. pi. 4. p. 68. Kaempf, Amcen. v. 

 p. 786. Flor. Coch. 651. Has a hot and purgative quality. 



Dracontium Polyphyllum., 234. Sp. pi. 4. p. 74. From the acrid 

 root is prepared the famous medicine Ko?2Jakf. 



IlUchmi anifatumy 235. Sp. pi.. 2. p. 624. Kaempf. Amoen. v. 

 p. 880. feqq. fig. p. 881. F/or. Coch. 432. The Bonzees believe 

 tiiis plant to be peculiarly grateful to the gods ; they ftrew the 

 branches before their idols, and burn the bark, as incenfe to them. 

 The leaves are ufed to increafe the virulence of the poifon of the 

 Tetraodon ocellatus. 



Ocymum crifpum, 248. Kaemp. Amxn. v. p. 784. 



Bignonia cata/pa, 2c,i.Sp.-p\. 3. p. 155. Kaemp. Ammt. v. p. 841. 

 fig. p. 842. The leaves ufed in nervous cafes, the pods in 

 afthmas. 



Sefamum Orientale, 254. Sp. pi. 3. p. 188. Kaempf. Amoen. v, 

 p. 835. Fhr. Cocb. 464. Ufeful for the oil exprefied from it ; 

 conffitutes in Japan an article of food ; and alfo a medicine, on 

 account of its emollient virtues. 



Clerodendnim tricbotoj7tumy 256. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 827. 

 Children are often made to fwallow the lar'oa of an infecil bred 

 on this plant, as a cure for the worms. 



taxus nucifera, 275. Sp. pi. 4. p, 280. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 

 814. fig. p. 815. The interpreters who are obliged to ftand long 

 at court eat the nuts, to enable them to retain their urine for a 

 great length of time. 



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