JAPAN. 219 



I'riticum djll'uiim et hybemum, 56. Sp. pi. i. p. 238. Kaempf. 

 Amoen. v. p. 834. Both fpecies cultivated. 



Trapa natans, 65. Sp. pi. i. p. 341. Kaempf. Amoen. v. p. 

 817. 



Convolvulus edulis, 84. A not well-tafted vegetable, yet the 

 black roots are ufed in broths. 



Solanum JEtbiopicum et tuberofum, 92. Sp. pi. i. p. 515. 

 Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 810. The berries of the former ufed in 

 broths. 



Potatoes are cultivated near Kagafaki^ but do not profper. 



Hovenia dulc'is. loi. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 808. fig. p. 809. 

 The foot-ftalks eaten, are fweet like a pear. 



Fitis vhifera, 103. Sp. pi. i. p. 569. Flor. Coch, 192. Grapes 

 do not ripen here well. 



Beta vulgaris, 113. Sp. pi. i. p. 623. Flor. Coch. 217. The root 

 in Japan is red, in nioft other parts oi India white. 



Baucus car Ota, 117. Sp. pi. i. p. 667. Kaempf. Amcen, 

 V. p. 822. Flor. Coch. 222. Common carrot, every where cul- 

 tivated. 



Allia varia, 13a. All the various kinds of leeks are cultivated 

 in Japan. 



Oryzafativa, 147. Sp. pi. 2. p. 113. Kaempf. Amoen. w. p. 834. 

 Flor. Coc'j. 267. This grain is cultivated in all parts oi Japan, on 

 the moimtains as well as low grounds, and is efteemed the fineft 

 in the uorld. 



Zea mayz, 37. Sp. pi. 4. p. 96. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 834. Flor. 

 Coch. 272. Mayz is cultivateil near Nagafaki, fuppofed to have 

 been introduced by the Cbinefe. 



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