JAPAN. 221 



Pyrus communis^ lo-j. Sp, pi. 2. p. 500. Kaempf. Amcen. 800, 

 Flor. Cocb. 393. Common pear. 



baccata^ 207. Sp. pi. ii. p. 502. Kaempf. Amcen, v. p. 800. 



Grows in the Dutch hotel at Ofakka ; perhaps introduced from 

 S'lblria. 



Japonica et cydonia, 207. Kae?7ipf. Amcen. v. p. 844. Flor. 



Cocb. 394. The Japan pear and the quince. 



Rubus irijidus et palmatuSj^ij. Kaempf. Amcen. y. P.7B7. The 

 fruits of thefe two have a grateful talie. 



Nympbaa nelumbo, 223. Sp. pi. 2. p. 579. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 

 880. Flor. Cocb. 416. A facred plant; the flowers ornament the 

 altars, and are painted as the feat of the gods. The ftalks eaten 

 among other greens. 



Arum efculenttnnt 234. Sp. pi. 4. p. 69. Kaempf Amoen. v. p, 

 828. Flor. Cocb. 654. The roots and ftalks ufed in broths. 



Cycas revoluta, 229. Kaempf. Amoen. v. p. 897. T'itfjiHy Rumpb. 

 Amb. I. 70. tab. 24. The driipa are eaten; the fago, or pith, is 

 beyond meafure nutritive, a fmall bit will fupport a man a very- 

 long time. It is forbidden, on pain of death, to export any out of 

 Japan. 



Sagittarla Sagittata^ 242. Sp. pi. 4. p. 155. Kaempf Amoen. v. 

 p. 827. Flor. Cocb. 698. The root efculent. 



Braffica rapa, 261. Sp. pi. 3. p. 278. Kaempf. Amce^n. v. p. 822. 

 Rape, common in England^ ufed for oil, and the feeds for fiuall 

 birds. The root eaten in Japan. 



Rapbanus Sativus^ 263. Sp. pi. 3. p. 284. Kaempf. Amoen. v. p. 

 822. Raddifh, Gerard., 237. Flor. Cocb. 481. The moll: common 

 edible root in Japan ; eaten raw, drefled, and dried. 



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