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Mesogloia decipiens (Mozuku). Like 

 Phyllitis, this is collected while young. 

 It is preserved in salt, and when ready 

 for use thoroughly washed in fresh 

 water and eaten as a salad with vinegar. 

 Its use is general all over Japan. 



Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame). 

 This species is used in several ways. 

 Dried bales are common articles of mer- 

 chandise. After washing with fresh 

 water it is used as an ingredient of soup, 

 cooked with soy, or eaten as a salad with 

 vinegar. Alaria esculent a is similarly 

 used by the Scotch and Irish. The 

 peasantry of northern Japan cut off the 

 ripe sporophylls of Undaria and press 

 them into a slimy liquid with a peculiar 

 and distinctive odor. This they mix 

 with boiled rice. I have tried to eat this 

 mixture, but without success. 



Laminaria (Kombu). Several spe- 

 cies of the genus are important articles of 



