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tius ? called in Japanese " fuju itsiigo ; " Cannabis saliva called " asakara " or by the Japanese " asa." 

 for sewing thread; Trapa incisa; Castanea vesca called "jam," or by the Japanese " kuri ; " and 

 Sagittal ia sagittifolia called "womo daka " by the Japanese, the root, — are enumerated by Siebold. 

 And in the San-kokf transl. Klapr., "Galium tuberosum (houang-thsing) ; " the " kakouma-kousa " 

 (in Chinese " houang-lian," Chelidoniitm majus, whose Japanese name is however given by Siebold as 

 "kusanowo"); and the "pin de Yeso " (....), the wood very beautiful, employed for making 

 utensils. 



Among plants growing on Yeso, Ervum tetraspermum called " susume no lento " by the Japan- 

 ese ; Spiraa aruncus called " sjoma " or " torino asikusa " by the Japanese ; Ly thrum salicaria 

 called " mizo hagi " by the Japanese ; Geranium pratense called " dai furoso " by the Japanese ; 

 Euphorbia lalhyris called " portoso " by the Japanese ; Alsine media called " hakobe " by the Japan- 

 ese ; Viola canina called " komeno asume " by the Japanese; Capsella bursa-pastoris called "nats 

 na" by the Japanese; Draba hirta ; Thlaspi arvense called " gunbai utsiwa " by the Japanese; 

 Papaver rhoeas called " bizinso " by the Japanese; Anemone parvifiora ; Caltha palustris called 

 " jen ko so " by the Japanese ; Cornus Canadensis called " kakka," or by the Japanese " gozen tatsi 

 bana ; " Hedera helix called " ki dsuta " by the Japanese ; Vaccinium Chatnissonis ? called " isu- 

 suka ; " Primula farinosa called ■' konzumui," or by the Japanese " Juki ware so ; " Veronica ana- 

 gallis called " kawatsisa ; " Physalis alkekeugi called "hokisei," or by the Japanese " hotsuki," and 

 observed by Thunberg in Japan ; Physalis totorep, called " totorep " by the Ainos ; Solatium Caro- 

 liuense? called "katakina;" Solatium, a species growing on Krafto ; Calystegia soldanella called 

 " hama hirugaho " by the Japanese; Prunella vulgaris called " utsubo kusa" by the Japanese; 

 Clinopodium yulgare called ' kuruma bana " by the Japanese ; Lamium amplexicaule called " hoto- 

 keno so " by. the Japanese ; Jasminum precox called " obai " by the Japanese ; Apocynum Vcnetum 

 called " basikuromun ; " Calendula officinalis called "urajenekina," or by the Japanese "kin sen 

 kwa ; " Gnaphalium confusum called " hahako gusa " by the Japanese ; Taraxacum dens-leonis 

 called " inemuni," or by the Japanese " tan bobo ; " Plantago major called " ohobako " by the 

 Japanese ; Polygonum aviculare called " niwa janagi " by the Japanese ; Rumex crispus ? called 

 " stakamaro," or by the Japanese " kizigizi ; " Chenopodium album and rubrum called " sirusikina," 

 or by the Japanese "aka sa ; " Populus dero called " dero " by the Ainos; Salix toisjusju called 

 " toisjusju" by the Ainos, " inokoro janagi" by the Japanese; Salix toppikara called "toppikara" 

 by the Ainos, " kojanaki " by the Japanese ; Humulus Japonica called " kana mugura " by the 

 Japanese ; Alnus incana called " hanoki " by the Japanese, " nitats' kene " or in general " kene " by 

 the Ainos ; Alnus jaja kene called " jaja kene " by the Ainos ; Thuya ? retinospora t called " kara 

 hiba," or by the Ainos " sjungu ; " Typha angustifolia called " sikina," or by the Japanese " gama ; " 

 Dendrobium catenatum called "sekikok" by the Japanese ; Convallaria majalis called " setakito," 

 or by the Japanese "kimikakeso ; " Paris quadrifoli-i called " tsume tori gus-a " by the Japanese; 

 Pohgonatum latifotium ? called " bebeukkina ; " Smilacina racemosa var. J 'esoensis called " juisasa ; " 

 JNar.cissus tazetta called " suizen " by the Japanese ; Uvularia sessilifolia called " hotsjak " by the 

 Japanese ; Iris Sibirica called " ajame " by the Japanese ; Luzula campestris called " ritenmuni," or 

 by the Japanese "suzumeno jari ; " Hordeum jubatum ; and Imperata pedicellata called "nupkausi," 

 or by the Japanese "tsigaja," — are enumerated by Siebold. And in the San-kokf transl. Klapr., 

 " matricaires de printemps a fleurs blanches '' (called in Chinese " tchhun-kiu," in Japanese "soun- 

 gikf " or sometimes " Korei-gikf " from having been introduced from Corea) ; " lys a fleurs noires " 

 (Fritillaria f) ; " baton de tigre " fifteen to sixteen feet high ( . . . ) ; and " espece de bugle " called 

 in Japanese "fouki," in Chinese "khouon-toung," with leaves attaining the dimensions of "ten" 

 square feet (Nardosmia Japonica? called "makaje " or "korkoni," or by the Japanese "fuki"). 



Vyasa may have been at this time collecting the Vedas. — The Burmese king Ronmokkha is said 

 to have been " skilled in the Vedas" (Mason 40). 



Justicia ecbolium of Tropical Arabia and Hindustan. A shrubby erect plant called in Malabar 

 "carimcurim " (Rheede), in the environs of Bombay " oodoo jatee " (Graham), in Yemen " kossaejf" 

 or " chasser " (Forsk.) ; and the " oudodjas " of the Rig Veda viii. 5.3* — ■ may be compared : J. ecbo- 



*Parleria cristata of Tropical Hindustan. An unarmed shrub, " very beautiful " when in flower 

 (Graham) : the "serya" of the Rig Veda ii. 5. 8 — is referred here by Langlois, and " sairiya " or 

 "sairiyaka" prescribed by Susrutas chik. 15 to 25 is referred here by Hessler: B. cristata was ob- 

 served' by Graham " in gardens Bombay," flowers " of a blue colour with a dash of purple, appear in 

 the rains;" by Roxburgh, in Eastern Hindustan. Probably carried to Manila, where it was observed 

 by Blanco ; was observed in Eastern Asia by Osbeck trav. pi. 8 (Pers.). Transported to Europe, is 

 described by Morison iii. II. pi. 23. 



Vallisneria octandra of Hindustan. A grass-leaved aquatic called in Sanscrit "janalili" or 



