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posita?. It becomes also an annual plant according to the season<br />
iu which the seeds aiv sown, it grows to a height of 1-2 fts.<br />
The biennial one blooms in summer, and the annual one in autumn.<br />
The flowers are purplish blue, red, white, etc.<br />
842. Achillea sibirica, Led., Jap. Ha&oromosv t<br />
Noko-<br />
^iriso ; a perennial wild herb of the order Composite, growing to<br />
a height of 2-3 fts. In autumn it<br />
produces small white or pink<br />
1 lowers in clusters at the head.<br />
843. Artemisia schmidtiana, Max., Jap. Asagiriso :<br />
vergreen herb of the order Composite produced in northern<br />
provinces. Its leaves are slender, green, and lustrous. It grows<br />
to a height of 1-2 fts., and in autumn it bears small yellow<br />
ilowers in panicles.<br />
844. Gnaplialis japonica, Max., Jap. Arare-giku f<br />
Yama-hahako ; a perennial wild herb of the order Composite,<br />
growing to a height of about 1 ft. Late in autumn, it bears many<br />
small white flowers with yellow centres. The flowers remain still<br />
after the stems were withered by frost.<br />
845. Senecio japonica, Schitltz., Jap. Hankwaiso ; a<br />
perennial wild herb of the order Composite. Its leaves are broad<br />
and deeply dissected. It grows to a height of about 3 fts., and in<br />
autumn it blooms yellow ilowers on the branches divided at the<br />
head of the stem. There is a variety called C/torioso closely<br />
allied, but the dissection of the leaves is less and it<br />
grows to a<br />
height of about 5 fts. .<br />
846. Senecio ksempferi, DC., Jap. Tsuivalniki ; an<br />
evergreen herb of the order Composite?, growing wild on the s< -acoa>ts<br />
of southern provinces and also much planted in gardens.<br />
In autumn its stems grow to a height of about 2 fts. and divided<br />
into branches, Injuring yellow flowers. The petioles of the young<br />
leaves are eaten as a vegetable (07. K). The variety called<br />
V-tsuwabuki is<br />
largr,<br />
and the \T: -d Kan-tsuwabuki<br />
blooms in winter.