[Picture Book of Wild Grasses] (2) Atractylodes / Silver Coin Flower / Orchid Chrysanthemum / Iris / Iris tectorum / Anemone / Iris ensata / Lily

|Atractylodes (Byakujutsu)

Blooms from summer to the end of autumn. |It grows from |spring. |The leaves are stiff and serrated. |The serrations are small, and there are single |leaves. There are also trifoliate leaves. The flowers are |white, and |also |come in cherry blossom |color. |On the receptacle, there are |small |fish-bone-like structures. The leaves surround it. |Length is about one to two shaku. Also called Okera.

|Silver Coin Flower (Ginsenkwa)

|Also called |Morning Dew |Grass. |The shape of the flower is like a paper mulberry, and the flower is |smaller than the |mallow. The color is white, blue, yellow, or a dull color, and the base of the flower has a dark red hue.

The leaves come in fives or threes. The leaf edges are |similar to |watermelon leaves. Length is about one to two shaku, and it has branches. |It opens in the morning and closes in the evening. The |next flower opens again in the morning. It is a type of |mallow. It also |resembles the |Golden Coin Flower. It blooms from the sixth to the seventh month.

* "Kauso" is thought to be paper mulberry. |Paper mulberry (Kozo).
* "Kurobeni" is |dark red. A blackish-red color.
* "Kihoi" is likely |competition (kihoi).

|Orchid Chrysanthemum (Rangikusou)

Flowers from July to August. |The leaves resemble Hotei chrysanthemum and are thin and wide. The tips are |pointed, and the edges are serrated. They bloom in tiers like a wheel between the leaves. There are two |types of flowers: purple and white.

Iris tectorum (Ichihatsu)

The flowers come in two colors: purple and white. The leaves |resemble |leopard lily. It blooms at the |end of the second month.

Iris dichotoma

The shape of the flower is like an iris. The color is pale purple, and the leaves resemble an iris, though slightly narrower. It blooms from the third to the fifth month.

Anemone

Rabbit-ear Anemone. Blooms in the second month. Both the flowers and leaves resemble the plum-blossom grass, but are smaller. They stand upright and bloom one by one. Also called summer-snow grass. This one, which is slightly larger, is called the one-flower grass. It differs from the plum-blossom grass in how the flowers are attached.

Iris

Iris. Blooms in the third and fourth months.

There are white and purple flowers. There is also a mouse-gray color. There are variegated ones. There is a flower that is white with a slight purple tint. It is called the Shu-brocade iris. Also, there is one that is purple with six petals. Furthermore, the one called the old-man iris is purple and white with a blue tint. There is also a striped iris. The leaves have white stripes.

Note: "Iris" refers to the Japanese iris. Note: "Variegated" means that flowers of different colors bloom on the same plant or tree. Note: "Shu-brocade" refers to the brocade of the Shu River. It is a brocade woven in places like Nishijin, Kyoto, imitating the Shu-river pattern. Note: "Six petals" is thought to refer to six leaves.

Sukashi Lily

The color is slightly stronger than the summer sukashi lily, and it has fewer spots. It is round and glossy. It grows to a height of two to three shaku, and the flower color is yellowish-red with crimson markings. It has six petals, six stamens, and rice-like tips. The color is purple.

There are two or three types of lilies. One name is Tan-kou. Lily bulbs can be boiled or steamed and eaten. They boost energy. One name is lily. The bulbs can be eaten. The flowers bloom late, about a month later, and are not very fragrant. One name is tiger-skin lily; it can kill people and should not be eaten. In the fields of the Tsuba, there are many lilies. Take their roots and use them as food.

Note: "Kanoko" refers to a fawn. The bulbs of the tiger lily are eaten as lily bulbs. Note: "Tsuba" is another name for the Japanese silver leaf (tsuwabuki).

Author's Note: ● indicates characters that could not be deciphered.
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