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274 SINO-IRANICA
abbreviated name of which is kurumi; local names are ogurumi (Province of Kaga), okkoromi (eastern provinces), and so on. This giant wal-
nut grows to a large tree. Its leaves are much like those of the lacquer-tree (Rhus vernificera DC.) and a little larger; they have finely serrated margins. Its new leaves come out in the spring. It flowers in the autumn.
" The flower-clusters resemble chestnut-catkins, but are much larger, ranging in length from six to seven sun; they are yellowish white
and pendulous. A single flower is very small, like that of a chestnut.
The fruit is peach-shaped and green, but turns black when ripe. The shells are very hard and thick, and can be opened by being put on the
fire for a little while; then insert a knife in the slit or fissure between the shells, which thus break. The kernels are good for human food, and are also used for feeding little birds.
"One species called hime-gurumi (` demoiselle walnut,' Juglans cordiformis Maxim., ex Matsumura, l.c.), or me-gurumi (` female wal-
nut,' from the province of Kaga), has thin shells with fewer furrows, and
the kernels can easily be taken out. Under the heading . ükai Vi-kie, explanatory information in the Pen tstao), this kind of walnut is de-
scribed as `a walnut produced in Cinso (C`en-ts`an, a place in Fun-
sian fu, sen-si, China) with thin shells and many surfaces,' so we call it ansô-gurumi Wen-Isiah hu-t`ao) .1 This variety is considered the
best of all yama-gurumi (fan hu t`ao, wild walnuts), because no other variety has such saddle-shaped kernels entirely removable from the shells.
"A species called karasu-gurumi (` crow walnut') is a product of the province of E6igo; it has a shell that opens by itself when ripe, and
looks like a crow's bill when opened, whence it is called ` crow walnut.'
"Another variety from Ôsio-mura village of the Aidzu district is called gonroku-gurumi (` Gonroku's walnut') ; it has a very small shell
capable of being used as ojime (` string-fastener of a pouch'). This name is taken from the personal name of a man called Anazawa Gonroku, in whose garden this variety originated. It is said that the same kind has been found in the province of Kai.
"A variety found at Nogiro, province of Usû (Uzen and Ugo), is much larger in size, and has thinner shells, easily crushed by hand, so that the kernels may be taken out without using any tools. The name of this variety is therefore teuli-gurumi (` hand-crushed walnut')."
The most interesting point in these Japanese notes is presented by
1 Compare above, p. 264.
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