Holomuisou - Holomuisou

Japanese: ホロムイソウ - ほろむいそう

A perennial plant of the Acanthaceae family that grows in marshes (illustration). The rhizome crawls horizontally through the Sphagnum moss, and leaves grow in bunches at the nodes. The leaves are erect, thin, hard, semicircular in cross section, and 10-30 cm long. They have drainage holes at the tip and a leaf sheath and ligule at the base. In summer, the flower stalk grows upright, 10-20 cm high, with several leaves arranged alternately. The leaves at the top of the flower stalk become small bracts, and flowers bloom in the axils. The flowers are bisexual, with six yellow-green perianths. There are six stamens with filaments, and the anthers are long and slender.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

湿原にはえるホロムイソウ科の多年草（イラスト）。根茎はミズゴケの中を横にはい，節から葉を束生する。葉は直立し，細くて硬く，断面は半円形，長さ10～30cm。先端に排水孔があり，基部に葉鞘（ようしよう）と葉舌がある。夏に高さ10～20cmの花茎を直立し，数枚の葉を互生につける。花茎の上部の葉は小さな苞となり，腋（えき）に花をつける。花は両性で，花被は6枚あり，黄緑色。おしべは6本で花糸があり，葯は細長い。

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