442 MR. HISAYOSHI 
TAKEDA ON 
THE 
CHARACTER OF THE FLORA. 
The number of the Spermophytes and Pteridophytes from ¿his 
according to my collection and to that made by others mentioned 
island, 
above, 
is 324, four times as many as were previously known, and a little in excess 
of the number of plants from the whole Kurile group enumerated in 
Miyabe's catalogue. 
These 324 species belong 
e 
families, which arrange themselves as follows :— 
Families. 
Polypetale | ......... eere 23 
Gamopetalæ ............... .. 16 
Monochlamyde:e ............ 1 
Dicotyledones ............. usse 46 
Monocotyledones .................. 9 
Angiosperme .......2................... 55 
Grymnosperma........................... 2 
Spermophyta .............................. 57 
Pteridophyta .............................. 5 
Total ............... 62 
Among these 62, the following families are 
genera :— 
Composite with 21 genera. Cruciferæ 
Gramineæ » 18 ,, Scrophularinee 
Rosaceæ » 13 , Primulaceze 
Umbelliferae » Ils, Đaxifragaceæ 
Ranunculaceæ 9 Labiatæ 
Liliaceæ j ? ? Ericaceæ 
Caryophylleæ Geraniacex 
Polypodiaceae 25 Š . Caprifoliaceæ 
Leguminosæ Pinaceæ 
Orchideæ 5» oy, 
Genera. 
18 
to 213 genera and 62 
Species. 
114 
85 
20 
219 
comparatively rich in 
with 6 genera. 
| 
i 
55 
5 o, 
4. 
The following table shows those families which are comparatively rich in 
species, with their relative share in the Flora of Shikotan :— 
Composite with 34 species 
Gramineæ » 26 » 
Rosaceæ „ 22 " 
eU p. c. 
6*8 p.c. 
10:5 per cent. 
