Ostasiatisches (Sinicojapaniscb.es) Pflanzenreich. :;(;;, 



brevicaudata DO. (?), C. pierotii Miq., r. heracleaefolia DC. var. gfcms 0. Kuntze, r. hera- 

 cleaefolia DC. var. speciosa Makino, f. /'».vm Turcz. var. i/ezoensis Miyabe, (7. lasiandra 

 Maxim., C. eriopoda Maxim., c. williamm A. Gray, C- tosaensis .Makino, C- japonica Thunb. 



T. [to. 

 637 k. Makino, T. Review of some Japanese Species of Mazus, Torenia, and 

 Vandellia (Botanical Magazine, XI, Tokyo, 1897, p. 389—392.) (Japanese.) 

 The following 4 species of Japanese Scrophulariaceae are mentioned : 

 Vandellia pyxidaria Maxim. (= lÄndernia pyxidariu All.); V. ereda Benth. (Ihj- 

 santhes ereda Hook, f.), Torenia crustacea Cham, et Schlecht. (= Vandellia crustacea 

 Benth.: Lindernia crustacea F. v. Muell.), Mazus rugosus Lour. (= Lindemia japonica 

 Thunb.), M. japonica (Miq.) Makino (= Vandellia? japonica Miq.; M- rugosus ß. '.' stolonifer 

 .Maxim.: .1/. rugosus ß macranthus Fr. et Sav.; M. stolonifer Makino) cum var. albiflora 

 Makino. T. lt.,. 



6371. Makino. T. Review of some Japanese Species of Sedum and Cotyledon. 

 (Botanical Magazine, XI. Tokyo, 1897. p. 427—431.) (.Japanese.) 



This are miscellaneous notes on Japanese species of Srthuu and Cotyledon, and a 

 species of Sedum determined by Maximowicz as S. alboroseum Baker is considered to be 

 new, and a provisional name of S. viride Makino being proposed. T. [to. 



637m. Matsnmnra J. Notes on Formosan Plants. (Toyo Gakugei Zasshi, XIV, 



Tokyo, 1897, p. 69—73, 122- 124, 170—177. 212—215, 267—271, 307—311, 394-399, 

 443 — 446, 530 532, continued.) (Japanese.) 



This are miscellaneous notes on Formosan Plants. T. [to. 



637n. Owatari, ('. Botanical Excursion to Formosa (Taiwan). (Botanical Magazine, 



XI. Tokyo, 1897. p. 89—94, 126—132,173—184,291—296,317—321, 357—363.) (Japanese.) 



The author started Tokyo on Oct. 20. 1896, arrived Keelung on the 30 th . went 

 round Daihoku, Tamsui, Shinchiku, Pescadores, Hosoan, and Takaw, and returned 

 Tokyo in the middle of December of the same year. 



Brief notes are given of those characteristic -plants observed by the author in 



Keelung, among which Fundamts sp., Kandelia rheedii, Pinus luchuensis, Aralia papyrifera, 



Lioistonia chinensis, Cyathea spinulosa, Phoenix sylvestris, Barringtonia racemosa, Ficus sp., 



ma indica, Celtis sp-, Ipomoea sp., Torenia concolor, Euphorbia neriifolia, Podocarpus 



chinensis, and Musa sapientum, are the more noteworthy. 



The Pescadores (Hoko-to) are described as dry and rugged table-lands, with no 

 trees but low herbage, the cause of which the author. agreeing with Tashiro, attributes 

 mainly to the scarcity of water-supply. 



The characteristic Vegetation of the Ape's Hill (Takaw-Soan or Hosoan) is recorded 

 to be composed of Phoenix sylvestris, Pandanus sp-, Euphorbia Tirucalli, Hibiscus sp., 

 Abrus precatorius, Clitoria ternata; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Lantana camara, Ricinus communis, 

 Vinca rosea, Asclepias curassavica, Agave americana (.' ! . Rhizophora mucronata, Avicennia 

 officinalis, Euphorbia antiquorum, Bambusa spinosa, Fiats retusa var. nitida, Mangifera 

 mdica, Areca catechu, Ananas sativus, etc. 



The pretty red-and-black seed of Abrus precatorius is sie I as being widelv 



distributed by the dispersal of birds, in support of which the author made some 

 interesting experiments on certain species of Japanese birds, and considers tliat the 

 attractive coloration of the seed in Abrus precatorius might be accounted for imitating 

 some beetles which are offensive to birds and thus protected from being devoured. 



The author concludes bis article by stating thal the flora of Formosa belongs to 

 i he subtropical t_\ pe T. 1 1 < i. 



637o. Owatari. C. On the Distribution of Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Botanical 

 Magazine, XI. Tokyo. 1897, p. 201-206.) (Japanese.) 



The author discusses the origin of Euphorbia tirucalli I-, which he found 

 growing abundantly on Ape's Hills. Takaw. in Formosa. He regards thal this plant, 

 which is alreadv known from Zanzibar, in Fast Africa. might be considered to be 



