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Sooja japonica Hieb. f^yn. PI. Oecori. Jap. p. 56. 



Dakhu Kfempf. Aiuicn. Exct. \\ 837, cum tab. 



lia'j. Japan, widely cultivated, having various forms. There nut any 

 wild form in Jap;ui. 



" Soja" was derived from " Shoi/u" or Soy, a kind of sauce made of 

 boiled seeds of this plant ainl fermented wheat, commonly used by the 

 Japanese. 



Glycine (Soja) ussuriensis Hegel et Maack in Hegel Tent. Fl. Ussur. 

 p. 52, tal). 7, lig. 5-8. 



Glycine Soja Sieb, et Zucc. Fl. Jaj). Fam. Nat. in Abh. Akad. 

 Muench. IV. 2, p. 1U», no. 14; Walp. Ann. I. p. 'J70 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. 

 Jap. p. 240 ; Franch. et Hav. Enum. PL Jap. I. ]\ 108 et II. p. 326 ; 

 Francli. PI. David. I. p. 100 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXIII. p. 188; Tauli. in Engl, et Prantl Die Nat. Pflanzenfam, III, 3, 

 p. 3G0; Palib. Consp. Fl. Kur. I. p. 61). 



? Soja fmyusti/olia Mi(i. Fl. Ind. Pat. 1. j). 223; Walp. Ann. IV. p. 5.52. 



? Joftnia javanica Zoll. herb, nun Wight et Arn. ex Mi<]. 



? Glycine javanica Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. (17!)4) {>. 340, 

 non. Linn. 



rhascolus Icdhyroides Iloutt. Xat. Hist. XXVIIL p. 141, tab. 63, 

 tig. 2, ex parte, non Linn. 



Hah. Prov. Khimoosa : Rlama {T. MoJdnol Oct. 6, 189,5); Prov. 

 MusASHi: Tokyo {Z. 3Iatfiumura\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 Ang. 31, 1880), Sliimura ('/'. Makino\ Sept. 7, 18!)3) ; Prov. Mutsu : 

 Awoniori {T. Iiccujawa\ herb. ibid. Aug. 22, 1880); Prov. Ivo : Ishite 

 {Z. Uiacviuru ! Sept. 12, 1807). 



This species is never in cultivation, and the seed grains are useless 

 hence as tin; specific name " Soja " given to it is very ina})i)ropriate. 

 Probably a variety of the preceding species, 



Dunbaria villosa (Thunb.) 3Iakino in Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ- 

 Tokyo, (1897). 



Glycine villosa Thunb. Fl. Jap. (17S4) p. 283 ; Pers. Syn. PI. II. 

 (1807) p. 300; Willd. Sp. 1*1. III. p. 1056; Spreng. ' Syst. Veg. IIL (1826) 

 p. 198; DC. Prodr. II. (182.5) p. 242. 



Alylosia villosa Maxun. in Mel. Piol. IX. p. 69. 



Alylosia siihrJiovihea Miq. Pro!. Fl. Jap. [). 239 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Ja[). 1. [>. 112, et II. p. 327; Kauitz Anthoph. Jap. p. 31. 



