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3. An excellent collection, by Mr. Setsüsaburö Tanaka, 

 now Assistant Professor in the College of Agriculture of the 

 Imperial University of Tokyo, made in 1891 in the islands of 

 Amami-Öshima, Uchina, Myaku, Ishigachi, Irumuti, and Yuna- 

 kuni, the last being a small island situated close to Formosa and 

 then for the first time botanically explored ; he also collected 

 some plants in Tane-ga-shima, an island situated near Kyushu 

 in the southern part of Japan, and has generously placed at 

 our disposal the whole collection numbering about 489, besides 

 many duplicates. 



4. A small set of plants collected by Mr. H. Nakagawa, 

 formerly Professor in the High School at Kumamoto, during 

 his biological mission to the islands of Amami-Oshima and 

 Uchina in 1892. 



5. A rich collection made by one of the authors, T. Itö, 

 who, while Professor at the Zöshikwan College at Kagoshima, 

 in the province of Satsuma, visited in 1894, the islands of 

 Amami-Oshima, Uchina, Myaku, Irabu, Ishigachi, Irumuti, 

 Takidun, Kubama, Aragushiku, Kuru-shima, Uchibanari and 

 Sutubanari. His collection from these islands, comprising 929 

 numbers, besides several fine sets of duplicates, is the most 

 comprehensive hitherto made, and forms the basis of the 

 present work. 



6. A small number of plants gathered at Binnu-taki in 

 the island of Uchina and kindly sent to T. Itü by Mr. Ringex 

 Tira, a Luchuan gentleman who accompanied the former in 

 the mountainous districts of Kunjan in the same island during 

 that author's botanical tour in the 3^ear 1894. 



7. A set of some 42 species collected in Myaku-jima in 

 1895 by Mr. Shumpö Tatitu, a native gentleman of the same 



