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paratively unknown. In 1826 he had the good fortune to accompany the 

 Dutch ambassador to the court of Yeddo. In 1828 on the point of his 

 departure for Europe he was arrested and thrown into prison, nearly 

 losing his Hfe in an effort to save his friend, the Imperial astronomer and 

 librarian, who had furnished him with a hitherto unpublished map of the 

 empire. However, on the 7th of July, 1830, he was allowed to return 

 home and soon after his arrival in Holland he set about arranging his 

 rich store of scientific material, and published several valuable works 



relating to Japan. Among the latter was his "Flora Japonica; sive, 

 riantae, quas in imperio japonico collegit, descripsit, ex parte in ipsis 

 locis pingcndas curavit. Dr. Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Sectio prima continens 

 plantas ornatui vel usui inservientes. Digessit J. G. Zuccarini." This is 

 one of the most important works on the Japanese flora. The two 

 volumes bearing the dates respectively 1835 and 1870 were issued in 30 

 fascicles, the dates of which, so far as we have been able to ascertain 

 them, are as follows: 



Vol. i. 



Fasc. 1-2 (tafcl 1-10) 1835 



3-4 ( " 11-20) 1836 



5-6 ( " 21-30) 1837 



7-8 ( " 31-40) 1838 



9-10 ( '' 41-50) 1839 



' 11-12 ( " 51-60) 1840 



' 13-14 ( " 61-70) 1840 



' 15-16 ( " 71-80) 1841 



17-18 ( " 81-90) 1841 



19-20 ( " 91-100) 1841 



Vol. ii. 

 Fasc. 21-23 (tafel 101-115) 1842 (or 1843) 



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24-25 ( " 116-124^) 1844 



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26-30 ( " 125-150) 1870 



This work is usually quoted as "Siebold and Zuccarini. Flora japon- 

 ica," the descriptions having been written by Zuccarini, "et il a ajout^ 

 aux figures des especes un grand nombre d 'analyses extreraent instruc- 

 tives." In the second edition of Pritzel it is entered under the two names 

 and the dates given as 1835-44. "Centuria prima (fasc. i-xx) 1835. 

 Centuria altera. Fasc. i-x. 1842-70." Tliese dates, at first perplexing, 

 are explained by the fact that Zuccarini's connection with the w^ork 

 ended with fasc. 25, 1844, his death occurring in 1848. After Siebold's 

 death, in 1866, the completion of the work w^as undertaken by Miquel 

 who edited fasc. 26-30, including plates 125-150; tliese fascicles, to- 

 gether w^ith the title-page for volume ii, whicli reads **Ab auctoribus 

 inchoatum relictum ad fincm pcrduxit F. A. G. Miquel" were issued 

 in 1870. On the verso of this title wx find "Hujus voluminis paginas 

 1-44 curavit b. Zuccarini, sequentes F. A. Guil. Miquel, speciminibus plan- 

 tarum siccis, tabulis et srhedis a b. de Siebold relictis 



