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(3) Gray, Asa. 



1856. Account of the botanical specimens. In Narrative of the ex- 

 pedition of an American squadron to the China Sea and Japan, 

 performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the com- 

 mand of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order 

 of the Government of the United States, vol. 2, pp. 305-332. 



(4) Merrill, Elmer D., and Walker, Egbert H. 



1938. A bibliography of eastern Asiatic botany. Arnold Arboretum, 

 pp. i-xlii, 1-719, 2 maps. 



Through the Index, p. 619, many botanical references to the 

 Ryukyus can be found. The second author Is preparing a supplement 

 that will eventually bring this up to date. 



(5) Miyoshi, Manabu. 



1905-1906. Vegetation of Luchu. I and II, in his Atlas of Japanese 

 vegetation. Set III (1905), pp. 1-8, 1-11, pis. 16-24; Set VI 

 (1906), pp. 1-4, 1-5, pis. 41-46. 



A set of photographs of vegetation with text In English and 

 Japanese. 



(6) Newman, Marshall T., and Eng, Ransom L. 



1948. The Ryukyu people: A cultural appraisal. Ann. Rep. Smith- 

 sonian Inst, for 1947, pp. 379^05, pis. 1-5, figs. 1, 2. 



(7) Nuttonson, M. T. 



1952. Ecological crop geography and field practices of the Ryukyu 

 Islands, natural vegetation of the Ryukyus and agroclimatic 

 analogues in the northern hemisphere. American Institute of 

 Crop Ecology, pp. 1-106, figs. 1-14, 1 folded table. 



(8) Sonohara, Sakuya; Tawada, Shinjun; and Amano, Tetsuwo. 



1952. Flora of Okinawa. Okinawa shokubutsushi ; an enumeration of 

 the plants of Okinawa and Sakishima Archipelago in the Ryukyu 

 Islands, 2374-284-50 pp., pi. 1. Mimeographed. 



A preliminary treatment with an introduction. Issued by the 

 United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyus. This covers the 

 prewar political unit Okinawa-ken or prefecture comprising all the 

 southern Ryukyus. It may be obtained from the United States Army 

 through the auspices of the present writer. 



(9) Tawada, Shinjun. 



1931. Okinawa yakuyo shokubntsu yakuko. [Medicinal uses of Okinawa 

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 1951, 178+ pp., pis. 1-18.) 



A mimeographed work In Japanese with Latin names systematically 

 arranged. 



(10) U. S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyus. 



1952. Ryukyu Islands; preliminary notes on the use, distribution and 

 adaptability of native and introduced species. Spec. Bull. (U. S. 

 Civil Adm. Ryukyu Is. ) , No. 1, pp. 1^5, 5 maps. 



(11) Varney, Richard M. 



Forestry in the Ryukyus. (In press.) 



(12) Walker, Egbert H. 



1952. A botanical mission to Okinawa and the southern Ryukyus. Asa 

 Gray Bull., n. s., vol. 1, pp. 225-244, figs. 1-9. 



