naku, subete shokubutsuka no kciikyu ni yorite nai-gai 

 no zasslii ya shomotsu domo ni arawaretaru mono \va 

 kotogotoku agetsuraneru koto ni tsutometa. Shikanomi 

 narazu, Latin-mei no shussho wa mcchiron, sono imio yori 

 shokubutsu no sanchi ni itaru made gakusha no sanko 

 to naru-beki mono wa tsuke-kuwaeru koto to shita- 

 Kore zo sunawachi Kami-no-maki, Cryptogam-no-bu de, 

 koko ni ageta kazu bakari de sude ni shisen ni-hyaku 

 amari to natta. 



Sono narabe-kata wa Myxogasteres, Schizomycetes, 

 Schizophyceae, Flagellata, Bacillariales, Conjugaicne, Chloro- 

 phyce^e, Characeze, Phaeophyceae, Rhodophyceee, Fungi, 

 Lichenes, Hepaticae, Musci, Filices, Fihces fossiles, Psilo- 

 tacese, Selaginellaceae, Isoetaceae to iu gotoku burui ni 

 waketaredomo, Latin-mei wa midashi yasukaran tame 

 sorezore zokusuru burui no moto ni Alphabet ni shidai- 

 shita wake de aru. 



Kono shomotsu wa tada no * Mei-kan ' taru wo 

 motte, karisome nimo sono aida ni chushaku wo kuwaeru 

 koto naki wa mochiron de aru ; sareba kore wo himotokan 

 hito shussho no shimesaretaru gen-sho ni tsuite tokaku 

 no hyoron wo kudashi, teisei-zoho wo kokoromiraren 

 koto koso negawashikere. Kono sho hatashite sono 

 tebiki to nari, isasaka nite mo gakusha no tayori to 

 naru koto araba chosa ea honeori wa kore nite mukueraru 

 beki de aru. 



Tokio, Meiji 37-nen, Nigatsu ii-nichi. 



Matsumura Jinzo. 



