P u l^ I i s h e d M o n t h 1 v 



ÜURME OF JAPANESE BÖTANYÄS 



EDITED BY 



T. MAKING. 



LECTURES OF aCTAN> ;s r-E SC ESC£ CO' LEG = 



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Vol. 



No. 2. 



February 28, 1926. 



CONTENTS. 



FA6X 



Tomitaro Makino. A Contribution to tlie Knowledge of the Flora of 



Japan. < Coniinxi'id from p. 4.) (5) 



ARTICLES IN JAPANESE: — 



Portraits of Japanese Botanists : Prof. Seiitiro Ikeno Frontispiece 



Dictyophora phalloidea Desv Photo-Plate 



Matricaria ambigtia Miyabe Photo-Plate 



Tomitaro Makino, The Circumstances under which I retired from the 



Dietetic Laboratory, Department of Home Affairs (23) 



Yasuhi k o Asahina, The Raiken's Soliloquy on Botanical Science, I (27) 



Seiitiro Ikeno. Inheritance of Left- and Right-handedness. (lUust.) (29) 



Seiichi Kawamura, A Curious Fungus Chofc'san in Chinese Cookery. . . (33) 

 Tatsno Kariyone, The Original Tree which produces an EflBcacious 



Drue Yohimbin. (Illust.) ^34) 



Tomitaro Makino. The Edible Chayote new to Japan. (lUust.) (36) 



Tomitaro Makino, A Short Note on the Pea-nut. ilUust.) (42) 



Tomitaro Makino, Miscellaneous Notes on Plants, XIV (4ö) 



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