84 FOREST FLORA OF JAPAN. 



A variety of Larix Dahurica, a species widely distributed through Siberia, northern China, 

 Manchuria, Kamtschatka, and Saghalin, reaches the extreme northern part of Yezo and the 

 Kurile Islands. This form has been called var. Japonica by Maximowicz, and by Mayr Larix 

 Kurilensis. We were not fortunate enough to see this tree in its native forests, but some idea 

 of its appearance as it grows in the island of Iturup can be obtained from our illustration 

 (Plate xxvi.), which is produced from a photograph for which I am indebted to Dr. Mayr, who 

 visited the Kurile Islands during his residence in Japan. 



The other arborescent plants of Japan, Cycas revoluta, a favorite garden-plant, especially in 

 the south, where it often grows to a great size, and Trachycarpus (Chamserops) excelsa, natu- 

 ralized in some parts of the south, appear to have been introduced from the Loochoo or other 

 southern islands, or from Formosa or southern China. 



