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evergreen forests in the south, 

 which only in exceptional cases 

 extends 200 meters higher. 



2 Zone of the Cryptomeria, 

 Cypress and Vezu, 400-1,000 

 meters high. This is at the 

 same time the range of the 

 lower summer-green forest, in 

 which the vegetation develops 

 its greatest strength in point of 

 luxuriance and variety of kinds, 

 the region of Chestnuts, Decidu- 

 ous Laurenise, most of the Mag- 

 noliaceae, Ternstromiaceae, 

 Lardizabaleae, Hydrangeoe, 

 Caprifoliace^E, and other abun- 

 dantly represented tribes, as 

 well as, finally, the district of 

 the lower and most widely dis- 

 tributed Hara. 



3. Zone of Abies fir ma and 

 the middle broad-leaved forest, 

 1,000-1,500 meters high. To this 

 belongs the greater part of the 

 deciduous forest consisting of 

 oaks, beeches, maples, alders, 

 ashes, horse chestnuts, aralias 

 and the upper Hara. 



4. Zone of Firs and Larches. 

 1,500-2,000 meters. It is also 

 the district of the higher broad- 

 leaved forest, composed of 

 birches, alders, sub- Alpine plants 

 and shrubs. 



rhoides, Q. glabra, Cinnamomum 

 Camphora, Distylium race- 

 mosum, Cinnamomum pedun- 

 culata, Buxus sempervirens, etc. 

 In the upper parts (300-500 m.) 

 Pinus densiflora with deciduous 

 trees like the Zelkowa Keaki, 

 Ginko biloba, Quercus dentata, 

 Q. serrata, Q. crispula, Cas- 

 tanea vulgaris, Melia japonica, 

 Sophora japonica, Aphanante 

 aspera, Celtis sinensis, Populus 

 Sieboldi, Ilex crenata, etc. 



2. Zone of the Cypress^ 500- 

 1,000 meters high. The pre- 

 dominating varieties of wood 

 are: Chamaecyparis obtusa, 

 Ch. pisifera, Podocarpus macro- 

 phylla, Sciadopitys verticillata, 

 Podocarpus Nageia, Torreya 

 nucifera, etc. 



3. Zone of the stimmer- green 

 foliaceo2is trees, 1,100-1,700 me- 

 ters high. Here are to be found 

 principally Magnolia hypoleuca, 

 Cercidiphyllum japonicum, 

 Evodia glauca, Ulmus Campes- 

 tris, Alnus Maritima, Fagus 

 sylvatica, Juglans Sieboldi, 

 ^sculus turbinata, Acer pal- 

 matum, A. crataigifolium, etc. 



4. Zone of the Firs a7id 

 Larches, 1,700-2,400 meters high. 

 In the lower part of this zone 

 are Abies firma, Larix leptolepis, 

 and Abies Tsuga principally, 

 and in the upper portion, are to 

 be found Abies Veitchii, Picea 

 Alcockiana, P. polita, etc. 



