GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 85 



Angiopteris eveda HoFFJl. Ardisia Sicholdl MlQ. 



OsDiunda javanica Bl. LLibiscus mittabilis LiNN. 



Livistona chinensis E. Bk. Ficiis Wightiana WalIj. 



V. Kiushu (30°-34°N.Lat., 128°-132=E.Long.). 



The flora of this island is also that of warm regions. In Osumi 

 and Satsuma (31° N. Lat.), are found many tropical elements. 

 Evergi-een broad-leaved forests are common. They are composed for 

 the most i)art of Litlwcarpus cuspidata (Oeust), but the following 

 trees also occur :- 



Quercits sessilifolia BjA'ME Liudera Thtinhergii Mak. 



Q. acuta ThI'NB. L. strycJmifoUa Viix- 



Q. myrsinaefMa Bl. L. mnhellata Thunb. 



Q. phylUracoides A. Gk. L. fraecox Bl^UME. 



Lithocarpiis cdidis (Mak.) L. ghmca BlUME. 



L. glabia OeeST. L. citriodoj-a Hemsl. 



Actinodaphue lancifolia Meisn. Litsui japoaica JrsS- 



A. acuminata Meisn. Camellia japonica LiNN. 



Machilus TJmiibergii S. et Z. Eurya japonica ThXJNB. 



Machilus longifjlia BlTJME. E. emarginata Mak. 



T'etiadenia fJiosa Nees. E. Ochnacea SzYS. 



Ciunamomum pediincitlata NesS. Pitt^sporum Tohira AlT. 



C. LoH-eirii NeeS. Maesa japonica MoRITIZ. 



C. Sieboldi Meisst. Ardisia Sieboldi MlQ- 



C. sericewn Sieb. Ficits erscta ThUNB. 



C. Camphora N. et E. F. Wightiana Watx. 



Lind'ra triloba Bli. Myrica rubra S- et Z. 



Epiphytic orchids such as Bendrohium moniliforme Sw. and Sarcocliilus 

 japonicus Miq. and woody parasites such as Viscum album Linn; 

 and Pseudixus japonicus Hay. are also quite common. Climbing 

 plants like Ficus foveolata Wall., F. 'pumila Ltnn. and the epiphytic 

 ferns are suggestive of a tropical vegetation. 



It is interesting to note that, in an island called Yahushima 

 (30°iSr.Lat.) lying between Kifislm and the Loo-choo Islands, there are 

 immense natural forests of enormous trees of Cryptomeria japonica Don. 



VI. Japan in general (30°-51^N.Lat , I28°30'-156^30'E.Long.). 



Generally speaking, the flora of Japan, including Hokkaido, 

 the Kuriles, Honshri, Shikoku and Kiushu, is on the one hand closely 

 related to that of the eastern part of the Asiatic continent, while on 

 the other, it shows some affiliations with the flora of North America. 

 The following species should be regarded as those showing the close 



