GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE FLORA OF JAPAN. jQI 



Bktilla AppendicHlaria 



Calanthe JDidymoplexis 



Chrysoglossnn Goodyera 



Bnl'jophylliini JIabenaria 



Cleisostoina Platanthera 



Cymbidiiini Liparis 



Phalaenopsis Oberonia 



CoUabiiim Saccolabium 



Dcndrobinin Saixochihis and many others. 



They are generally not very con8i)icuous. Among tliena, the most 

 beautiful orchid is Piialnenopsis Aphrodite. 



2) Vegetation or the conifee regions. 



At elevations of 7000 ft. appear the conifer forests. The trees pre- 

 dominating in these regions are Chamnecyparis ohfusa and C. formosen- 

 sis. The conifers are here wonderfully large, the trunk attaining a 

 diameter of even 10 ft. Intermixed with Taiivania crijptomerioides 

 and Ciinningliamia Koni'iliii, these conifers occupy the greater part of 

 this region and constitute the most peculiar feature of the vegetation 

 of Formosa. Vegetation of this kind is seen elsewhere only in the 

 mountainous districts of Jajian, "but the growth is not so enormous 

 as in Formosa. 



Higher up, at elevations of 80C0 ft. there appear some forests 

 of Tsuga formosana, intermixed with Abies Katuakamii, Picea 

 morrisonicola and Pseudotsuga Wilsoniana. Forests of this kind can be 

 distinguished from a distance by the peculiar dark color of tlse foliage. 

 The forest trees of the conifer region are as follows :- 



Libocednis iiiacrol^pis Penth. et HoOK. Piuits Amiandi Feanch. 



Chamaecyparis forinosensis Matse M. Pimis formosana Hay. 



C. o'ltiisa Sieb. et Zrcc. Pi mis tahvanensis Hay. 



Cuniiinghamia JConiskii Hay. Picea morrisonicola Hay- 



Taiwania cryptomerioides Hay. ICeteketia Davidiana Beissn. 



Cephalotaxiis Wilsoniatia Hay. Tsuga chinensis BuNG. 



Ta-xits ci/spidata SlEB. et Zucc. Psendoisiiga Wilsoniana Hay. 



var. chinejisis Eehd. et Wli.S. Abies ICazvakamii Ito. 



At this elevation, the undergrowth is not so luxuriant as it is in 

 the preceding region. Pieris, various kinds of Rkododendron, Barthea 

 and many other plants are commonly met with in the undergrowth. 

 Here, ferns are very plentiful. Plagiogyria glauca var. jjhiUppinensis 

 is very numerous, and there are many other species such as Acropliorus 

 stijpeUatus, 3iicroIepia, Monaoliosorum, Asplenium laciniatum, Aspleniuin 



