ages of jnstfne aigac in %apan 



K . Y E n d o 



Japan consists of a group of narrow 

 islands with the interior rough and 

 mountainous. Owing to the irregularity 

 of the surface, the coast line is very 

 long and a large share of the popula- 

 tion is brought in contact with the 

 sea. Under these circumstances they 

 have learned to make economic use of 

 many marine algae. I propose to men- 

 tion briefly the more important algae 

 which are generally used by the inhab- 

 itants of Japan. It is not my intention 

 at this time to describe the plants of 

 more restricted use. I have given in 

 each instance the international, followed 

 by the Japanese, name and a short 

 statement of the particular economic im- 

 portance. 



