//On the indigenous Bupleura of Japan, 



by 



IBorice Ш. Koso-Polianski/f 



I. M. N. S., I. N. S. A. E. S., M. 0. S., R. H. S. &c. 



Contents: 



Preface. 



§ 1, some critical remarks. 



§ 2, an artificial key. 



§ 3, system and nomenclature (scient, and Japan.). 



§ 4, on the distribution in Japan. 



§ 5, on the relation of the Japanese Bupleuroflora to that of various prov. 



of Eurasia and IST. America. 

 § 6, on the only known endemic species. 

 § 7, on the affinity of the Japanese species. 

 § 8, on the history of the Japanese Bupleuroflora. 

 § 9, a stastical note. 

 § 10, on the introduced species. 

 § 11, some questions that require answers. 



In this paper I have given a small contribution to the exact 

 knowledge of some species of the genus В up leur um, L. known 

 to me as occuring in Japan. 



It may appear strange to the reader that an European who can 

 only with great difficulty discipher Japanese letters without the 

 knowledge of the Japanese language, hasmade up his mind to un- 

 dertake a revision of Japanese Bupleura, especially in our 

 time, when phytotaxonomy is in the same flourishing state in the 



