226 ON THE HISTORY OF BOTANY IN JAPAN. 
Matsuoka Gentatsu. His classical work, ‘ Honzé Komoku Keim6,’ 
or Explicatio Systematis Naturalis, though following, as his pre- 
decessors, the scheme of ‘ Pun-tsaou-kang-mih,’ is a remarkable 
illustration of his infinite knowledge and accuracy, written 
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as a model for works of the kind. But it is regretted that this 
useful book has been hardly noticed by European authors, even by 
those who hans paid more or less attention to less notable works, 
possibly on account of the absence of illustrations of the plants or 
animals, which he generally describes with wonderful accuracy. 
But Ono Ranzan was not a man who ne paatel illustrations ; his 
ability as a botanical draughtsman is shown by the figures of the 
wa-wi’ i 
A grandson of Ono Ono Motoyoshi, is an able 
Potanist, frequently referred to by Franchet and Savatier in their 
Enu uthor, Shimada Yonan, of the ‘ Kwa-wi,’ or 
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whom Ohta Shégen, Okamura Shodken, 
Shira Shiyo 3 ot Yedo), and SO Shokei (of Dewa) are highly 
d Descriptions, it exclusively consists of figures, and has no 
S work was executed by my lamented friend 
during the years of Bunkwa (1804-1817), in order to 
supply the want of accurate figures, which are more or less 
neglected in most important works "of. his predecessors, more 
