46 FOREST FLORA OF JAPAN. 



on the mountains of central Hondo, where, however, it does not grow to the great size it 

 attains in the forests of Yezo ; here it is associated with Lindens, Magnolias, White Oaks, 

 Birches, Maples, Cercidiphyllum, Walnuts, Carpinus, and Ostrya. The wood is rather hard, 

 straight-grained, and light brown, with a fine satiny surface. In Yezo it is highly valued, 

 and is used in considerable quantities in the interior finish of houses, and for furniture, 

 cases, etc. 



The illustration (Plate xvi.) is made from a photograph taken two years ago on the 

 wooded hill near Sapporo, and represents a large although by no means an exceptionally 

 large or remarkable specimen. At the right of the Acanthopanax two young Magnolias 

 have sent up their trunks in search of light, and on the left appear a number of stems of the 

 noble Japanese Grape-vine (Vitis Coignetise), which have climbed into its upper branches. 



