Vol. XXI. August, 1907. No. 247. 



THE 



BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS. 



S. Kakehi and K. Baba :— Observations on the Stimulation of Plant 

 Growth 133 



Articles in Japanese : — 



G. Kono : — An analytical Key to the Genera of Japanese acrocar- 

 pous Mosses (continued from P. 188) 203 



S. Matsuda : — Second addition to a List of Chinese Plants collected 

 by Dr. S. Oka 211 



Current Literature : — 



Emil Chr. Hansen, Oberhefe und Untcrhefe. Studien iiber Varia- 

 tion und Erblichkeit. Zweite Mittheilung.— Tb. Weevers, Die 

 Physiologische Bedeutung des Koffeins und des Theobromins. 



Miscellaneous : — 



Notes on Plants of Morioka and its Vicinity. — List of Plants of 

 northeastern Provinces, IV. — On the Genus Chimonanthus. — 

 Book-notes, Personals etc 220 



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