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genus is rather limited to the north temperate regions ; one species in Sikkim- 

 Himalaya, two in Central China. The Mt. Morrizon will perhaps be the 

 southern limit in the distribution of the genus Pyrola as it has yet been 

 found nowhere else within the. tropic of cancer. 



Kleinhovia Hospita Linn. Sp. PI. ed-2, p. 1365 ; DC. Prodr. I. p. 

 488; Hance, in Journ. Bot. (1885) p. 322; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. 

 Sin. I. p. 90 ; Henry, List. PI. Formos. p. 22 ; Matsum. in Tokyo Bot. 

 Mag. XV. p. 53. 



Hab. Kodensho, ad 2623 ped., leg. S. Nagasawa (No. 758) T. Kawa- 

 kami, et G. Nakahara, Nov. 1, anno 1905. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Polynesia. This is cer- 

 tainly a tropical element in the Formosan flora. 



Parnasia palustris Linn. Sp. PL ed-2, p. 391 ; DC. Prodr. I. p. 320 ; 

 Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 469 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 II. p. 401 ; Drude, in Linmea XXXIX. p. 307 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. 

 Fl. Sin. I., p. 272. 



Hab. Kodensho, ad 2623 ped., leg. S. Nagasawa (No. 758), T. Kawa- 

 kami, et Gr. Nakahara, Nov. 3, anno 1905. 



West Asia to Europe and Japan ; but not in Central China. 



Juniperus taxifolia Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 271 ; Sieb. 

 et Zucc. Fl. Jap. II. p. 109 ; Miq. Prol. p. 331 ; Parl. DC. Prodr. XVI.-2, 

 p. 481 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. I. p. 472 ; Masters, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XVIII. p. 497 ; Warb. Mons. I. p. 191 ; Matsum. Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 (1901) p. 138 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 543 ; Diels, Fl. 

 Centr. Chin, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 219. 



Hab. Morrison : Seizan ad 11579 ped., leg. S. Nagasawa (No. 752), 

 T. Kawakami, et G. Nakahara, anno 1905, Nov. .3. 



Distrib. Loo-choo and Bonin ; China throughout. 



Juniperus chinensis Linn. ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 58, tt. 126, et 

 127 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 331 ; Parl. in DC. Prodr. XVI-2, p. 480; Mas- 



