THE 



BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. I 



Vol. 4.] • October 10, 1800. [No. I I. 



CONTENTS. 



All letters and communications to be adressed to the 



TOKYO BOTANICAL SOCIETY, 



No. 6. Minami-Senju-Mgtchi, Tokyo, Japan. 



A few Words of Explanation to European Botanists, {in English.) By Prof. R. 



Yatabe. Sc. D. President of the Tokyo Botanical Society i 



Two New Species of Japanese Plants, {in English.) By Prof. R. Yatabe. Sc. D. 



(Plates XII, XIII) 2 



Plants of Nakanoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. By Mr. Y. Tashiro ... 5 



Plants Employed in Medicine in the Japanese Pharmacopcea. {continued.) By 



Mr. K. Sawada i J 



Polyporus officinalis {Ehurico) found at Nikko. By Mr ; Shirai ...... 15 



Notes on a Botanical Excursion to the Provinces of Shinano, Kozuke, and 



Shimotsuke. {continued.) By Mr. M. Miyosht ....... 17 



On some Lichenes collected in the Province of Tosa. By Mr. M. Miyoshi . . 21 



Colours and Scents of Flowers. By Mr. S. Hori. 23 



Guide to Anatomical Work in Botany. — Part III. {illustrated.) By Mr. S. Ikeno. 



On some Japanese Peronosporeae. By Mr. N. Tanaka 26 



On ^e-Generic Name of Red-rust-fungus {Akasabi) of the Mulberry Tree. By 



,-*; Mn'N. Tanaka 27 



Kofanieal Notes: 28 



Cryptomeria Avenue of Nikko. — Stem-structure of Cissus japonica 

 IVilld. — Aerial Root of Luffa Petola. — Relation between the Leaves of 

 Plants and the Latitude of the Locality. — Communications from 

 Kurile Islands. — Botanical Garden of the Normal School in Fukuoka 

 Prefecture. — Natural History Club in Mie. — Habitat of Sciadopytis 

 verticillata Sieb. et Zucc.\ and of Rubus peltatus Maxim. — Sistorema 

 irpicinum B. et Br. — Cyclomyces fuscus Er. — Fomes glaucotus Cook. — 

 Hydnum aspratum Berk. — Hydnum japonicum Lev. — Ithyphallus 

 rugulosus — Rhizopogon rubescens Tul. — Stemonitis fusca Roth. — 

 Stemonitis herbatica Peck. — Leaf Disease of the Mulberry Tree. — Smut 

 of Indian Corn. — Root Disease of the Mulberry Tree. — Fruit Disease 

 of Prunus trifiora Roxb. 

 Names of Plants in English and Japanese, {continued.) ..... 



Queries and Replies: ;$ 



Miscellaneous: 35 



Recent Works on Botany. — Members of the Tokyo Botanical Society. — 

 Monthly Meeting of the Tokyo Botanical Society.— Publications 

 received. 



Appendix: , 1-2 



List of the Plants of Chugoku. 



. 2. 'w 



