THE 



BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 



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Vol. £.] December 12, 1890. [No. 46. 



CONTENTS. 



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A New Genus of the Order Saxifragaceae. {in English) By Prof. R. Yatabe, 



Sc. D. (Plate XVIII.) i 



On Atractylis ovata, Thunb. By Prof. J. Matsumura 3 



On Edible Lichens. By Mr. M. Miyoshi 9 



Orders & Genera of Japanese Plants. ByMr. T. Makino 18 



Guide to Anatomical Work in Botany.-Part IV. By Mr. S. Ikeno 22 



Colours and Scents of Flowers {continued from No. 4.5 '.) By Mr. S Hori. . . 23 

 Plants Employed in Medicine in the Japanese Pharmacopcea. {continued from 



No. 4.5.) By. K. Sawada if 



Biographical Sketch of Japanese Botanists. By Y. Yamamoto. ...... 31 



Some Remarks on Mr. Yamamoto's Sketch of the History of Botany in Japan. 



By Mr. N. Okada 34 



Miscellaneous: 35 



The plant Figured under the Name of Iinuma's Somoku Zusetsu is not Urtica 

 Thunbergiana, S. et. Z.— An Adventitions Root. —Names of Plants in 



English and Japanese, {concluded.) 3 6 



Queries and Replies : • • 3^ 



Appendix. 



List of the Plants of Chugoku. 



All letters and'communications to'be addressed to the 



TOKYO BOTANICAL SOCIETY, 



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



