Notes on Far Eastern Plants.— I.-VI. 



By 

 Hisayoslii Takeda, D.I.C., D.Sc. 



With forty-seven Figures in the Text. 



Among the specimens of Spermophytes and Pteridopli3'tes 

 from the Far East, which have been examined by the writer on 

 occasion are species and forms of considerable interest from the 

 systematic and floristic points of view. It sometimes happens 

 that species which have been well known turn out to be wrongly 

 identified, or even new to science. There are also species which 

 have not been described in full, and additional accounts of certain 

 organs or parts of organs are doubtless of no little value for 

 both systematic and morphology. Records of occurrence of 

 certain species may not infrequently bring some interesting 

 results for plant-geography. 



It seems desirable that new facts, records and remarks 

 should be published in a collective form rather than as isolated 

 notes which tend to being overlooked. The writer therefore 

 proposes to issue from time to time a series of "Notes" in 

 which they will be incorporated. The specimens examined are 

 chiefly those which are preserved in the Herbarium of the College 

 of Science, Tokyo Imperial University, and some are from the 

 writer's own collection. Certain specimens kept in the Her- 

 barium of Kew and of Edinburgh, which the writer has had the 

 opportunity of examining, are likewise referred to at times. 



The writer takes this opportunity of thanking Prof. J. 

 Matsumura for allowing him to use the Herbarium and Library 

 of the College of Science. 



