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Fig. 3D. Coniferous forest on the north side of the mountain, Picea, Abies and a few 
Pyrus sn mbv c if olia on the right side. (After a photograph.) 
Larix leptolepis Gord. 
Picea Alcockiana Carr. 
Picea ajanensis Fisch. 
*Picea hondoensis Mayr. 
Picea polita Carr. 
Pinus parviflora SlEB ct Zucc. 
Tsuga diversi folia Maxim. 
Tsuga Sieboldiana Carr. 
The undergrowth in this 
in the preceding formation. 
Karamatm. 
Tramomi. 
Ezomatsu. 
Told. 
Harbnorni. 
Himekomaisu. 
Kometsuga. 
Tsuga. 
formation is almost the same as 
d) Larix region. 
Above a 2300 m. elevation of the Conifer region, the wind 
is too strong, cold, and dry for the growth of the ever 
* I do not think that Picei hondoensis Mayii should be different from Picea 
ajanensis Fisch. The differences pointed out by Mayr in his “ Abietinere von 
Japan ” is not very clear, and perhaps they should be regarded as individual 
characters. 
