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Rosaceæ.—Spirea salicifolia from the Niko hills, mentioned with doubt by Miquel.
Hamamelideæ.—Hamamelis virginica, L. from Niko. It is easily distinguished from the H. Japonica by its leaves which are covered underneath with black marks. The existence of this species in Japan constitutes another link between its flora and that of the North-west of America.
Umbelliferæ.—This family is richly represented in Japan; the Enumeratio embraces a certain number of new species, partly due to the researches of M. Maximowicz. Since the publication of our work, this learned Russian botanist has described the new species Angelica, and I have myself gathered several of them, probably unnamed, but which it is difficult to characterize with certainty in the absence of the ripe fruit.
Araliaceæ—Acanthopanax Sciadophylloides, Franchet and Savatier; from Niko; remarkable for its small long petiolated leaflets; A. asperata, Fr. and Sav. from Hakodate, with leaves harsh to the touch, but with the fruit of which I have not yet been made acquainted.
Caprifoliaceæ—Viburnum lantana, L., from Hakodate, a variety with more rounded leaves than the European plant.
Rubiaceæ. The Japanese examples of the genus Galium have been enumerated by M. Maximowicz in his sixteenth chapter. I can now add to these two species: Gal. pogonanthum, Fr. and Sav.; and Gal. Stellarioides, Fr. and Sav.; a relation, though very distinct, of the G. ovatum. The typical form of the Gal. Boreale grows at Hakodate.
Compositæ. This great family has been considerably augmented since the publication of Miquel. I shall only cite the kinds unnamed up to this date. Aster Leiophylius, Fr. and Sav.; Aster dimorphophyllen, Fr. and Sav., from Hakone. Stenactis annua, De. and St. ambigua, Fr. and Sav., from the Niko hills. Dichrocephala latifolia, Fr. and Sav.; Carpesium triste, Max., from Niko;
