Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam; or, Icones of the Plants of Formosa, and Materials for a Flora of the Island, based on a Study of the Collections of the Botanical Survey of the Government of Formosa

Abstract

PREVIOUS to 1897, when the Japanese took possession of Formosa, the botanical exploration of the island was almost entirely due to British enterprise, but the savage inhabitants had prevented travellers from penetrating the mountainous interior. Since their occupation the Japanese have been very active in the investigation of the natural products, and botanists have not been the least active. The botanical literature is already considerable, and includes a “Flora Montana Formosae” by the author of the work now under review, as well as a more comprehensive publication mainly compiled by Dr. Hayata at Kew. Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam; or, Icones of the Plants of Formosa, and Materials for a Flora of the Island, based on a Study of the Collections of the Botanical Survey of the Government of Formosa. By B. Hayata. Fasciculus i. Pp. iii + 265 + xl plates. (Taihoku: Published by the Bureau of Productive Industry, Government of Formosa, 1911.)