Phytogeography of Eastern Himalaya, with Special Reference to the Relationship between Himalaya and Japan, by Hiroo Kanai 13
Systematic Enumeration of the Plants Collected
Spermatophyta 39
Pteridophyta 453
Bryophyta 501
Lichenes 592
Fungi 611
Taxonomic Comparison between Corresponding Taxa of Spermatophyta in
Eastern Himalaya and Japan, by Hiroshi Hara 627
Cytological Studies on some Eastern Himalayan Plants, by Sachiko Kurosawa 658i
Selected Bibliography 671
Index of Latin Names ®'
742
Index of Place Names
Route Map
PREFACE
This report includes the scientific results hitherto obtained from the Botanical Expeditions to Eastern Himalaya by the University of Tokyo in 1960 and 1963. The main objects of our Expeditions are to make more clear the close botanical relationship between Eastern Himalaya and Japan, to investigate critically the corresponding taxa in both regions, and to analyse the process of evolution in the plant groups originated from a common ancestor in the Early Tertiary and now widely separated in both regions. So we have concentrated our effort to study the temperate flora of Eastern Himalaya in comparison with that of Japan. Our collections consist of about 60,000 specimens which are in many cases supplemented by field notes and coloured photographs. Moreover a large number of vascular plants were brought home as living plants and seeds, and are now cultivated in Japan for our studies.
The First Expedition of 1960 was undertaken as the Indo-Japanese Botanical Expedition to Eastern Himalaya in collaboration with the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow. We wish to express our gratitude to Mrs. Savitri Sahni, Dr. K. R. Surange, Dr. R. N. Lakhanpal, Dr. M. N. Bose, and Dr. S. C. D. Sah of the Institute who enabled us to carry out the joint Expedition. The Asia Foundation also generously contributed a grant to our travelling expense. The Second Expedition of 1963 was partly defrayed from a Grant in Aid for Fundamental Scientific Research by the Ministry of Education of Japan.
We are greatly indebted to His Highness Thondup Namgyal, the Maharaja of Sikkim, and Mr. Martam Topden, Dr. K. L. Narashinham, and Mr. K. C. Pradhan of the Government of Sikkim, Dr. P. R. Pandey, and Mr. A. B. Upadhyaya of Department of Medicinal Plants of the Government of Nepal for their kind help for our trips. Thanks are also due to Dr. H. Santapau, Dr. J. G. Sen Gupta, and Dr. S. K. Mukerjee of the Botanical Survey of India for giving us facilities for our botanical researches at Calcutta. We have to acknowledge much assistance of Sir G. Taylor, Mr. C. E. Hubbard, Mr. J. R. Sealy of the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, Mr. W. T. Stearn of the British Museum of Natural History at London, and Mr. B. L. Burtt of the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh.
We owe much to the enthusiasm of Mr. Naotomo Sasaki of the National Garden Shinjuku-Gyoen, Mr. Atuhiko Aoyama of the University of Tokyo, Mrs. Fusako Yamazaki and Mr. Motonosuke Ozawa of Tokyo, and Mr. Kunio Sato of Karuizawa who have greatly helped us in cultivating the Himalayan plants for our studies.
Finally we wish to take this opportunity to express our warm thanks to all institutions, banks, companies, and persons that have extended their support, financial and otherwise, to our Botanical Expeditions.
1960年的第一次遠征是作為印度-日本東喜馬拉雅植物學遠征,與盧克諾的Birbal Sahni古生物植物學研究所合作進行的。我們要向Savitri Sahni女士,K. R. Surange博士,R. N. Lakhanpal博士,M. N. Bose博士,以及S. C. D. Sah博士表示感謝,他們使我們能夠進行聯合遠征。亞洲基金會也慷慨地提供了我們的旅行經費。1963年的第二次遠征部分由日本教育部的基本科學研究資助金贊助。
我們非常感謝錫金的馬哈拉杰,Thondup Namgyal,以及錫金政府的Martam Topden先生,K. L. Narashinham博士,K. C. Pradhan先生,尼泊爾政府藥用植物部門的P. R. Pandey博士,以及A. B. Upadhyaya先生對我們的旅行的貼心幫助。我們也要感謝印度植物調查的H. Santapau博士,J. G. Sen Gupta博士,和S. K. Mukerjee博士在加爾各答為我們的植物學研究提供便利。我們還要感謝位於倫敦的皇家植物園的Sir G. Taylor先生,C. E. Hubbard先生,J. R. Sealy先生,倫敦自然歷史博物館的W. T. Stearn先生,以及愛丁堡皇家植物園的B. L. Burtt先生的大力協助。
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