1. Electrophoretic evidence for the origin ofDryopteris yakusilvicola (Dryopteridaceae)

   • Dedy Darnaedi
   • Masahiro Kato
   • Kunio Iwatsuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Observation by SEM of the attachment ofAgrobacterium tumefaciens to the surface of vinca, asparagus and rice cells

   • Nobuyuki Terouchi
   • Seiichiro Hasezawa
   • Kunihiko Syôno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 23

3. Seed coat morphology and evolution in Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae (Urticales)

   • Tokushiro Takaso
   • Hiroshi Tobe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 41

4. Effects of spermidine on chlorophyll content, photosynthetic activity and chloroplast ultrastructure in the dark and under light

   • Che-Jun Pjon
   • Sok-dong Kim
   • Jun-yong Pak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 48

5. The cytotaxonomy and origin ofRanunculus yaegatakensis, an endemic taxon of Yakushima Island

   • Hirosumi Fujishima
   • Hiroshi Okada
   • Tetsukazu Yahara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 56

6. Dioecism of the genusCallicarpa (Verbenaceae) in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

   • Nobumitsu Kawakubo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 66

7. Biosystematic study ofSedum L. SubgenusAizoon (Crassulaceae)

   • Makoto Amano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 85

8. Cytochalasin-D causes abnormal wall-ingrowths and organelle-crowding in legume root hairs

   • Robert W. Ridge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 96

9. An unusual short flagellum inMallomonas guttata (Synurophyceae, chrysophyta)

   • Xiaoming Zhang
   • Isao Inouye
   • Mitsuo Chihara

   Short Communication Pages: 97 - 101