1. Vernation patterns in Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae (Urticales), and their evolutionary and systematic implications

   • Susumu Terabayashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 13

2. Is the wild oat embryo monocotylous?

   • Jackson M. Shuma
   • Manjarabad V. S. Raju

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 23

3. Estimation of seasonal changes in translocation rates in leaves of a Japanese larch stand

   • Kazuo Hozumi
   • Nahoko Kurachi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36

4. Tetracentron Wood from the Miocene of Noto Peninsula, Central Japan, with a short revision of homoxylic fossil woods

   • Mitsuo Suzuki
   • Lajmina Joshi
   • Shuichi Noshiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 48

5. Composition of cyclic peptide toxins among strains ofMicrocystis aeruginosa (blue-green algae, cyanobacteria)

   • Mariyo F. Watanabe
   • Masayuki Watanabe
   • Makoto Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 57

6. Light and scanning electron microscopic studies of flower development inLindenbergia macrostachya Benth. (Scrophulariaceae)

   • Devendra K. Awasthi
   • Ramaveer Rawat
   • Vishnu Kumar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 71

7. Rapid plant movements triggered by action potentials

   • Takao Sibaoka

   Invited article Pages: 73 - 95

8. The life cycle of mitochondria in the true slime mould,Physarum polycephalum

   • Shigeyuki Kawano

   Invited article Pages: 97 - 113