1. Matter-economical roles of the evergreen foliage ofAucuba japonica, an understory shrub in the warm-temperate region of Japan

   • Yasuo Yamamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 332

2. Vascular systems in the magnoliaceae

   • Kunihiko Ueda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 349

3. Gametophytes, embryogeny and pericarp ofMicrostylis wallichii lindl. (Orchidaceae)

   • Sarvesh K. Sood
   • Paladugu R. M. Rao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 359

4. Life history characteristics ofPolystichum tripteron with special reference to its leaf venation

   • Toshiyuki Sato

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 377

5. Changes in respiration, dry-matter production and its partition in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to water deficits during the grain-filling period

   • Tohru Kobata
   • Shinichi Takami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 393

6. Competition between two similar plant varieties, green shrunk perilla and red shrunk perilla, in mixed cultures

   • Satoshi Motomura
   • Kichiro Shinozaki
   • Kyoji Yoda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 405

7. Life history and population dynamics of the Japanese Yam,Dioscorea japonica thunb.

   • Yoshimichi Hori
   • Yasuyuki Oshima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 418

8. Simulation of forest carbon dynamics based on a dry-matter production model

   • Takehisa Oikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 430

9. A comparative karyological and cytophotometric study of normal and wounded stem tissues ofLathyrus odoratus L.

   • Akira Kodama

   Short Communication Pages: 431 - 434

10. Floral biology ofTrapa natans var.japonica

    • Yasuro Kadono
    • Edward L. Schneider

    Short Communication Pages: 435 - 439

11. Cytoplasmic streaming in giant algal cells: A historical survey of experimental approaches

    • Noburô Kamiya

    Invited Article Pages: 441 - 467