<Memoriam>
Iwatsuki,K.: Professer Siro Kitamura (1906-2002) .....89-94
Wu, Z.-Y.: Mourning from faraway - In Memory of Prof. Siro Kitamura ....95-97
Vidal, J.E.: The memorial of Prof. S. Kitamura ....99


Nordenstam, B.: A new monotypic genus of the Compositae-Astereae from the Cape Province, South Africa ....101-105

Inoue, K. & T.Yukawa: A new species of Yoania (Orchidaceae) from southern Nagano, central Japan .....107-114

Kato, M. & N. Fukuoka: Two new species of Diplobryum (Podostemaceae; subfamily Podostemoideae) from Laos .....115-120

Syamsuardi, H. Okada & M.Ogawa : A new variety of Ranunculus japonicus (Ranunclaceae) and its genetic relationships to the species of sect. Acris in Japan ....121-132

Fukuda,T. & H. Takahashi: Morphological variability of Mertensia pterocarpa (Turcz.) Tatew. & Ohwi (Boraginaceae) in Hokkaido and the southern Kurils .....133-141

Yamashiro, T., M.Yokota, T.Denda, Y.Tateishi, J.Yokoyama & M.Maki: Chromosome numbers of Asclepiadaceae of Japan ....143-152

Nakato, N. & M.Kato: Intraspecific polyploids and hybridization of Plagiogyria adnata and P.yakushimensis (Plagiogyriaceae) .....153-160

Kuhara,T. & T.Sugawara: Floral and pollination biology of two gynodioecious herbs, Dianthus shinanensis and D.superbus (Caryophyllaceae) ....161-171

Sugawara, T. N.Tanaka, J.Murata & U.K.M.Zaw: Dimorphism of pollen grains and stigmas in the heterostylous subshrub, Reinwardtia indica (Linaceae) in Myanmar .....173-180

Fujita, T., H.Kato & M.Wakabayashi: Morphological variation and environmental conditions of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) in the Bonin Islands .....181-199

Short Communication
Yu,D., D.Wang & Z.-Q.Li: The discovery of Myriophyllum oguraense (Haloragaceae) in Cahina ....201-204

Nakato, N., N. Sahashi & M. Kato − Cytotaxonomic studies on Thelypteris angustifrons complex (Thelypteridaceae)
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Review
Tan, B. C. − The affinity of moss floras of Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines revisited: old problems, new insights and more questions