In August 1954 and September 1959, the author visited the limestone range in the southern part of Pref. Kumamoto, so-called 'Nanhi' district, Kyushu, Japan, situated 200 m to 1300 m above the sea level. There are found everywhere cliffs, escarpments and gravelly places, consisted of the permo-carboniferous limestone. The present paper, contains the results of his field observations and his herbarium works on the characteristic vascular plants of limestone areas in the districts concened, together with nomenclatural corrections and revisions of the related species. There are as follows : (1) The new informations of distribution were given for Acanthopanax hypoleucus and Hypodematium fauriei. (2) The detected calciphilous plants were Allium tuberosum, Angelica shikokiana-group, Camptosorus sibiricus, Clematis speciosa, C. stans var. austrojaponensis, C. Williamsii, Dennstaedtia Wilfordii, Eribotrya japonica, Nandina domestica, Paeonia japonica, Philadelphus satsumi-group, Pilea pseudopetiolaris, Polystichum craspedosorum, P. deltodon, Spriaea bervosa, Veratrum Maackii and Zabelia integrifolia. (3) Epimedium grandiflorum var. higoense are newly described from the present area. Besides this, Rhamnus Yoshinoi var. velvetina was added to the florula of the Chugoku district, western Honshu, Japan. (4) The detected relict plants in limestone area are Buxus microphylla var. Japonica, Chysanthemum Zawadskii and Rhamnus Yoshinoi. (5) Taxonomical revisions were done for Wpimedium of Japan, and Veratrum Sect. Fuscoveratrum of Japan.
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