460 MR. HISAYOSHI TAKEDA ON THE 
40. (3.) SPIRAA, 
"04. (1.) S. MEDIA, Fr. Schmidt, var. sERICEA, Maxim. in Act. Hort 
Petrop. vi. (1879) p. 189; C. K. Schneid. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. 2, v 
(1905) p. 340. 
Syn. : S. sericea, Turez. Fl. Baic.-Dah. i. p. 358. 
S. confusa var, sericea, Regel, Tentam. Fl. Ussur. p. 53. 
Hab. Shakotan, between Shakotan and Chipoi ; in shady places. 
65. (2.) Š. pETULIFOLIA, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. p. 33, tab. 16; Maxim. l. e 
p. 208 ; C. K. Schneid. loc. p. 348 (a. typica); Miyabe, in Mem. Boston Soe. 
Nat. Hist. iv. (1890) p. 227. 
Hab. In the neighbourhood of Shikotan, Anama ; in more or less boggy 
places. 
*66. (3.) S. saLICIFOLIA, Linn., var. LANCEOLATA, Torr. et Gray, Fl 
N. Am. i. p. 415 5 Maxim. l e. p. 210. 
Hab. Shakotan, between Shakotan and Chipoi, between Matakotan and 
Anama, Anama; in boggy places. 
47. (4.) SoRBARIA. 
67. S. SORBIFOLIA, A. Br., var. STELLIPILA, Mawim. |. e. p. 223. 
Hab. Shakotan. 
48. (5.) FILIPENDULA. 
68. F. kawrscraTICA, Mazim. l. e. p. 2485 Miyabe, l. c. p. 228; Koidzumi, 
in Tókyó Bot. Mag. xxiii. (1909) p. 179. 
Syn. : Spirea camtschatica, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. p. 41, tab. 28; Matsudaira, 
List, no. 34. 
Ulmaria kamtschatica, Matsumura, Shokubutsu-Meii, no. 3206; 
Yabe et Yendó, 1. c. p. 186. 
Hab. In the neighbourhood of Shakotan, Shakotan-yama, Anama. 
49. (6.) Rubus. 
69. R. Inaus, Linn., var. ACULEATISSIMUS, Regel et Til, Fl. Ajan. p. 87 
(1857); Fr. Schmidt, Reis. Amurl. Sachal. l. e. p. 128. 
Syn. : R. aculeatissimus, C. A. Mey. ined. 
R. [deus var. strigosus, Miyabe, l. c. p. 228. 
R. sachalinensis, Léveillé, in Fedde, Repert. vi. p. 332. 
R. Ideus subsp. sachalinensis, Focke, Monogr. p. 210. 
Hab. Shakotan, Anama. 
Obs. This plant is fairly widely distributed in the Far East. The present 
form comes near to the N. American var. strigosus. It is, however, distin- 
guished from the latter by the nature of the prickles, which are very dense 
