K. MiYABE AND Y. KuDo : Materials for a Flora op Hokkaido. III. 69 



DiSTEiB. lu the alpine region of northern Honsiu and Hokkaido, and also 

 in Corea. 



The i^resent species was described by Maximowicz who took for its type the 

 flowering specimens collected by Tschonoski (Chonosuke Sagawa) in the alpine 

 region of Nambu in 1865. When one of the authors met Prof. Maximowicz in 

 St. Petersburg in 1889, he expressed some doubt regarding the systematic position 

 of the plant, which, he said, would be settled by the character of matured fruits. 



The plant has the general aspect of Enopliorum latifolium Hoppe, with 

 which it has often been confounded. The bristles are, however, six in number, 

 and are about the same length as the style, and they never become elongated 

 after anthesis as in the case of Eriophorum. The late C. B. Clarke referred the 

 plant correctly to the genus Scirpus ; and we have here adopted the name 

 proposed by him. 



17. Zygadenus Makinoanus Miyabe et Kudo. nom. nov. 



Zi/gademcs japonicus Makino, in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 17 (1903) p. 162. — Stenan- 

 tliium sachalinense Kawakami, in Tokyo Bot, Mag. 14 (1900) p. Ill (non Fr, 

 Schmidt); Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. 2. 1. p. 214. 



Nom. Jap. RlsJiinso. 



Hab. Yezo. Prov. Kitami : on the summit of Mt. Rishiri, Isl. Rishiri (S. 

 Hori !^^ Aug. 19, 1889 ; U. Faurie n. 3493, Aug. 1892. n. 2977. Aug. 1899 ; W. 

 Hirose P Aug. 3, 1896 ; T. Kawakami ! Aug. 1899). 



DiSTEiB. Endemic. 



We agree with Mr. Makino in considering the present plant as a new 



species of Zygadenus. We have nothing to add to the complete and accurate 



description of the species given by the autlior. As the specific name Zygadenus 



japonicus had already been used by Miquel (Pro!. Fi. Jap. p. 310j for Aoyaglso, 



Veratrum 3IaacJdi Bgl., we take this opportunity to pay respect to our esteemed 



friend by associating his name with this interesting plant. 



18. Aletris foliata Franch. in Jour, de Bot. 10 (1896) p. 179. 

 Metanarthecium foliatum Maxim. Decas PI. Novarura (1882) p. 10 ; Matsum. 



Ind. PL Jap. 2. 1. p. 207. — Aletris DicUnsii Fraucli. Bull. Soc. Philom. 7e Serie 

 10 (1886) p. 103. 



Nom. Jap. Nebari-nogiran, Yezo-no-solcushinran. 



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