Mar., 1919.] NOTULyE AD PLANTAR JAPONLE ET COBEjE XX. 55 



Caulis per totam longitudinem fusco-barbatus. Petala 6 mm. 

 longa clavata fcrc 1 mm. lata. 



Nom. Jaj). Hana-cliidakesashi. 



Hab. Hondo : 

 circa Hoiizawa montium Yatsugatake prov. Shinano (Y^shitada Yabe). 

 var. paniculata, Nakai. 



Caulis basi fusco-barbatus. Inflorcscentia ainbitu ovata thyrsoi- 

 dea dcnsiflora. Sepala 1.5 mm. longa. Petala linearia basin angu- 

 stata 6 mm. longa pallidissime lilacina. Antlieree purpureae. 



Nom. Jap, Miyama-cliidakesashi. 



Hab. Corea sept. : 

 in declivitate Shinjinkokii, Hamgyoeng bor. (Takenoshin Nakai n. 7107). 

 434-) Astilbe hachijoensis, Nakai sp. nov. 



Astilbe astilboidcs, Maximowicz in Cat. Sem, et Spor. Hort. Bot. 

 Univ. Imp. Tokyocusis (1913) p. 7 n. 360. (1914) p. 17 n. 468. (1916) 

 p. 14. n. 382. (1918) p. 14. n. 384. Matsumura Shokubutsumeii Rev. 

 and enlarged ed, H. (1916) p. 52 omnes nom. nud. 



We carelessly adopted the name Astilbe astilboidcs vk'hich was 

 written on the name-board stood in the Garden in those years. We 

 cannot trace whence the erector got that name. Very probably he had 

 commixed the plant with Artiucus astilboides. 



Radix perennis. Caulis cum inflorcscentia 35 cm. altus pilis fuscis 

 usque 1 cm. longis reflexis barbatus deraum fere glabrescens. Folia 

 radicalia 2 bitcrnata, petiolis pilis fuscis linearibus usque 1 cm. longis 

 reflexis barbatis sed demum partim glabrescentibus 3-10 cm. longis, 

 stipulis fuscis membranaceis late ovatis concavis apice attenuatis 1—2 

 cm. longis, foliolis terminalibus palmatim trisectis v. indivisis basi cor- 

 datis v. acutis duplicato acute serrulatis apice acutissimis, utriuque 

 secus venas pilis fuscis setulosis. Folia caulina 2-4, ternata v. bitcr- 

 nata radioalibus conforraia sed minora et brevi-petiolata, superiora 

 subsessilia, stipulis late v. ovato-Ianceolatis. Caulis folia radicalia sper- 

 ans. Inflorcscentia racemoso-paniculata pilis gladuJosis%)ubescens am- 

 bitu ovata congesta. Flores brevipedicellati v. subsessiles, bracteis 

 lanceolatis v. oblanceolatis v. ovatis integris v. apice serrulatis inferio- 

 ribus flores superantibus superioribus suba:quantibus. Sepala 2 mm. 

 longa lanceolatoelliptica' v. late lanceolata dorso glanduloso-punctata. 

 Petala 3 mm. longa lilacina leviter clavara. Stamina petala a;quilonga. 

 Styli 1 mm. longi. Stigmata punctata. 



Nom. Jap. Hachijo-shoraa. 



Hab. Hondo : 

 in monte Hachijofuji insula Hachijo (Hirotaro Hattori). 



