g2 ■^^ol- XLIII., Art. 1.— K. Yendo: 



KjELLMAN, etc., ill describing their species listed above. The 

 shape of the base of the blade, however, is of secondary importance. 

 EuPEECHT himself relates on Phasganon Jougipes Rüpe. : — " Ein 

 Easen mit 5 Exemplaren von der S. W. Küste von Kamtschatka 

 bei Javina im September gesammelt, erhielt Blätter mit mehr oder 

 weniger deutlich eiförmiger Basis und ein Blatt, dessen unteres 

 Ende in den Stamm ausgezeichnet keilförmig und lang gezogen war : 

 liier konnten nicht zwei Arten gemischt sein, denn all übrigen 

 Character war dieselben." We have in our herbarium many 

 specimens showing such variations as Rupeechï had noticed. 



Having examined and carefully studied the original specimens of 

 Phasganon macroptcrum Rupr. and Phas. longipes Rupe. in the her- 

 barium of the Academy of Sciences of Petrograd, I have not the 

 least doubt of the propriety of combining them into one species. 

 RuPEECHT seems to have laid too much stress on the length of the 

 stipe, which is never a matter of specific importance but one generally 

 due to the habitat. A glance at the original specimen of Phas. macro- 

 pfet'um gave me the conviction that A. corrugata Miyabe, which is 

 quite familiar to me, is another form which should be amalgamated 

 with that species. 



Saundees identified a specimen from Kukak Bay with A. 

 laticosta Kjellm. in spite of what Kjellman has said of the specimen : 

 " the form, color and consistency of the blade, and the form, width 

 and rigidity of the sporophyll differ somewhat from this species." 

 These characters which Kjeelman mentioned are all important 

 specific ones, and yet Saundees did identify his plant with Kjell- 

 man's species. It might have been because of the bi"oadness of 

 the midrib of his specimen. As may be understood from what is 

 stated on p. 20 of the present paper, the breadth of the midrib 

 is variable and hardly of systematic value. The illustration of 



