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Erccla 1-6-pedalis glabra vel versus basin pubescens superne 

 rainosa, rarais erecto-pateiitibus ; foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis ; 

 foliolis 7-15 ovatis oblongis vel ovalibus obtusis vel acutiusciilis 

 basi cordatis vel obtusis petiolulatis, grosse dentatis ; stipulis 

 foliaceis dentatis ad petiolo decurrentibus ; spicis elongatis erectis 

 crassis centripetaliter florentibus ; floribus albis bracteatis ; disco 

 inconspicuo ; staminibus calyce 3 vel 4-plo longioribus, filaraentis 

 oblanceolatis planis apice constrictis, antlierse ochracese ; stylis 

 calyce vix longioribus, stigmatibns fimbriatis, Ovaria quadrangul- 

 ata ; fructibus alato-quadrangulatis. 



Distrib. America-borealis. 



var. media (DC.) Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 151 ;-Fr. et Sav. Enum. PI. 

 Jap. II. p. 343. 



S. media DC. Prodr. II. p. 594. 



Folioli.-^ ovato- vel oblougo-auriculatis vel cordatis latioribus 

 (ad 7 cm latis) saepe grosse stipellatis; bracteis spathulatis utrinque 

 pubescentibus ; staminibus calyce triple longioribus, stylo calyce 

 breviore vel aequante ; disco plus minus hemisphaerico ; spicis 

 plerumque brevioribus ochroleucis vel carneis. 



Nom. Jap. Usubeni-Tochiso, Mimi-Tochiso (nov.) 



Hab. Prov. Rikuchiu : in alpinis mentis Hayachine (K. Saw ADA ! 9, VIII. 1906) ; 



prov. Rikuzen : in monte Kurikomayama (H. S. C, 22, VIII. anno ?^'. 

 Distrib. Alaska, Kamtschatka. 



var. japonensis Making in Bot. Mag. Tokyo, xxi. p. 155. 



Foliolis dentatis oblongis vel auguste oblongis basi truncato- 

 cordatis, sed caulinis obtusis vel acutiusculis ; spicis elongato- 

 cylindraceis pedunculis tomentosis, floribus albis vel rubescentibus ; 

 calycis tubo elliptico obscuriter angulato pubescente ; staminibus 

 longe exertis calyce ö-5-plo longioribus ; fructu leviter angulato 

 (neque alato-quadrangulato !). 



Nom. Jap. Yezo-Tochisö (sec. T. Making). 



Hab. Prov. Hitaka: Horobetsu (R. Yatabe ! 20, VIII. 1884). 



Distrib. endemica. 



