FLORA OF THP: KURILE ISLANDS. SJi5 



66. Vicia unijuga, Al. Braiin, App. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1853, p. 12; Max. Mel. Biol. 



IX, p. 65. Orobus latlujroides, L. ; Ledeb. Fl. Koss. i, p. 688; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. 

 p. 124. O.jnponicus, Sieb. Toelicht. tot de ontd. v. Vries, p. 155. Lathynis Mes- 

 sersclimidii, Fr. & Sav. Eiuim. i, p 10(3. 

 Hob. Etorqfu, in roadside thickets in the vicinity of Shana. 



The plant is very common on plains and in thickets in Yezo and the northern and mid- 

 dle provinces of the main island of Japan. Towards the south it is found only in alpine 

 woods. It also g-rows in Saghalin, Manchuria, Corea and northern China, extending 

 Avestward to the Altai region of Siberia. 



67. Vicia Cracca, L. ; Ledeb. Fl. Eoss. i, p. 674; Torr. & Gray, Fl. IST. Am. i, p. 270; Max. 



Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 82; Miq. Prol. p. 238. 

 Ildb. Shikotan. Etovofa, at Tsurubetsu, and Shana. 



This variable species is widely distributed throughout the temperate and suljarctic re- 

 gions of the northern hemis})here. 



68. Vicia amoena, Fiseh. in DC. Prodi". II, p. 355; Ledel). Fl. Koss. i, p. 672; Max. Piim. 



Fl. Amur. p. 81; F. Schm. Fl.-Sach. p. 124; Fr. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 104, ii, p. 

 381. 

 Hal). JEtorofu, in thickets around Arimoi. 



In Saghalin, the plant is said to be common on the whole western coast south of Dui. 

 It is also widely distributed in the island of Yezo, and in the northern and middle parts 

 of the main island of Japan. On the continent, it spreads through the entire length of 

 Sibei'ia from the Ural region toKamtschatka, and extends southward to Corea and north- 

 ern China. 



69. Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. Fl. Bost. 2nd. ed. p. 268; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i, p. 



273; Miq. Prol. p. 233; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 124; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 60. 

 Pisum maritimum, L. ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, i, p. 661. 



Ilnb. TJrup! (e.«Max.). ^7^^A;otore, in sandy beaches at the foot of cliffs. Etorofii, at 

 Rubetsu and Shana. 



Veiy widely distriljuted in arctic and temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The 

 most southern locality for this plant in the northern hemisphere, so far as I am aware, 

 is in Japan, where it comes down to the vicinity of N'agasaki (about 32" N^. lat.). 



According to Hooker, a similar [)lant was collected at Cape Tres Montes in Patagonia 

 by Darwin. From the wild and desolate nature of the place, and from the utter absence 

 of other introduced plants, he concludes that it could not have been imported into this 

 locality, "one of the most remote and little visited spots of the American continent.'" Fl. 

 Antarc, it, p. 260. 



70. Lathyrus palustris, L., var. pilosus, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 686; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. 



p. 83; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 124; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 61. 



Ilah. In swampy jjlaces; Etorofu, at Rubetsu and Shibetoro. 



The present variety of tliis variable and widely distributed species i-anges tln-oughout 

 the northeastern part of Asia and adjacent islands, and also in Alaska (Kellogg, U. S. 

 Coast Survey, 1867). It is very common throughout the island of Yezo; but so far, no 

 definite localities have been given for it in the main island of Japan. The plant is be- 



