FLORA OF THE KURILE ISLANDS. 237 



Max. Fl. As. Or. Frag. p. 23; Forbes & Hemsley, Index Fl. Sin. p. 336. ITe- 

 racleum dissectum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i, p. 301. If. harhatum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i, 

 p. 300; F. Sehm. in Max. Fl. Aninr. p. 129, Fl. Sach. p. 138; Fr. & Sav. Enum. 

 I, ]i. 189. 

 Hah. Kurile Islands {ex Pallas, Georgi). Etorofit, at Fnrubetsii. 

 Distrih. From the Altai region of Siberia to central and northern China, Manchuria, 

 Japan, Saghalin, Eastei-n Siberia and Kamtschatka, and widely spread in the subarctic 

 and temperate regions of Koith America, especially along the high mountains towards the 

 south. 



ARALIACE^. 



118. Aralia racemosa, L. Sp. ]i. 273 ; Torr. & Qvixy, Fl. N. Am. I, p. GIG. — Var. sachalinensis, 



Kegel, Gartenfloi'a, 1864, p. 100, t. 432, Ind. Sem. Ilort. Petrop., 1864, p. 22; 

 F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 141. Aralia cordata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 127; Fr. & Sav. 

 Emun. I, p. 191. Aralia edulis, Sieb. & Zacc. Fl. Jap. i, p. 57, t. 25. 

 Jlah. Etorofii, in roadside thickets neai" Fnrubetsu. 



Distrih. Southern Saghalin and Japan. The plant is very common in the island of 

 Yezo and in the noi'thern provinces of the main island. Towai'd the south it is chiefly 

 met with in a cultivated state. 



Our plant differs from the American one in its leaflets being generally simply serrate, 

 and its young fruits turbinate. Its styles have a less tendency to diverge at first, though 

 they are seen recurved regularly in ripened fruits. The flowers may be a little larger 

 in the Japanese plant, and are said to be sometimes 6-merous. In other characters the 

 two pkants can scarcely be distinguished in dried specimens. 



In IN^orth America the plant grows in rich woodlands on the Atlantic side from Can- 

 ada to the mountains of Georgia, and it is also found at the base of the Rockv Mountains. 



119. Acanthopanax ricinifolium, Seeman in Journ. Bot., 1868, p. 140, and Kev. Ileder. 



p. 86; Forbes & Hemsley, Index Fl. Sin. p. 340. Panax ricinifoVmm, Sieb. & 



Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. ]S"at. i, p. 91. Kalopanax ricinifolium, Miq. in Ann. Mus. 



Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i, p. 16; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 140. Brassaiopsis ricinifolia, 



Seeman in Journ. Bot., 1864, p. 291. 

 Ilah. Etorofa, in sheltered valleys near Fnrubetsu, and at Arimoi. 

 Distrih. Southwestern Saghalin, Japan, Corea and China. 



CORNACE^. 



120. Cornus canadensis, L. Sp. p. 117; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i, p. 652; Ledeb. Fl. 



Ross. II, p. 378; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 391. 



Hah. Kurile Islands (Merli:. ex Rudolph). Etorofu, at Fnrubetsu, Arimoi and 

 Shibetoro. Kunasliiri (G. Mori). 



Distrih. Subarctic and alpine regions of l^orth America and northeastern Asia, as fixr 

 soiith as the eastern side of Corea and middle Japan. 



121. Cornus suecica, L. Sp. p. 118; Torr. & Gray, Fl. I^. Am. i, p. 653; Ledeb. Fl. 



Ross. II, p. 377; A. Gray, Bot. Ja[). j). ,391; Fr. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 141. 



