24G K. MIYABE ON THE 



JIab. Urtip! (Mertc'iis). 



Distrib. Arctic and alpine Eiii'0])e; from the Altai region of Siberia to the Ochotsk 

 district; Saghalin, Alaska, in the Kocky Mountains to Colorado, east to Newfoundland 

 and Labrador; Greenland. 



164:. Adenophora verticillata, Fisch. in Mem. Soc. N^at. Mosc. vi, p. 167; Ledcb. Fl.Ross. 

 ii, p. St'li; Fv. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 278, ii, p. 422. Camj^xiuula tttnqjhijlla, 

 Thunb. Fl. Ja]). p. 87. 



Ilab. JStorofii, at Tsiu-ubctsu. My specimen is too yoimg to determine tlie variety. 

 It has four smooth obovate leaves in a whorl. 



Uistrib. Baikal-Siberia, Dahuria, Manchuria, Sag-halin and Japan. 



ERICACE^. 



165. Vaccinium Oxycoccus, L. Sp. p. 351; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. it, p. 25; Max. Mel. 



Biol, vjji, p. 014; Pallas, Fl. lioss. i, 2, p. 47. 



Ilab. Kiirile IslmuU {ex Pallas). 



Dr. Gray, in the supplement to his Synoptical Flora (ir, p. 396), refers the jjlants from 

 Japan, Saghalin, northeastern Asia, and also from Washington Territory and northern 

 Oi'egon, having- larg-er and obtuse leaves, and flowers which are strictly umbellate from 

 the scaly bud, to his new var. intermedium. Among- the Hakodate specimens collected by 

 J. Small there is one which has a leafy shoot starting from the flower-bearing bud, ap- 

 l^roaching" Vaccinmm macrocar'pon in g'eneral appearance. 



Distrih. In sphag-nous swamps in the subarctic and alpine regions of Europe, north- 

 ern Asia and IS'orth America. 



166. Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea, L. Sp. p. 351; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 397, Synop. Fl. ir, p. 



25; Max. M61. Biol, viii, p. 605; Pallas, Fl. Boss, i, 2, p. 46. 



Hab. Kurile Islands {ex Pallas) ; Skamshu (J. Akakabe) ; Skilcotan; Etorofu, at 

 Fui-ubetsu, Arimoi and Shibetoro. 



Distrib. All around the arctic circle, descending southward in Europe to the ali)ine 

 regions of the Meditei-ranean border, and to the Caucasus; and in Asia, to the Altai 

 Mountains and Dahuria, and to the alpine region of Kiusiu in Japan; in Xorth America, 

 to British Columbia in the west, and to northei'u i^ew England in the east. 



167. Vaccinium praestans, Lamb, in Trans. Liini. Soc. x, ]). 264, t. 9; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, ir, 



p. 904; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 187, t. 8, f. 19-23, INIel. Biol, xir, p. 489; F. 



Sclnn. Fl. Sach. p. 156. 

 Ilab. Shil-oian, in exposed grassy places on top of clifts. Etorofa, at Furubetsu. 

 Distrih. Kamtschatka (Avestern coast, J. Small) ; northeastern Manchuria; Saghalin, 

 ^ ezo (Otsnishi, Prov. JS'enuu'o!) ; and in the alpine regions of middle Japan. 



168. Vaccinium uliginosum, L. Sp. p. 350; Ledeb. Fl. Boss, ii, p. 904; Pallas, Fl. Ross. 



I, 2, p. 45; Max. Mel. Biol, viii, p. 605; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. ii, p. 22. 



Ilah. Kuril f Islands {ex Pallas). 



Distnl). In the arctic, alpine and subalpine regions of Europe; northern Asia, extend- 

 ing to middle Japan in the east; and in North America throughout arctic and British 

 America coming down to Oregon in the west, and to New England and New York in 

 the east. 



