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Yumoto, prov. Shimotsuke, E. H. Wilson, no. 6760; Nasu, prov. Shi- 

 motsuke, H. Sakurai; Kakidao, prov. Suwo, J. Nikai, no. 730. 



Korea: Koryo, T. Nakai. 



China: prope Chang-hua, prov. Chekiang, F. N. Meyer, no. 1556. 



Kalopanax ricinifolium var. Maximowiczii Nakai, comb. nov. 



Aralia Maximowiczii Van Houtte in Fl. des Serr. xx. 39, t. 2067-2068 (1874). 



Acanthopanax ricinifolius var. Maximowiczii Schneider, 111. Handb. Laub- 

 holzk. ii. 429, fig. 291 d (1909).— Beissner in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. 

 Ges. xviii. 290 (1909).— Koehne in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. xxn. 149 

 (1913), pro parte— Bean, Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles, 131 (1916).— Harms 

 in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. xxvn.31, t. 5, fig. e, f, t. 7, 8 (1918), pro 

 parte. 



Folia ramorum floriferorum anguste profunde laciniata, subtus plus 



minus canescentia. 



Yeso: sine loco speciali, R. Yatabe. 



Hondo: Fukushima, prov. Shinano, C. S. Sargent; monte Ontake, prov. 

 Shinano, G. Koidzumi; monte Togakushi, prov. Shinano, H. Sakurai. 



China: prov. Honan, J. Hers, no. 29. 



Kalopanax ricinifolium var. lutchuense Nakai, var. nov. 



Folia glabra, omnia 9-costata lobis ovato-attenuatis. 



Liukiu: insula Okinawa, Y. Tashiro, J. Matsumura, T. Miyagi. 



Kalopanax ricinifolium var. chinense Nakai, var. nov. 



Acanthopanax ricinifolium Harms & Rehder in Sargent, PI. Wilson, n. 559 

 (1916).— Harms in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. xxvu. t. 5, fig. A-D (1918). 



Folia breviter lobata. Inflorescentia minus decomposita. 



China: Hupeh occid., E. II. Wilson, no. 602; Hsing-shanHsien,prov. 

 Hupeh, E. II. Wilson, no. 602; prope Washan, E. H. Wilson, no. 1962; 

 Ichang, E. II. Wilson, no. 1963; Fupe, C. Silvestri; Yunnan, G. Forrest, 

 no. 11505, 11256; in silva infra vicum Tungdjiapai prope minas Hsikwang- 

 shan, prov. Hunan, //. Handel-Mazzetti, no. 2020; prope Langtai Ting, 

 prov. Kweichau, C. Schoch, no. 408; Ningpo Mts., E. Faber, no. 44. 



Koehne made a thorough study of this species from plants cultivated 

 in Germany and published the results in Mitteilungen der Deutschen 

 Dendrologischen Gesellschaft no. 22 (1913) . He stated that there are three 

 distinct forms : 1) those having leaves shallowly cleft remaining unchanged 

 through the age of the tree; 2) those having leaves deeply and narrowly 

 cleft when young but shallowly cleft when old; 3) those having leaves 

 shallowly cleft when young but deeply and narrowly cleft when old. As 

 Siebold's specimens kept in the herbarium of the university of Ley den 

 have the leaves lobed in various forms he took var. Maximowiczii Schneider 

 as the name for his second and third group, and var. magnificum Zabel for 

 his first group. His classification is principally based upon the plants 

 cultivated in Germany and he paid no attention to the pubescence of 



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leaves which is a marked characteristic of the species. There are many 

 intermediate forms in Japan and it is hard to draw any definite distinctions. 

 1. Leaves always shallowly lobed and sparsely hairy. 



