Nr. 3] SOME VASCULAR PLANTS FROM SAGHALIN 11 



Majanthemum canadense Desf. 



This species is usuall}' noted, as for inslance in the previoiisly 

 mentioned work on the flora of Saghaliii by Miyabe and Miyake 

 as a variety of Majanthemum hifolium Fr. Schmidt but differs 

 nevertheless so distinctly from tlie form in question that Komarov 

 is certainly right in recording it (Flora Manslmriae Pag. ^74) 

 linder Desfontaine's primary name. Besides being of coarser 

 growth, it has larger, entirely scentless flowers with distinctly 

 recurvate petals. The leaves are also Hiicker, fleshier, and more 

 glistening. 



In bud and flower 19 May. At moist piaces. 



Orchidaceae Juss. 



Orchis aristata Frisch. 



In full bloom 21 June. In moist thicket. 



Caryophyllaceae Torr. et Gray. 

 Stellaria radians L. 

 Flowering and with buds 3 Jul}'. In meadows. 



Moehringia umbrosa Bunge var. nitidit non. nar. 



Tab. nost. IV. Fig. A. 



Caulis hnmili.'s 6 — (S cm. altus tener, at tamen rigidns tennis 

 teres rectus erectns (neque curvatus flaccidus negue ascendens) vnlgo 

 simplex pilis plus minus densis brenibus curvatis deorsum directis 

 nestitns, colore suffusco vel saepe rnbello. 



T^olia semper sessilia anguste ovalia adulta vulgo 7 — iO, raro 

 ad 12 mm. longa et 2.5 — i mm. lata. Lamina nno nervo dorsali, 

 rarius etiam duobus lateralibus nervis conspicuis, praedita. Folia 

 erectissima semiamplectentia margine integro aliquantum revoluto 

 et sicut nervis paginae inf'erioris pilis brevibus aduncis firmis ad 

 basim folii directis vestito. Pagina inferiør folii de cetero glabra, 

 superior e contrario plus minus dense pilosa et siccata utique 

 punctata. Fleres vulgo singuli. raro bini. Pedunculi tenues erecto 

 crassi numquam flaccidi et vulgo tam breves, ut flos apicem foliorum 

 summarum vix superet, vulgo bracteolis binis parvis cymbiformibus 

 carinatis secundum nervum medium pilis brevibus aduncis obsitis, 

 praediti. Bracteolae tamen saepe desunt. Sepala apice plus minus 

 evidenter acuminata, 2 — 2.5 mm. longa, interdum margine mem- 

 branaceo conspicuo vulgo autem nervo medio manifeste prominente 

 serie una pilorum brevium aduncorum rigidis erectis obsito praedita. 

 Petala angustiuscula aequalia — neque ovalia — apice paulatim 

 contracta rotundata neque emarginata i — A.5 mm. longa et calyce 

 fere dublo longiora. Stamina adulta brevissima petalis quarta — 

 sexta parte breviora dimidia in feriore parte pilosa et antheris ftavidis. 

 Styli tres longi et prominentes. 



