14 HENRIK PRINTZ [1916 



Canadian Piants I, Pag. 129. I, therefore, Ihink it expedient to 

 give the following detailed diagnosis of this vaiiety based upon 

 material collected from Saghalin. 



Diff'ert ab specie typica caule viridi et herbaceo, saepe flaccidiilo 

 et caciimine nutante — numqiiam rigido et lujnoso — articulis rectis 

 non ftexuosis, ramis et pedicellis numqiiam divaricatis. 



Toliolum terminale vulgo petiolo longiore qiiam formae typicae, 

 viilgo 10 — IS mm. longo, praeditiim. Basis folioli semper recte 

 abscissa vel vulgo angulum obtusum formans, nec in petioliim 

 cuneatim decurrens sed petiolo distinctissimo. Tlores magni, bene 

 evoliiti, petalis ad /I mm. longis duplo longioribus qiiam latioribus 

 deorsum ad basim versus aliquantulum productis, colore piilchre roseo. 



Tota planta pilis densiusculis et longis, calyx et folia non recte 

 evoluta pilis albis appressis vestita. 



The stem is as a rule fairly coarse, uprighl and straight, 

 often somewhat limp, not stitT and zigzag, and is always 

 green and lierbaceous, whereas the typical form is more 

 rigid and firm (lignified) and in colour frequently yellowish- 

 brown or often reddish. The whole plant is dark green. 



The terminal leaflet is generally longer petiolated, up to 

 10 — 13 mm. The shape of the leaflets, also, varies considerably, 

 from an egg-round oval, especially in those at the base, to a 

 completely rhomboid form; singly or more often doubly serrate, 

 less frequently with triple or quadruple teeth, or even bilobate, 

 more rarely round toothed. 



Occasionally, the leaf may be imperfectly tripartite, giving a 

 digitale appearance, such as may now and again also be observed 

 in the typical forms. The hair growth is as a rule fairly close, 

 more or less depressed, often almost velvety, especially on the 

 upper part of the plant, in leaves not yet fully developed, and 

 on the sepals, which may also in addition have glandular hairs 

 here and Ihere. The flowers are large and well developed, the 

 length of the petals up to 14 mm., rounded at the top, rarely 

 somewhat marginated. The sepals are long, narrow and trian- 

 gular, often tapering at the top to a fine awlpoint about 1 mm. 

 long. The calyx at flowering time is not always so distinctly 

 recurvate as in the typical forms. 



In bud and with fully opened flowers 26 May, and in full 

 bloom 14 June on swampy meadows. 



Ledebour 1. c. states this variety only from »America arctica 

 ad sin. Kotzebue (Beechey ex Hook. et Arn.)«. It has nol till 

 now been recorded from Saghalin, having probably escaped 

 observation. It is not at all mentioned from Eastern Asia either 

 by Maximowicz, Turczaninow, Fr. Schmidt, S. Korschinsky, 

 Komarov or other authors, nor does it seems to occur in the 



