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Coptis hrachypetala var. major Miq. 1. c. p. 19G; Franch. et Sav. 1. 

 c. p. 11 ; Huth ia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. p. 305. 



Coptis hrachypetala -(, pygmcea Miq. 1. c; Franch. et Sav. 1. c; Huth 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. p. 305. 



Capitis occidentalis Miq. 1. c. p. 195 ; Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 10, non 

 Torr. et Gray. 



Coptis occidentalis Huth in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. p. 303, ex parte. 



Copjtis occidentalis var. japonica Huth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. p. 

 1086. 



Coptis orientalis Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VI. p. 259 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 1. c. p. 10 ; Huth in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. p. 305 ; Id. in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. V. p. 1087. 



Norn. Jap. Oren. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Kochi, cult. {K. Naganuma ! April 1, 1886) ; 

 Prov. KiKUCHU : Mt, Kurikoma {T. Malcino ! Aug. 1890) ; Prov. Ugo : 

 Zyozenzi-mura, on mountain {I. Sato ! April 14, 1892) ; Prov. Uzen : 

 Foot of Mt. Kimbo-zan {T. Nagasaioal April 15, 1894); Prov. AwA 

 ( = BosHu): Mt. Kiyosumi {T. 3IaMno\ April 8, 1896, April 1898); Prov. 

 MusASHi : Tokyo, Bot. Garcl. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ., cult. (Herb.! Sc. Coll. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Feb. 23 and June 9, 1880 ; T. Mahlno ! April 1890, 

 March 1893, March 21 and April 29, 1896, March 1897); Hokkaido 

 (Herb.! 1. c.) ; Prov. Shimotsuke : Mt. Nikko {K. Sawadal herb. 1. c. 

 June 14, 1878) ; Prov. Shinano : Foot, of Mt. Komagadake (B. Yatahe ! 

 herb. 1. c. Aug. 2, 1880) ; Prov. Kaga : Mt. Hakusan {B. Yatahe and 

 Z. 3Iatsumura ! herb. 1. c. Aug. 6, 1881). 



A polymorphic species ; as to the manner of division of its leaves, we 

 find all gradation form the simply ternate form to the subquadriternatisected 

 form ; so no sharp line can be drawn between those forms with various 

 leaves and it is impossible to make from these forms more than one 

 species. Flowers are alike in all. 



Tamarix chinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. ed. Willd. p. 228; Spreng. 

 Syst. Veg. I. p. 343 ; DC. Prodr. III. p. 9G ; Bunge Euum. PI. Chin, 

 boreal, p. 28 ; Id. Tent. Gen. Taraaric. p. 46 ; Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. 

 Voy. p. 186 ; Maxim. Index Fl. Pekin. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 471 ; Id. 

 Enum. PI. Mongol. I. p. Ill; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 212; Franch. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 54 ; Debeaux Fl. Tien-tsin ]). 20 ; Bretschn. Early 

 Res. p. 138 ; K. Ito et H. Kaku Ic. et Descr. PI. llort. Koishikawa II. tab. 



