9-2 



base, palc-fulvous. Stamens 2 ; filament lower than the style. Achene 

 elliptico-obovate, contracted at the base, biconvex, 2mm. long, pale-flavescent 

 or pale-fuliginous, nearly smooth ; rostrum slightly shorter than the achene, 

 conical, acuminate ; style deeply bifid, the branches | as long as the main 

 portion. 



Hah. Hokkaido (i?. Yatabe ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 

 1878); Prov. Suo : Osaba-mura (1). Nakai\ herb. ibid. June 27, 1891); 

 Prov. MiKAWA : Takashi {G. Nagura ! Sept. 9, 1896 ; T. Mahino ! Aug. 

 1899) ; Prov. Shima : Hazako {Z. Umemura ! Aug. 2, 1893) ; Prov. Shi- 

 NANO : Mt. Togakushi {K. Watanabe ! Aug. 20, 1893) ; Prov. Ugo : Kotald 

 in Kamigo-mura, Yuri-gori (K. JSJishiivada ! Sept. 1903); Prov. Shimotsuke: 

 Akanuma-no-hara in Mt. Nikko (T. llah'no ! Sept. 1903). 



var. kiusiana Makino, var. nov. 



Kobuster than the type, attaining 55cm. in height. Stem attaining 

 2mm. in diameter.- Corymb compound, attaining 2^cm. across ; radii about 

 2-5, unequal, peduncled, the peduncle attaining 33cm. in the longest one. 

 Setre 9-11. 



Hab. Hyuga: Tsuno (K. Saida and //. Sahurai\ herh. Imp. Househ. 

 Mus. Aug. 10, 1891). 



Ligularia Schmidtii (Maxim.) 



SenecilHs Schmidtii Maxim, in Mel. Biol. VIII. p. IC, (1871). 



Senecio Schmidin Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. T. (1875) p. 246 ; 

 Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 4.57. 



Raceme 26cm. long in my specimen. 



Icon. linuma'a Somoku-Dzusetsu XVII. fol. 30 recto, n. 26. 



Hab. Prov. Mutsu: Same, near sea (F. Yamasah'l no. 23, August 1903). 



This is occasionally found growing wild in the middle (after Y. linuma) 

 and northern Japan. The Yamasaki's recent collection surely proves that 

 besides Mandshuria this species is also found in Japan. It is probably 

 erroneous that man savs that it grows in Loochoo. 



Polygonum (Bistorta) hayachinense Makino, sp. nov. 



Quite glabrous, attaining about 25cm. in height. Rhizome thick, 

 ligneous, tortuous, repent, nigro-castaneous ; roots nigrescent. Stem erect, 

 annual, narrow, simple, monostachyus, remotely 2-4-leaved. Leaves char- 

 taceous, subcrispate and narrowly revolute margined, subglaucous beneath, the 



