65 



globose, turgid, 6-sulcate, slightly oblique in form, erect, a little longer than 

 the pedicel, 3 mm. long, with the erect persistent perianth. 



Nom. Jap. Yachi-ran (nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Shimotsuke : in Sphagnum bog in Akanuma-no-hara on 

 Mt. Nikko (S. AisoAua ! July 27, 1904). 



New to the Flora of Japan, very rare. 



Distrih. Central and West Europe: Great Britain, Scandinavia, Russia, 

 Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Austria. North Asia: Siberia (Baikal 

 and Davuria). 



Chenopodium (Botrydium) aristatum Linn. Sp. PL p. 221, et ed. 

 2, p. 321, excl. /9. ; Richt. Cod. n. 1815; Houtt. Nat. Hist. XXV. (1777) 

 p. 782, et Linn. Pfl.-Syst. V. p. 814; Willd. Sp. PI. I. p. 1307; Id. 

 Enum. PI. Hort. Bot. Berol. p. 291 ; Pers. Syn. PI. I. p. 295 ; Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 2, II. p. 101 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. p. 921 ; Schult. Syst. Veg. 

 YL p. 264, excl. ^ ; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. L p. 410 ; Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. 

 Bor. p. 57, n. 314 ; Id. Enum. Salsol. Centrasiat. in Act. Hort. Petrop. VI. 

 p. 405 ; Id. Enum. Salsol. Mongol, in Mel. Biol. X. p. 278 ; Id. Salsol. 

 Herb. Petrop. in Act. Hort. Petrop. XIII. p. 19 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 324; Volkens in Engler et Prantl, Nat. Pfl.- 

 Fam. IIL 1 a, p. 58, fig. 25, C-G ; Diels, Fl. Centr.-Chin. in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 316. 



Atriplex aristata Crantz ' Inst. I. p. 208.' 



Teloxys aristata Moq. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2'"« Ser. I. p. 290, tab. 10, 

 fig. A ; Id. Chenop. Monogr. Enum. p. 16 ; Id. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2, 

 p. 59 ; Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. III. p. 693 ; Bunge in Maxim. Prim. 

 Fl. Amur. p. 222 ; Maxim. Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 476, et 

 Ind. Fl. Mongol. 1. c. p. 484; Regel, Tent. Fl. Ussur. n. 397; Herder, PI. 

 Radd. Apetal. in Act. Hort. Petrop. X. p. 584 ; Korshinsky in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XII. p. 380; Franch. PI. David. I. p. 247; Bretschn. Hist. Eur. 

 Bot. Disc. Chin. pp. 179, 608. 



Lccanocarpus aristatus Zucc. ' in Mart. Hort. Monac. (1829) p. b^.^ 



Chenopodium secimdijlorum Viv. ' Fl. Lib. Spec. p. 67.' 



Chenopodium foliis ex lineari lanceolatis, racemis conjuyatis, dicho- 

 tomis, nudis, apice setaceis Gmel. Fl. Sib. III. p. 83, n. 65, tab. 15, fig. 1. 



An annual herb, much ramose. Stem erect, viridi-striate, papilloso- 

 puberulent ; branches erect-patent. Leaves alternate, linear or linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or acute, gradually attenuated to a short petiole below, entire, 



