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Hah. Prov. Shinano : Yamato-mura in Mimami-Adzumi-gori {D. 

 TaJcashimal Aug. 1904, July 1905). 



Largest one among Japanese species of Cerastium. It is remarkable 

 by having the entire (not bifid) petals. The flower has a resemblance to 

 that of some species of Oxalis. 



Veronica (Veronicastrum) serpyllifolia Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 12 ; 

 Kicht. Cod. n. 80 ; Houtt. Nat. Hist. XXV. (1777) p. 87, et Linn. Pfl.- 

 Syst. V. p. 68 ; Willd. Etmra. PI. Hort. Keg. Bot. Berol. (1809) p. 21, et 

 Sp. PI. I. p. 64 ; Pers. Syn. PI. L p. 13 ; Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. (1812) p. 5 ; 

 Vahl, Enum. PI. I. p. Q5 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, L p. 30 ; Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. I. p. 72 ; Rcem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. I. p. 102 ; Hook. FI. Bor.- 

 Am. IL p. 101; Cham, et Schlecht. in Linntea, IL p. 558; Reichb. Fl. 

 Germ. Excurs. p. 369 ; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. I. p. 36, et Fl. Ross. III. p. 248 ; 

 C. Koch in Linnfea, XVII. p. 286 ; Nyman, Syl. Fl. Eur. p. 125 ; Hook, 

 et Aro. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 378 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. X. p. 482 ; Koch, 

 Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. 3, p. 458 ; A. Gray, Man. Bot. ed. 5, p. 333, 

 et Syn. Fl. N. Am. 11. 1, p. 288 ; Syme, Engl. Bot. VI. p. 157, tab. 

 978 ; Herder, PI. Radd. VL p. 38 ; Lindl. Syn. Brit. Fl. ed. 2, p. 188 ; 

 Benth. Handb. Brit. Fl. ed. 5, p. 335; Hook. fil. Stud. Fl. Brit. Isl. ed. 

 2, p. 282, et ed. 3, p. 300 ; Chapm. Fl. S. Un. St. p. 295 ; Wood, Cl.- 

 Book, p. 528, et Am. Bot. et Fl. p. 229 ; Fr. Schm. Reis. im Amur. u. 

 Ins. Sachal. p. 163 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. p. 296 ; Franch. in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. France, XXXII. p. 27 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. p. 199. 



Stems long-creeping, loosely ramose, radicant ; flowering stem ascending, 

 attaining about 28 cm. in height including the fruiting raceme (which 

 attains about 20 cm. long). Leaves slightly crenulate, subtripli nerved, at- 

 taining 25 mm. long, 16 mm. broad, the lower ones often reflexed. Raceme 

 erect, slender, with small flowers (about 6 mm. across). Capsule broadly 

 prbiculate, emarginate, with a persistent style, equal to or hardly shorter 

 than the persistent calyx. 



Nom. Jap. Hai-huiuagata (T. Makino). 



Hah. Prov. Kitami in Hokkaido: Notoro-Sando {K. 3Iiyahe\ herb. 

 ,Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 16, 1884); Prov. Shinano {K. Maisudka ! 

 1901.?); Prov. Kai: Mt. Minobu (Keisaku Tamural no. 178, July 1903; 

 H. Hattoril 1902); Prov. Hida : Takayama (T. Sakane\ no. 187, 1903), 



