I70 ^si5>xfö-^tJ*iatifLr«i;S)f^vii. 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Osliima : Yuiiokawa (F. C. Greatrex ! May 15 &30, 

 1916) : Hakodate (Greatrex! June 10, 1916). 



DisTRiB. Endemie. 



This species is named in honom- of Mr. F. C. Greatrex, who has collected it 

 for the first time, and was kind enough to furnish us with an excellent series of 

 the flowering as well as fruiting specimens. 



85. Astilbe platyphylla Roiss. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. ( 1 897) p. 684 ; Matsum. 

 Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2. p. 171. 



Astilbe apetala Miyabe, MS. 



NoM. J.\p. Momijibashoiiia, Biroshoina. 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Oshima : Nanaye, Narukagawa Valley (F. C. Greatrex ! 

 n. 524. June 26, 1916). — Prov. Hidaka : Saruru (Y. Tokubuchi ! Aug. 14, 1892; 

 P^aurie, n. 104S0. July 21, 1893). — Prov. Tokachi : Biro (Iv. Miyabe! June 23, 

 1884). 



DiSTKiB. Pandemic. 



This plant is remarkable for the complete absence of petals in both male 

 and female plants. It has been known to grow only in the vicinity of the Cape 

 Erimo, but Mr. Greatrex found it lately in the Narukagawa Valley, Nanaye, not 

 far from Hakodate. 



86. Saxifraga (Trachyphyllum) Nishidae IMiyabe et Kudo, sp. nov. 

 Caulis basi foliis dense imbricatis obtectus, florifer giacUis, ■\-^-'^ cm altus, 



paucifoliatus, apicc /-J floriis. Folia inferiora oblongo-cimeata, luieari-cuneata vel 

 oblanceolato-cHiicata, apice triciispidata, 7-8 mm longa, margine glandiiloso-ciliata, 

 utrinque subglabra, 3-5 nervia, coriacea ; cuspibus ovato-triangularibus, apice 

 cariilaginco-spinosis, cuspe media lateralibus duplo majore ; caulina pauca, minora, 

 lineari-lanceolata, apice cartilagineo-spinosa, margine glanduloso-ciliata, utrinque 

 glabra. Pedicelli glandulosi, calyce longiores. Flores albi. Sepala basi leviter 

 coalita, in fructu erecta, oblonga, apice acuta, 4 mm longa, trinervia, margine 

 glanduloso-ciliata, utrinque glabra. Petala oblonga vel elliptica, apicc subacuta, 

 7 mm longa, 2.5-3 mm lata, tripli-nervia, alba tarnen purpureo-punctata. 



NoiM. Jap. Yeso-iio-kiunomagusa (nov.). 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Ishikari : Mt. Yiibari, at Gamaiwa (S. Nishida ! Aug. 



