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THE ALPINE FLORA OF MT. MAKKARI-NUPURI 



BY 

 JUN HANZAWA. 



Assistant Professor of Botany in Sapporo Agricullural College. 



Makkai'i-nupuri is one of the highest mountains among the Islands of Hok- 

 kaido : it is situated between the Provinces of Iburi and Shiribeshi. and Hes 

 in latitude 42° 59'N.. the longitude being 149° 48'E. Standing alone with a 

 truncated conical form on the Kutchan Plain, this dormant volcano presents 

 an exquisite scene approaching closely that of jNIount Fuji ; and on this 

 account it is also known popularly by the name of the " Yezo Fuji." The 

 memory of the last eruption lies buried in the depth of the past, and its true 

 age can not be determined. 



It attains the height of 1857 metres and has three extinct crators on its 

 top. The largest one is situated on the southern portion of the top, and it 

 is so extensive that it takes about 5 hours to walk around the top of the 

 crator wall. The crator is almost entirely covered with vegetation and at its 

 bottom the melted snow forms a large pond having a diameter of 429 feet in 

 early summer, but its Avater gradually decreases by evaporation. Among the 

 plants covering the crator wall almost to the edge of the pond, are found 

 Cardaininc resedifolia, Car ex flavocuspis. Allium lineare, Liliujti avenaceiim, 

 Orchis aristata, Polygomim WeyricJiii, P. polymorpJiuni var, alpinum, 

 Aquilegia flabcllata, Thalictnnn aquilegifoliuj/i, Arabis amplexicaiilis, Parnas- 

 sia palustris, Geranium crianthuvi, Empetrum nigrum, Hypericum kauitscJiati- 

 cum, Viola Selkirkii, V. crassa, Pieris nana, PJiyllodoce taxifolia, Diapensia 



[Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. I. 1905.] 



