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lapponica, Veronica Schmidtlanci, Diervilla MiddcJidcrffiana, Patrinia sibirica, 

 Solidago Virga-aurea, Aj'temisia norvegica, Salix Reinii, Stellaria riiscifolia 

 and Sans stir ea acjuninata. But the greater part of the crator wall is thickly- 

 covered with creeping stems of Pinns pnniila, and under its entangling 

 branches Linncsa borcalis is found in abundance. Two other crators are 

 situated to the north of one just mentioned, each haväng a pond at the bottom. 

 In one of them we found Jnncns cnrvatns. Around this pond are found 

 Potcntilla Miyabei, P. gelida, Polygonum poly^iiorpJuini var. alpimim, 

 Pcntstemon frutescens and Campanula lasiocarpa which were in full bloom 

 when we visited there. Little lower down there is a small lake called the 

 " Unsen-Ko," which retains drinkable water for a longer time. Fields and 

 slopes around this pond are covered Avith thick alpine vegetation, rich in 

 species, presenting a beautiful scenery. Here we found Phyllodoce taxifolia, 

 Artemisia norvegica^ Rhododendron chrysantJnim, TMiiim avcnaccum^ Rnbus 

 japonica, Geraninm eriantJmm, Hypcriciim kaintscliaticnviy Diervilla Midden- 

 dorffiana, Sediim Rhodiola var. Tas/iiroi, Parnassia palustris, Solidago Virga- 

 aurea, etc. 



The first botanical collection was made by Mr. T. ISIIIKAWA, a geologist 

 to Hokkaidö-chö in September 1893. It was late in season for alpine plants, 

 and most of the specimens collected were from the eastern slope of the 

 mountain. In 1895 Mr. K. TOTSU, then a student in Sapporo Agricultural 

 College, accompanied a scientific party for meteological observations and 

 stayed nearly a month from July to August on the top of the mountain mak- 

 ing observations and collecting plants on the sum.mit. A list comprising 46 

 alpine plants thus collected by Mr. TOTSU was published in the " Report of 

 the Meteological Observations on Makkari-nupuri." 



In 1905 the Yezo Fuji Ascending Club was organized by the people of 

 Kutchan aud a pass was opened up to the summit making the ascent tolerably 

 easy. 



On August 6th, 1905, Prof. MiYABE and myself together with many students 

 ascended the mountain and passed a night on the top making as complete a 

 collection as possible by exploring different parts of the crators. 



Our collection as well as those of Messrs. ISHIKAWA and ToTSU are all 

 preserved in the Herbarium of Sapporo Agricultural College. The following 

 is a list of the alpine plants of Makkari-nupuri based on these collections, 

 which we believe fairly represent the character of its vegetation. 



