98 ^ sß X m-At mmmti^m.n I. 



rhombeis basi late cuneatis, profunde jDauciserratis, apice saepius acutis vel acuminatis, 

 Subtus dense, supra parce villosa ; inferiora longe petiolata, parviora ; superiora 

 breviter petiolata, petiolis laminis brevioribus, saepius tripartita, summa ad bracteas 

 mutata. Bracteae inferiores caulina superiora aequantes; superiores angustiores, 

 lineares vel filiformes. Rami breves, villosi, pauciflori (saepius 1-2-flori), pedicellis 

 apice cum bracteolis 2 filiformibus floribus brevioribus, Flos cum calcari 4.8 cm 

 longus, atro-cyaneus ; sepalum superius maximum ovato-lanceolatum apice acumina- 

 tum ; lateralia 2.3 cm longa late elliptico-lanceolata ipso apice tarnen obtusa, basi 

 rotundata; inferiora 2.5 cm longa, ovato-laiiceolata, apice acuta, basi cuneata. Petala 

 superiora 2, aeqnalia, non alata, 2.5 cm longa, discolora, basi unguiculata, apice 

 obtusa, emarginata; inferiora 2, aequalina, 1.8 cm longa, spathulata, apice imperfecte 

 bifida, intus parce barbata. Filamenta 28-30, subulata, nervo parce piloso ; antherae 

 glabrae oblongae. Germina 3 staminibus breviora, dense villosa, stylis nudis. Fru- 

 ctus nobis ignotus. 



NoM. JAP. Chishinia-hiyenso, (nov.). 



Hab. Kuriles : Paramusiiir Island (Tsutomu Sakurai ! Aug. 1911). 



DiSTEiE. Kamtschatka, and Northern Kuriles. 



In an interesting collection of the Kurile plants made by Mr. Tsutomu Saku- 

 rai, a teacher in a common school in Nemuro, on the Island of Paramushir in the 

 summer of 1911, there was a well preserved specimen of Delphinium, about ten inches 

 in height and with a few large dark blue colored flowers. Not^vithstanding of the 

 fact, that the genus is widely and largely represented on the Asiatic continent, it is 

 noteworthy, that this is the first record of the occurrence of a species of Delphinium 

 in the Japanese Archipelago. 



The original description of Delphinium braohyoentrum by Ledebour and also its 

 supplementary notes by Regel agree remarkably well with our plant, except perhaps 

 in the .characters of the base of the petiole and also of the lower pair of petals. In 

 our specimen, the base of the petiole is somewhat dilated, and the lower pair of 

 petals have an irregularly fissured lobe, which appears to us to be accidental rather 

 than natural. As our specimen is single and the flowers flt for dissection only two, 

 we hesitate in this connection to make a decisive statement on the presence of a 

 natural lobe in the lower petal. 



Our plant is also very near to D. oheilanthum Fisch, and D. paucißorum Rchb. ; 

 but it is easily distinguished from the former by its strongly haired stems and 

 long-petioled lower leaves, and from the latter by its larger flowers and blue colored 

 lower petals. 



