MiYABE A>T) Kxjr>o : Materiaxs fob a Floe a of Hokkaido. I. -99 



2. Polemoniimi coeralemn Linn., Spec. PI. ed. 1. p. 162 (1753); Ledeb., 

 Fl. Eo&s. 3. p. S3 (1846-47); Traut V. et Mev., Fl. Ochot. p. 69 (1856); ^Regel et 

 Maaek, Fl. Ussur. p. 106(1§62); Herder. PI. Eadd. IV. 1. p. 197 (1873); Brand, 

 in Engl. Pfl-reich. 27. Heft (IV. 250) p. 37 (1907). 



Subspec. A. vulgare (Ledeb.) Brand. 1. c. p. 38. 



P. coeruleum Linn. a. vulgare T^deb.. 1. c; Trautv. et Mey., 1. c.; Regel et 

 Maaek. 1. c.; Herder, 1. c. 



Var. a. yezoense ^liyabe et Kudo, var. nov. 



Icon. T. Iwasaki, Honzo-zufu 18. fol. 21. (1829). 



Caulis erectus, striatus. multifoliatus. Folia glabra, breviter petiolata, petiolis 

 basi subdilatatis, margine minute ciliatis; foliola ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, 20— 

 35 mm longa, 8-12 mm lata, apice acuta vel acuminata, basi saepius rotuudata. 

 Inflorescentia thyrsoidea vel corymbosa, laxiflora, pubescens,. puberula, plus-miuus 

 villosa vel canescens, semper glaudulosa. Flores magni, corollis 22—25 mm longis, 

 lobis obovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, apice rotundatis vel emarginatis. Calyx leviter 

 villosus vel puberulus, pilis plerumque eglaudulosLs vel rarius glaudulosis, demum 

 glabrescens. 



XoM. JAP. Yezo-no-hanashinobu, (nov.). 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Oshima : Kakkumitoge (Y. Tokubuchi ! Aug. 21,1888). 

 — Prov. Shiribeshi : Mt. Raiden (S. Ishikawa ! June 11, 1897), — Prov. Ishikari : 

 Sapporo (S. Tanouchi ! June 1889; K. Miyabe! May 1880; Y. Tokubuchi! Jane 

 1, 1889).— Prov. Tokachi: Puka Riv. (Y. Obanawa ! June 18, 1892).— Prov. Hi- 

 daka : Shoya (Y. Tokubuchi \ Aug. 17, 1892); Shibuchari (K. Miyabe | June 16 

 1884). 



DiSTKiB. Endemie. 



The present variety is easily distinguished from the following by its larger 

 <K)nspieuous flowers and loose inflorescence. Perhaps it is the most beautiful among 

 the varieties of Folemonium coeruleum, deser\-iug the attention of horticulturists. It 

 is distributed in the southern and middle provinces of Hokkaido, and is especially 

 oommoQ in the vicinity of Sapporo in the allu^nal banks of a river. 



Var. ß. racemosum (Regel). 



P. coeruleum Linn, a vulgare Ledeb. lusus 2. racemosum Reg€l, 1. c. ; Herd., 1. 

 c. p. 199. 



Caulis teres, erectus, striatus, simplex, 60-80 cm altus, iuternodiis plerumque 

 elongatis, 6-12 (3-17) cm longis, paucifohatus. Folia radicalia minora, cum petiolo 

 ca. 10 cm longa, petiolis basi dilatatis, margine non ciliatis, plerumque 3—4 cm 



