BETULACEAE. — ALNUS 505 



Alnus sitchensis, var. kamtschatica Callier, apud Schneider, III. Handl. Laub- 



holzlc. I. 123 (1904). 

 Alnus alnobelula, var. fruticosa Winkler in Engler, Pjlanzenr. 1V.-61, 160 



(pro parte) (1904). 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Kamtchatka (ex Callier). 



1 have not seen a specimen of this variety, which needs further investigation. 

 I suppose that the following species also occurs in Kamtchatka, otherwise the 

 specimen of C. Wright may belong to this variety, 



15. Alnus Maximowiczii Callier apud Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 122, 

 fig. 66 k, 67 i-ii (1904). 



Alnus viridis, var. sibirica Regel in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. XXXVIII. pt. 2, 422 

 (1S65), quoad plantam Japon. ; in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 182 (1S68), 

 quoad plantam Japon. — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. 1. 456 (1875) . — 

 Miyabe in Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IV. 259 (Fl. Kuril. Isl.) (1890).— 

 Matsumura in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, XVI. art. 5, 1 {Rev. Alni Spec. Jap.) 

 (1902). 



Alnus alnobelula, var. fruticosa Winkler in Engler, Pjlanzenr. IV.-Ol, 106 

 (pro parte) (1904). — Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. II. pt. 2, 16 (1912). 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Kamtchatka: Petropavlowski, C. Wright {^o^^ers 

 and old fruits). Saghalien : without locality, Fr. Schmidt (fruits) ; F. M. Augusti- 

 nowicz (floweps); " in humidis sylvarum," August 1908, U. Faurie (No. 288; fruits). 



JAPAN. Hondo : prov. Shimotsuke, summit of Nantai-san, forming thickets, 

 May 29, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 6788; bush 1.2-1.8 m. tall; not yet flowering, 

 old fruits); same prov., Chuzenji, alt. 1400 m., lava bed, not common, May 25, 

 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. Q7 52; bush 3m. tall; flowers); same prov., Onsenga-dake, 

 Yumoto, woods, alt. 2000-2100 m., June 23, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 0865; tree 

 7 m. tall, girth 0.6 m.; flowers); prov. Suraga, Fuji-san, alt. 2400-2600 m., October 

 9, 1S92, P. Codman (fruits) ; same locality, July 29, 1881 (ex Herb. Sci. Coll. Univ. 

 Jap.; fruits); prov. Shinano, on Tsubakura-dake, side of torrents, not common, 

 alt. 1200-2200 m., September 13, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7505; bush 3-5 m. 

 tall; fruits); same prov., on Komaga-dake, alt. 2400 m., August 25, 1906 (ex 

 Herb. Sakurai); Mt. Ontake, alt. 2700 m., woodlands, thickets, June 12, 1914, 

 E. H. Wilson (No. 7019; tree 4-8 m. tall, girth 0.3-0.9 m.; flowers); prov. 

 Ugo, Chokai-san, July 27, 1887, J. Matsumura (fruits); Chokai-san, common, 

 October 14, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7175; fruits); prov. Rikuchu, Hayachine- 

 san, upper slopes of forest, common, alt. 1200-1600 m., September 27, 1914, E. H. 

 Wilson (No. 7556; bush 3-7 m. tall; fruits); prov. Mutsu, Mt. Hakkoda, near 

 Aomori, alt. 1100 m., common, October 2, 1892, C. S. Sargent (tree 5-7 m. tall or 

 shrubby; fruits) ; same locality, forming thickets in the upper slopes of mountains, 

 July 5, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7098; large bush, 3-6 m. tall, flowers and young 

 fruits); same locahty, "in apice Hakkoda," August 1904, U. Faurie (No. 5787; 

 " arbusta prostrata," 0.5 m. tall; fruits); same locality, August 1904, U. Faurie 

 (No. 7588; fruits). Hokkaido: prov. Shiribeshi, Shiribeshi-san, July 27, 1914, 

 E. H. Wilson (fruits); prov. Oshima, Onuma-koen, common, swamps, July 26, 1914, 

 E. H. Wilson (No. 7260; bush 2-4 m. tall, much branched, sometimes small tree; 

 fruits); Hakodate, 1861, C. Maximowicz (fruits); same locality, June 1, 1905, U. 

 Faurie (No. 6645; young fruits); same locality, August ? 1905, U. Faurie (No. 

 6647; young fruits); same place, J. Small (Coliectio Wright; fniits); same prov., 

 Komagatake, August 19, 1888, T. Tokubuchi (fruits); prov. Hidaka, August 1892, 

 T. Tokubuchi (fruits); prov. Ishikari, Sapporo, April 1878 (ex Herb. Sapporo; 



