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Alnus mnltinervis Callier apud Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. I. 123, fig. 



66 o, 67 d-d2 (1904). 

 Alnus multinervis, var. typica Callier, 1. c. (1904). 

 Alnus multinervis, var. nikkoensis Callier, 1. c. (1904). 



JAPAN. Hokkaido : near Mohidsi, C. Mazimowicz (type of var. multinervis, 

 ex Kegel). Hondo: prov. Mutsu, Mt. Hakkoda, woodlands, thickets, lower 

 slopes of mountains, July 6, 1914, E. H. Wilson (No. 7114; bush 1.5-3 m. tall, 

 fruits); same prov., near Aomori, common up to 900 m., October 2, 1892, C. S. 

 Sargent (tree 7 m. tall; fruits); same locality, April 1902, U. Faurie (No. 5068; 

 flowers); prov. Echigo, Deyu, August 1, 1886, J. Matsurmira (fruits); prov. 

 Shinano (Senano), 1834, C. Maximowicz (flowers and fruits); same prov., Mt. 

 Tokagushi, August 7, 1907 (e.x Herb. Sakurai; fruits); "Nippon media," 1866, 

 Tschonoski (flowers). For further specimens see Matsumura, 1. c. 



A distinct species, well marked by its many-nerved leaves and by its nodding 

 clusters of small fruits. 



