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and roadsides in lowlands and hills; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu; common. Nearly cosmopolitan. 



5. Stellaria neglecta Weihe. S. media sensu auct. Ja- 

 pon., pro parte, non VilL; S. media var. neglecta (Weihe) 



Weihe; S. media var. procera Klett & Richt. ^Midoki-ha- 



KOBE. Closely resembles the preceding, but slightly larger 

 and paler green; stamens 8-10, sometimes 5-6; seeds about 1.5 

 mm. across, more or less distinctly flattened, mammillate, 



especially on the margin. Mar.-Sept. Hokkaido, Honshu, 



Shikoku, Kyushu. Eurasia. 



6. Stellaria diversiflora Maxim. S. diandra Maxim.; S. 



diversiflora var. diandra (Maxim.) Makino Sawa-hakobe, 



TsuRU-HAKOEE. Perennial; stems 5-30 cm. long, often de- 

 cumbent at base, branched, glabrous, terete; leaves petiolate, 

 broadly ovate to deltoid-ovate, 1-3.5 cm. long, 0.8-2.5 cm. wide, 

 acute to acuminate and often mucronate, glabrous beneath, 

 with scattered appressed multicellular hairs above, green on 

 both sides, the petioles usually slightly hairy; pedicels axillary, 

 glabrous, 5-30 mm. long; sepals lanceolate, 1-nerved, glabres- 

 cent, acute, 4-6 mm. long; petals shorter to as long as the 

 sepals, 2-fid, sometimes absent; stamens 2-10; capsules globose, 

 6-valved; seeds ellipsoidal, slightly flattened, about 1.3 mm. 



long, dark brown, mammillate. May-July. Woods in 



mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



7. Stellaria uchiyamana Makino. Yama-hakobe. Per- 

 ennial herb; stems, leaves and sepals stellate-pubescent, the 

 hairs 2- to 6-branched; stems long-creeping and branched be- 

 low, ascending above, 20-30 cm. long; leaves ovate-orbicular 

 to broadly ovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 0.8-2.5 cm. wide, the petioles 

 1-2 mm. long, 1-nerved; flowers axillary, solitary, the pedicels 

 stellate-pilose, 2-4 cm. long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 

 trinerved, 4-5 mm. long; petals white, slightly longer than the 

 sepals, deeply bifid; capsules narrowly ovoid; seeds ellipsoidal, 



1.5 mm. long, with semirounded mammillae. Apr.-June. 



Low elevations; Honshu (Kinki Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, 

 Kyushu. 



8. Stellaria tomentella Ohwi. S. tomentosa Maxim., 



non Link; 5. iinumae Ohwi Ao-hakobe. Resembles the 



preceding, but rather smaller and the stellate hairs slighdy 

 larger; leaves scarcely petioled; sepals lanceolate, subobtuse, 



3-4 mm. long, subuninerved; petals absent. Apr.-June. 



Woods in mountains; Honshu (Kinki Distr. and westw.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu. 



9. Stellaria longifolia Muhl. 5. friesiana Ser.; S. mos- 



quensis Bieb. Nagaba-tsume-kusa. Slender, mosdy erect, 



glabrous, usually tufted perennial; stems 20-40 cm. long, 

 branched below, 4-angled, minutely scabrous; leaves linear to 

 broadly so, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, acute, minutely 

 scabrous, the midrib impressed above, raised beneath; inflores- 

 cence pedunculate, several-flowered, loose, the pedicels smooth, 

 the bracts small, scarious; sepals ovate, glabrous, obsoletely 

 3-nerved, obtuse to subacute, 2.5-3 mm. long; petals slightly 

 longer than tlie sepals, deeply 2-cleft; capsules oblong, 4-5 mm. 

 long, brownish; seeds obliquely obovate, slighdy flattened, 



about 0.8 mm. long, nearly smooth, dull. June-Aug. 



Woods in mountains; Hokkaido. Cold regions of the N. 



Hemisphere. 



10. Stellaria filicaulis Makino. Ito-hakobe. Glabrous 

 perennial, 30-50 cm. high; stems slender, erect, sparsely 

 branched, 4-angled; leaves linear, 2-3 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, 

 acute or acuminate, the midrib impressed above, raised be- 

 neath; flowers white, solitary, the pedicels 2-5 cm. long, slen- 



der, deflexed in fruit; sepals lanceolate or narrowly so, acumi- 

 nate, 1-ribbed, 4-5 mm. long; petals about 1.7 times as long as 

 the sepals, deeply bifid; capsules oblong, yellowish, 1.5 times 

 as long as the sepals; seeds dark brown, about 0.7 mm. long, 



ellipsoidal, obscurely rugulose. May-June. Wet places in 



lowlands; Honshu (Kanto Distr.). Korea and Manchuria. 



11. Stellaria nipponica Ohwi. S. florida var. angusti- 

 folia Maxim. Iwa-tsume-kusa. Perennial herb essen- 

 tially glabrous except slightly hairy on the lower portion; 

 stems tufted, erect, branched below, 10-20 cm. long; leaves 

 linear, horizontally spreading, gradually acuminate, 2-3.5 cm. 

 long, 1-2 mm. wide, the midrib raised beneath; flowers 1-3, 

 the pedicels erect, 2-6 cm. long, the bracts rather small; sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, mostly 3-nerved, 4-5.5 mm. long; petals 

 white, 1.5-2 times as long as the sepals, deeply bifid; capsules 

 ellipsoidal, slighdy shorter than to as long as the sepals; seeds 

 flat, brown, reniform-orbicular, about 1 mm. long, tubercled 

 on margin. July-Sept. Rocky slopes in mountains; Hon- 

 shu (alpine regions in centr. distr.) . 



Var. yezoensis Hara. O-iwa-tsume-kusa. With a firmer, 

 stouter habit than in the typical phase, the sepals more dis- 

 tinctly 3-nerved and rather larger, the seeds more densely 



mberculate with longer mammillae on margin. Alpine 



regions; Hokkaido (Mount Apoi in Hidaka). 



12. Stellaria pterosperma Ohwi. Ezo-rwA-TsuME-KusA. 

 Closely resembles the preceding; leaves rather thicker, firmer, 

 1-2 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, loosely soft-pubescent on 

 margin; flowers 1-3, the pedicels 2-5 cm. long, straight, the 

 bracts small, membranous to subfoliaceous; capsules narrowly 

 oblong, as long as to slightly longer than the sepals; seeds 

 reniform-orbicular, about 2 mm. long inclusive of the winged 

 margin. July-Sept. Alpine; Hokkaido (Mount Daisetsu) . 



13. Stellaria ruscifolia Willd. Shikotan-hakobe. Gla- 

 brous, coriaceous, glaucous perennial herb; stems 8-15 cm. 

 long, usually unbranched; leaves ovate to narrowly so, 1-3 cm. 

 long, 7-12 mm. wide, acuminate, rounded to shallowly cordate, 

 somewhat cartilaginous on the margin, slighdy clasping, 1- 

 nerved; flowers few, solitary in axils, the pedicels 4-6 cm. long; 

 sepals broadly lanceolate, acute, 5-7 mm. long, obsoletely 3- 

 nerved; petals bifid, 1.5-2 times as long as the sepals; capsules 

 as long as the sepals; seeds flat, pale brown, reniform-orbicular, 

 about 1 mm. across, scabrous, with rather prominent tubercles 



on margin. July-Aug. Alpine regions of Hokkaido and 



Honshu (centr. distr.) and rocks near the sea in Hokkaido 

 (e. distr.). Ochotsk Sea region, inclusive of the Kuriles. 



14. Stellaria fenzlii Regel. S. yezoensis Maxim.; 5. 



pilosula Franch.; S. sachalinensis Takeda Shiraoi-hakobe. 



Pale green perennial herb; stems 15-30 cm. long, usually sim- 

 ple, nearly glabrous except for short hairs on nodes; leaves 

 lanceolate to broadly so, 2-4 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, acumi- 

 nate, rounded at base, often with few soft hairs at base and on 

 midrib beneath; inflorescence terminal, loose, the bracts small, 

 membranous on margin, the pedicels 1-4 cm. long; sepals 

 broadly lanceolate, 2.5-4 mm. long, very acute, mostly 3- 

 nerved; petals about half as long as the sepals, deeply 2-parted 

 or sometimes absent; capsules \Vi-2 times as long as the sepals, 

 narrowly oblong, pale yellow; styles usually 3; seeds dark 

 brown, obliquely elliptic, slightly flattened, about 0.7 mm. long, 

 nearly smooth, dull. June-Aug. Coniferous woods; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). Kamchatka, Amur, 



Sakhalin, and Kuriles. 



15. Stellaria alsine Grimm var. undulata (Thunb.) 



