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sepals about 2 cm. long; anthers elliptic, about 1 mm. long; 



ovary pubcrulous. Mar.-May. Damp woods in mountains; 



Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku. Amur, Ussuri, Korea, and 



Sakhalin. 



3. Anemone pseudoaltaica Hara. J. altaica sensu auct. 



Japon., non Fisch. Kikuzaki-ichige. Rhizomes slender, 



2-10 cm. long, long-creeping; radical leaves twice-ternate, long- 

 petiolate, the leaflets ovate, 3- to 5-parted, irregularly toothed; 

 stems soliLiry, 10-30 cm. long, glabrous, the involucral leaves 

 3, pedolate, ternate, the peduncles pubescent; sepals pale 

 purple or white, linear-elliptic, about 20 mm. long; anthers 

 elliptic; achenes broadly lanceolate, about 4 mm. long, densely 

 short, spreading, white-pubescent; styles slender, rather short. 



-Apr.-June. Woods in mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (n. 



and centr. distr.). 



4. Anemone nikoensis Maxim. Ichirin-so. Rhizomes 

 slender, creeping, 1-6 cm. long, slighdy thickened at intervals; 

 radical leaves 1-2 times ternate, long-petiolate, the leaflets 

 ovate, subacute, pinnately parted; stems 20-30 cm. long, soli- 

 tary, the involucral leaves 3, pedolate, once-ternate, the leaflets 

 ovate, subacute, 2-5 cm. long, pinnately parted, irregularly 

 toothed, the peduncles solitary, pubescent; sepals 5, white, 

 usually with a pinkish hue, elliptic, 2-3 cm. long; anthers 



oblong; style short; carpels densely short-pilose. Apr.-May. 



Woods in foothills; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



5. Anemone debilis Fisch. A. ranunctdoides var. graci- 

 lis Schltdl.; A. gracilis (Schltdl.) F. Schmidt Hime-ichige. 



Delicate herb, 5-15 cm. high, sparsely pubescent; rhizomes 

 short-creeping, 7-15 mm. long; involucral leaves ternate, 

 pedolate, sometimes only 3-parted, with the leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, 3-12 mm. wide, usually 

 coarsely toodied, sessile; peduncles solitary; flowers white; 

 sepals 5, oblong, 5-7 mm. long; anthers elliptic, about 0.4 

 mm. long; achenes narrowly ovate, about 3 mm. long, rather 

 densely grayish white-pubescent; style narrow, rather short. 

 • June-July. Damp coniferous woods in mountains; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu (n. and centr. distr. and Yamato Prov.). 



Kuriles, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Manchuria, and e. Siberia. 



6. Anemone yezoensis (Miyabe) Koidz. A. umbrosa 

 var. yezoensis Miyabe; A. debilis var. soyensis Makino, excl. 



syn. Ezo-icHiGE. Resembles the preceding; rhizomes 



slender; leaflets of involucral leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 

 2-3 cm. long, 7-15 mm. wide, coarsely toothed; sepals 5-7, 

 narrowly ovate, 10-12 mm. long; anthers elliptic, about 0.7 

 mm. long. — —May-July. Hokkaido. Sakhalin. 



7. Anemone stolonifera Maxim. A. siuzevii Komar. 



Sanrin-s6. Sparsely pubescent stoloniferous herb 15-30 



cm. high; radical leaves long-petiolate, 3-foliolate, the lateral 

 leaflets 2-parted, the terminal one rhombic-obovate, 2.5-4 cm. 

 long, 3-parted, incised and toothed, short-petiolulate or sub- 

 sessile; scapes 1 to 3, the involucral leaves ternate, short-peUo- 

 late, 3-parted, the segments cuneate to broadly oblanceolate, 

 3-cleft and coarsely toothed, 2-3 cm. long; flowers 1-3, white, 

 on erect peduncles 3-10 cm. long; sepals 5, elliptic, 7-8 mm. 

 long; achenes rather few, broadly ovate, puberulent, about 3 



mm. long; style slender and rather short. May-July. 



Woods in mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. 

 distr.). Formosa, Manchuria, Korea, and (?) China. 



8. Anemone keiskeana T. Ito. Yuki-wari-ichice, Ruri- 

 icHiGE. Rhizomes rather slender, creeping, to 10 cm. long; 

 radical leaves long-petiolate, nearly glabrous, deltoid, 3-folio- 

 late, the leaflets 3-5 cm. long, sessile, deltoid-ovate, acuminate. 



obtusely toothed or incised, the involucral leaves narrowly 

 ovate or narrowly oblong, sessile, 10-35 mm. long, toothed or 

 pinnately lobulate, the peduncles 3-5 cm. long, solitary, 

 loosely ascending-pubescent; sepals 12-15, linear-oblong, 15-20 

 mm. long, white to purplish toward the base; antliers elliptic, 



1-2 mm. long. Feb.-Apr. Honshu (w. distr.), Shikoku, 



Kyushu. 



9. Anemone flaccida F. Schmidt. A. baicalensis var. 

 laevigata A. Gray; A. laevigata (A. Gray) Koidz.; A. soyensis 



H. Boiss.; A. tagawae Ohwi; A. amagisanensis Honda 



NiRiN-so. Slightly pubescent perennial with stout creeping 

 rhizomes; radical leaves long-petiolate, 3-parted, the lateral 

 segments 2-parted, the terminal one rhombic-obovate, 2-4 

 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, 3-fid and coarsely toothed; stems 

 1 or 2, 20-30 cm. long, the involucral leaves sessile, rather un- 

 equal, cuneate-ovate or oblong, 3-fid, coarsely toothed, 2-5 

 cm. long; peduncles 1-3, 5-10 cm. long; flowers white; sepals 

 5, elliptic, 8-15 mm. long; anthers elliptic, about 1 mm. long; 

 achenes ovate, about 2.5 mm. long, short white-pubescent; 



style very short. Moist shaded places along streams and 



ravines in foothills; very common. Sakhalin, Amur, and 



n. China. 



10. Anemone dichotoma L. Futamata-ichice. Rather 

 stout, white-pubescent herb with slender, elongate rhizomes; 

 stems erect, rather firm, 40-80 cm. long, naked on lower half, 

 with few scales at base, dichotomously branching above, with 

 a single flower on each branch; leaves opposite, sessile, 3- 

 parted, the segments cuneate-oblanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 1-2 

 cm. wide, acute, coarsely toothed on upper half and sometimes 

 again 3-lobed, nearly glabrous above; peduncles 3-7 cm. long; 

 flowers white; sepals 5, broadly elliptic, 8-15 mm. long, ap- 

 pressed-puberulent externally; anthers elliptic, about 0.8 mm. 

 long; achenes glabrous, ovate, flat, 4-5 mm. long, the style 



about 1.5 mm. long. June-July. Grassy places in lowlands, 



especially near the sea; Hokkaido. Europe, Siberia, Man- 

 churia, and Korea. 



11. Anemone narcissiflora L. Hakusan-ichige. Per- 

 ennial herb, usually densely white-pilose; rhizomes stout, 

 covered with old leaf bases; radical leaves long-petiolate, 

 orbicular-cordate, 3-parted, the lateral segments deeply 2-lobed, 

 each segment further dissected into linear subacute ultimate 

 lobes; stems 1 to 4, 15-40 cm. long, the involucral leaves 2-4 

 cm. long, dissected into linear lobes, the peduncles 1-7 cm. 

 long; flowers white; sepals 5-7, ovate or elliptic, 12-15 mm. 

 long; anthers oblong, about 1 mm. long; achenes flat, gla- 

 brous, with a rather thick wing on die margin, broadly elliptic, 

 6-7 mm. long, about 5 mm. wide, the style short and slightly 

 incurved. July-Aug. Wet alpine slopes; Hokkaido, Hon- 

 shu (centr. and n. distr.). Sakhalin, Kuriles, n. Korea to 



Himalayas, Siberia to Europe, and N. America. 



Var. sachalinensis Miyabe & Miyake. Karafuto-senka-s6. 

 Plants more densely pubescent. Honshu (n. distr.), Hok- 

 kaido. Sakhalin and s. Kuriles. 



12. Anemone sikokiana Makino. A. narcissiflora var. 

 si\ol{iana Makino Shikoku-ichige. Resembles the pre- 

 ceding; radical leaves 5-angled, cordate-orbicular, 3-parted, the 

 lateral segments 2-parted, 3-5 cm. long, each segment 2- to 

 3-fid, coarsely incised and lobcd; some of the peduncles 

 branched, bearing smaller involucral leaves and few flowers. 



Alpine slopes; Shikoku (Mount Ishizuchi in lyo Prov.); 



rare. 



