Saxifragaceae 



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5A. Calyx-Iobcs oblong or narrowly ovate, sometimes elliptic, usually white at anthcsis; stamens cxscrtcd; hairs on upper side of 



leaves rather long; anthers dark purple 2. C. album 



5B. Calyx-lobes rounded to ovate-rounded, yellow or pale green at anthcsis; anthers yellow. 



6A. Calyx-lobes yellow to greenish yellow at anthcsis; stamens slighdy shorter than the calyx-lobes. 



3. C. pilosum var. sphaerospermtim 



6B. Calyx-lobes pale green at anthcsis; stamens as long as to slightly longer than the calyx-lobes 4. C rhabdospermtim 



4B. Calyx-lobes spreading at anthcsis; seeds nearly smooth; stamens much shorter than the calyx-lobes; capsules with 2 hori- 

 zontally spreading beaks 5. C. ramosum 



3B. Plants glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy in the leaf-axils. 

 7A. Seeds with few longitudinal ribs; stamens 8. 



8A. Ribs of seeds nearly smooth; calyx-lobes spreading; stamens very short 6. C. kflmtschatkum 



8B. Ribs of seeds tubercled. 



9A. Stamens much shorter than the calyx-lobes, about 0.5 mm. long; disc prominent 7. C. echinus 



9B. Stamens longer than to slightly shorter than the calyx-lobes, 1-3 mm. long; disc not prominent. 



10.'\. Rosulate leaves short-petioled or nearly sessile; seeds ribbed, the ribs wrinklelike with low tubercles 8. C. fauriei 



lOB. Rosulate leaves distinctly petioled; seeds with prominendy tubercled ribs 9. C. macrostemon 



7B. Seeds with a single longitudinal rib on one side, minutely papillose; stamens 4 10. C. grayanum 



IB. Leaves always alternate. 



HA. Seeds minutely mammillate; flowers green or greenish yellow. 

 12A. Leaves with rounded teeth. 



13A. Stolons epigeal, leafy 11. C. flagclli/erum 



13B. Stolons hypogeal, naked 12. C. tosaensc 



12B. Leaves with depressed teeth; stolons absent; plants bearing bulbils at base 13. C. japonicum 



\ IB. Seeds quite smooth, not tubercled; flowers clear yellow; leaves short-toothed 14. C. alternijolium var. sibiricum 



1. Chrysosplenium maximowiczii Fr. & Sav. Mukago- greenish yellow at anthesis, pale green in fruit; calyx-lobes 

 NEKO-NO-ME, Tama-neko-no-me. Stems erect, 3-15 cm. long, ovate-orbicular or depressed-rounded, erect, 1-1.5 mm. long; 

 sparsely pubescent while young, nearly glabrous later; stolons stamens 8, slightly shorter than the calyx-lobes; capsules and 



with a small resting bulbil at the tip from which the new seeds nearly the same as in the preceding species. Mar.- 



plant arises each year; leaves all cauline, 2 to 3 pairs, ovate- May. Wet places; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



orbicular, 4-18 mm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, short-toothed, 4. Chrysosplenium rhabdospermum Maxim. C. doi- 



petiolate; flowers yellow-green; calyx-lobes erect, ovate-orbicu- anum Ohwi Tsukushi-neko-no-me. Radical leaves peti- 



lar, about 1 mm. long; stamens 8, to 1 mm. long, shorter olate, depressed-orbicular, 5-10 mm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, 



than the calyx-lobes, the disc indistinct; capsule-valves sub- undulate-toothed; scapes 5-10 cm. long, loosely few-flowered; 



erect, unequal, slighdy compressed laterally; seeds ovoid-glo- calyx-tube cup-shaped, the lobes pale green, erect, ovate to 



bose, about 0.6 mm. long, mammillate on the longitudinal depressed-rounded; stamens slighdy longer than to as long as 



ribs. Mar.-Apr. Wet places; Honshu (Sagami, Awa, Izu, the calyx-lobes, the anthers yellow; capsules compressed, erect, 



Shimotsuke Prov.) ; rare. the valves unequal; seeds mammillate on the ribs. Mar.- 



2. Chrysosplenium album Maxim. C. stamineum Fr. & Apr. Kyushu. 



Sav.; C. beauvcrdii Terrac; C. naminoense Honda Shiro- 5. Chrysosplenium ramosum Maxim. C. ramosum 



BANA-NEKO-NO-ME, Hana-neko-no-me. Stems 5-15 cm. long, var. atrodiscum (Suto) Hara; C. yesoense Fr. & Sav.; C. 



long-pubescent; stolons elongate, leafy; leaves opposite, flabel- crenulatum var. atrodiscum Suto; C. microphyllum Tatew. & 



late-suborbicular, 4-10 mm. long, 5-12 mm. wide, often Suto Maruea-neko-no-me. Thinly long-pubescent; stems 



slightly variegated on the upper surface, obsoletely 5- to 9- 7-15 cm. long; stolons very elongate, branched, with widely 

 toothed, subtruncate and abrupriy decurrent to a petiole; spaced pairs of orbicular leaves; radical leaves withering be- 

 flowers rather few, dense, white in anthesis, pale green in fore anthesis, the cauline petiolate, ovate-orbicular or sub- 

 fruit; calyx-lobes erect, 3-5 mm. long, broadly lanceolate to orbicular, 5-15 mm. long, 6-15 mm. wide, broadly cuneate at 



narrowly oblong; stamens erect, the anthers dark purple. base, with subrounded teeth; flowers green, purple-green or 



Mar.-May. Woods in foothills; Honshu (Iwaki Prov. and purple-brown; calyx-lobes horizontally spreading, depressed- 



southw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. rounded; stamens inserted on the margin of a prominent disc, 



Var. stamineum (Fr. & Sav.) Hara. A smaller plant with much shorter than the calyx-lobes; capsules subinferior, the 



leaves usually 5-toothed. Western part of the distribution. valves horizontally spreading, nearly equal; seeds narrowly 



Var. flavum Hara. Kibana-hana-neko-no-me. Flow- ovoid-ellipsoidal, about 1 mm. long, obsoletely ribbed or 



ers yellow; sepals ovate, obtuse to shortly acute; anthers yel- nearly smooth. May-June. Hokkaido, Honshu (Kinki 



lowish, often tinged with red. Honshu (Tokaido Distr.); Distr. and northw.). s. Sakhalin, Korea, Manchuria and 



rare. Amur. 



3. Chrysosplenium pilosum Maxim, var. sphaero- 6. Chrysosplenium kamtschaticum Fisch. C. costu- 

 spermum (Maxim.) Hara. C. pilosum var. juhnim (Terrac.) latum Franch.; C. corrugatum Franch.; C. nodutosum Franch.; 

 Hara; C. multicaule Fr. & Sav.; C. fulvum Terrac; C. vidalii C. aomorcnsc Franch.; C. flabellatum Terrac; C. kamtschati- 



Fr. & Sav. Kogane-neko-no-me. Soft pubescent herb; cum var. costulatum (Franch.) Suto; C. I^amtschaticum var. 



stems 5-10 cm. long, with well-developed leafy stolons; radical aomorcnsc (Franch.) Hara Chishima-neko-no-me. Slen- 



leaves usually withering before anthesis, the lower cauline der glabrous herb; stems 5-15 cm. long; stolons much elon- 



short-petiolate, flabellate, 4-15(-20) mm. long, 5-12(-20) gate, often with a pair of leaves at wide intervals, with a tuft 



mm. wide, with few short teeth; flowers few, yellow or rarely of rosulate leaves at apex; radical leaves rosulate, ovate-orbicu- 



