Umbelliferae 



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1. Sanicula chinensis Bunge. 5. europaea sensu auct. 

 Japon., non L.; S. europaea var. elata Makino, excl. syn.; 5. 

 elata var. japonica Koidz.; S. elata var. chinensis (Bunge) Ma- 

 kino Um.\-no-mitsuba. Rhizomes short and thick; stems 



30-60 cm. long, much branched above; radical leaves with 

 petioles 10-20 cm. long, the blades 5-angled, reniform-cordate, 

 5-10 cm. wide, glabrous, trisect, the lateral segments 2-parted, 

 the lobes and segments rhombic-obovate or rhombic, acute, 

 sometimes shal lowly 2- or 3-lobed and incised, dentate with 

 awn tipped teeth, the cauline leaves few, shorter petiolate, the 

 upper sessile and smaller with the lateral lobes often undi- 

 vided; leaves of the inflorescence 3-parted, often bracteate, 

 small; peduncles 3-20 mm. long, few-flowered; staminate 

 flowers very short-pedicellate, the involucral bracts 2-3 mm. 

 long, longer than the staminate flowers; fruits 2-^, usually 3, 

 globose-ovoid, sessile, 5-6 mm. long, including the persistent 

 acicular calyx-teeth 1.5-2 mm. long, the uncinate prickles firm, 



spreading, about 1.5 mm. long. July-Sept. Woods in low 



mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. 

 s. Kuriles, s. Sakhalin, Korea, Manchuria, and China. 



2. Sanicula kaiensis Makino & Hisauchi. Yamanashi- 

 UMA-NO-MiTsuBA. Rhizomes short and thick; stems elongate 

 after anthesis, 15-60 cm. long, simple, with a pair of sessile 

 terminal leaves, sometimes with a petiolate leaf at the middle 

 bearing an axillary branch; radical leaves with petioles 10-30 

 cm. long, the blades rather thin, reniform-cordate, 4-10 cm. 

 wide, glabrous, trisect, the lateral segments 2-parted, the seg- 

 ments and lobes cuneate-obovate, shallowly 3-fid, incised and 

 acutely dentate, acute, the median cauline leaves similar to the 

 radical, widi shorter petioles, the terminal leaves sessile or 

 nearly so, with the lateral segments sometimes undivided, and 

 the segments narrower, cuneate-oblong; umbels 1-5, unequal, 

 from the axils of the upper leaves, 5- to 10-flowered, the pe- 

 duncles 1-5, unequal, ascending, 5-30 cm. long, the involu- 

 cral bracts lanceolate, spreading, usually 2-3 mm. long, the 

 pedicels of the staminate flowers 2-3 mm. long; fruit ovoid- 

 ellipsoidal, about 4 mm. long including the persistent caljTi- 

 lobes, the uncinate prickles rather slender, 3 mm. long, tubercu- 



late at base, often very short in the lower ones. May-June, 



fruiting July-Sept. Mountains; Honshu (Kai and Shinano 

 Prov.); very rare. 



3. Sanicula rubriflora F. Schmidt. Kurobana-uma-no- 

 MiTsuBA. Rhizomes short and thick; stems with a pair of 

 terminal leaves, elongate after anthesis, naked, 20-50 cm. long; 

 radical leaves with petioles 20-40 cm. long, the blades thin, 

 smooth, reniform-orbicular, 6-20 cm. wide, trisect, the lateral 

 segments 2-parted, all segments and lobes obovate-cuneate, ob- 

 tuse, shallowly and acutely 3- to 5-fid or incised, acutely den- 



tate; cauline leaves a single pair at summit of stem, sessile, 

 trisect, the segments slightly narrower, the lateral segments un- 

 divided; umbels 1-5, axillary in the paired leaves, densely 

 many-flowered, the peduncles 3-6 cm. long, the involucral 

 bracts foliaceous, linear-oblanceolate, spreading, green, 10-20 

 mm. long; staminate flowers dark purple, the pedicels 1-2 mm. 

 long, 1-2 times as long as the calyx-lobes; fruits sessile, 1-3 in 

 each umbel, about 4 mm. long including the calyx lobes, the 

 uncinate prickles firm, ascending, about 2 mm. long. May- 

 June, fruiting June-July. Honshu (Mount Himegamiyama in 



Rikuchu, Azusayama in Shinano, and elsewhere) ; rare. 



Amur, Manchuria, and Korea. 



4. Sanicula tuberculata Maxim. Fukiya-mitsuba. 

 Rhizomes short and thick; stems 8-20 cm. long, slender, usu- 

 ally with 2 pairs of terminal leaves; radical leaves with petioles 

 5-15 cm. long, the blades 5-angled, reniform-orbicular, gla- 

 brous, 3-5(-7) cm. wide, trisect, the lateral segments 2-parted, 

 the segments and lobes cuneate-obovate, shallowly 2- or 3-fid, 

 acute, mucronate-dentate, paler beneath; cauline leaves sub- 

 sessile, slightly smaller than the radical, with the lateral seg- 

 ments usually undivided; umbels 1-3, in the axils of the termi- 

 nal cauline leaves, the peduncles 1-3 cm. long; involucral 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, 4-10 mm. long, spreading; staminate 

 flowers about 10, the pedicels 2-3 mm. long, 2 or 3 times as 

 long as the lanceolate calyx-lobes; fruits 1-4 in each umbel, 

 about 3.5 mm. long including the calyx-lobes, depressed-glo- 

 bose, densely tuberculate, the spines or prickles short and thick, 

 erect, the upper tubercles 0.5-0.7 mm. long, rather fleshy-spiny. 



May, fruiting in June. Honshu (w. Tokaido Distr. and 



westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. Korea. 



3. Sanicula lamelligera Hance. S. satsumana Maxim.; 

 S. wa1{ayamensis Masam.; S. lamelligera var. wal^ayamensis 



(Masam.) Murata Hime-uma-no-mitsuba. Rhizomes short 



and thick; stems erect, 6-15 cm. long, slender, subscapose; 

 radical leaves with petioles 5-10 cm. long, the blades 5-angled, 

 cordate-orbicular, 2-3.5 cm. wide, trisect, deep green on upper 

 side, paler beneath, the segments rhombic, 2- or 3-lobed, sub- 

 obtuse, with awn-tipped incurved teeth, glabrous, often nar- 

 rowed to a short pedolelike base; cauline leaves 1 or 2, small, 

 bracteate, often 3-lobed; umbels 3-5, few-flowered, the pedun- 

 cles 1-3 cm. long, the involucral bracts aristate-acicular, 2-3 

 mm. long; pedicels of the staminate flowers 2-2.5 mm. long, 

 3—4 times as long as the acicular caly.x-lobes; fruit ovoid, 2-2.5 

 mm. long including the calyx-lobes, the prickles or spines 

 callose, ascending, slender, firm, straight, about 0.5 mm. long. 



May. Honshu (Kii Prov.), Kyushu (s. distr.); rare. 



Ryukyus, Formosa, and China. 



5. ANTHRISCUS Hoflm. Shaku Zoku 



Annuals or perennials, usually pubescent on the leaves and upper part of the stems; leaves pinnately or ternately compound, 

 the segments pinnately divided, lobed and toothed; umbels numerous, the involucral bracts 1 or 2 or none, the bracdets of the 

 involucel endre, numerous; flowers white, often polygamous; calyx-teeth minute or obsolete; petals often unequal, with an 

 incurved tip; stylopodium usually conical, entire; fruit slighdy compressed laterally, with a sulcate commissure, lanceolate or 

 oblong, the carpels terete or subterete with the ribs distinct only in the upper part, glabrous or minutely spiny, the vittac very 

 slender, solitary in the intervals or obscure, the carpophore sometimes bifid; seeds subterete or dorsally compressed, grooved on 

 the face. .\bout 13 species in Eurasia. 



1. Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoflm. A. ncmorosa encd; stems hollow, simple, 80-140 cm. long, erect, branched 



(Bieb.) Spreng.; Chaerophyllum ncmorostim Bieb.; A. sylves- above, glabrous or with reflexed white hairs at base; radical 



tns var. aemiilu Woron.; A. sylvestris subsp. nemorosa (Bieb.) leaves long-periolate, the blades green, herbaceous, 20-50 cm. 



Koso-Pol. Shaku, Kojaku. Perennial; taproot thick- long, deltoid, 2-3 times ternate and pinnately parted, the uiti- 



