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line, twice or thrice ternatcly pinnate, the leaflets narrowly 

 ovate to broadly rhombic-ovate, acuminate, cuneately narrowed 

 toward base, often 2- or 3-cicft, 3-6 cm. long, deeply and acutely 

 serrate, scaberulous on the nerves on both surfaces and on the 

 margin, the upper leaves modified to elliptic inflated sheaths; 

 umbels few, the rays 10-25, 3-5 cm. long, rather stout, with 

 short, dense, sordid yellow hairs, the bractlets of the involucel 

 few to several, linear, longer than the pedicels, the pedicels 

 20-30, rather stout, 2-8 mm. long, pubcrulent on the inner 

 side; flowers small, white; fruit about 6 mm. long, elliptic, 

 glabrous, the carpels prominently ribbed, the lateral ribs 

 winged, die vittae solitary in the intervals, 4 on the commis- 

 sure, the st>'les short, about as long as the stylopodium. 



Aug.-Sept. Mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and Suruga 

 Prov.). 



Var. nikoensis (Yabe) Hara. A. nikoensis Yabe No- 



DAKE-MODOKi. Leaves once to twice compound, the leaflets 



larger, 5-10 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide. Honshu (Kanto 



Distr.). 



10. Angelica inaequalis Maxim. Hanabizeri. Gla- 

 brous herb with short rhizomes and few, rather thick roots; 

 stems fistulose, cylindric, stout or slender, sparsely branched 

 above, 60-80 cm. long; radical and lower cauline leaves long- 

 petiolate, twice or thrice ternately compound, herbaceous, the 

 leaflets often again 2- or 3-cleft to -parted, the ultimate seg- 

 ments thin, narrowly ovate, rhombic-ovate or broadly ovate, 

 3-7 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, acuminate, cuneate to rounded 

 at base, irregularly dentate, incised and often pinnately lobed, 

 paler beneath, minutely papillate on the nerves on upper side 

 and on margin; sheaths of the upper leaves narrow, green, 

 with a much-reduced blade; umbels few, the long peduncles, 

 inner side of the rays, and pedicels minutely papillate at 

 apex, the rays 10-15, very unequal, 1-8 cm. long, the involucel 

 with a few, linear-filiform bractlets as long as the pedicels, the 

 pedicels 20-30, unequal, 3-12 mm. long; fruit oblong, gla- 

 brous, emarginate at base, the dorsal ribs filiform, the lateral 

 ones broadly winged, the vittae 3 or 4 in the intervals, 6 on 

 the commissure, tlie calyx-teeth lax, sometimes evident, the 



styles very short, shorter than the stj'lopodium. Aug.-Sept., 



fruiting Oct. Honshu (Kanto Distr. and wesnv.), Shikoku, 

 Kyushu. 



11. Angelica polymorpha Maxim. Shirane-senkyu, 

 SuzuKA-ZERi. Rhizomes short, with few, thickened roots; 

 stems erect, glabrous, branched above, 80-150 cm. long; radi- 

 cal and lower cauline leaves long-petiolate, 3 or 4 times ter- 

 nately pinnate, deltoid or deltoid-ovate in outline, 20-30 cm. 

 long, herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so, the leaflets ovate to 

 narrowly so, i-d cm. long, acuminate to acute, often again 

 3-cleft, pinnately incised or toothed, the sheaths of the much- 

 reduced upper leaves oblong to broadly lanceolate; umbels few 

 to rather numerous, papillate on the upper portion of the 

 peduncles and the inner side of the rays and pedicels, the rays 

 20-40, rather unequal, 4-6 cm. long, the umbellets 20- to 40- 

 flowered, the pedicels 5-1 2 (-15) mm. long, the involucel with 

 a few linear bracdcts nearly as long as the pedicels; ovary gla- 

 brous; fruit elliptic, emarginate at both ends, flat, glabrous, 4-5 

 mm. long, the carpels ribbed, the lateral ribs rather broadly 

 winged, the styles 1-1.5 mm. long, the vittae solitary in the 



intervals, 2 on the commissure. Sept.-Oct., fruiting Oct.- 



Nov. Mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea and 



Manchuria. 



12. Angelica genuflexa Nutt. A. rejracta F. Schmidt; 

 A. ynbeana Makino; A, rejracta var. yabeana (Makino) Koidz.; 



A. cattdata H. Boiss. Oba-senkyu, Ezo-oba-senkyu. Rhi- 

 zomes thick; stems fistulose, rather soft, glabrous, branched 

 above, 80-150 cm. long; radical and lower cauline leaves peti- 

 olate, once or twice ternately pinnate, rather large, the pcrio- 

 lules of the primary leaflets divaricate, often refle.xcd, the leaf- 

 lets herbaceous, broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 3-10 cm. 

 long, l-2.5(-3) cm. wide, long-acuminate, narrowed toward 

 base, irregularly and acutely dentate, papillate on the nerves 

 on both surfaces and on the margin; umbels rather numerous, 

 the peduncles densely papiUate-puberulent at summit and on 

 the inner side of the rays and pedicels, the rays 40-60, the 

 involucel with a few, linear-filiform bracdets shorter than to 

 as long as the pedicels, the pedicels 30-50, slender, 10-18 mm. 

 long, the ovary puberulent; fruit broadly lanceolate, emargi- 

 nate at both ends, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, the lateral ribs 

 broadly winged, the vittae solitary in the intervals, 4 on the 



commissure, the st^'les slender, 1.5-2 mm. long. July-Sept., 



fruidng Aug.-Oct. Along mountain streams and ravines; 



Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). Sakhalin, Ku- 



riles, Kamchatka, and w. N. America. 



13. Angelica dahurica (Fisch.) Benth. & Hook. f. Cal- 



Usace dahurica Fisch. O-shishi-udo. Gigantic perennial 



herb; stems erect, branched above, 1-2 m. long, very stout, 

 glabrous, puberulent on upper part; radical and lower cauline 

 leaves periolate, large, twice or thrice ternately pinnate, the 

 terminal leaflets decurrent at base, deeply 3-cleft to -parted, 

 the ultimate segments rather thick, narrowly lanceolate-oblong, 

 5-10 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, acuminate, coarsely serrate, deep 

 green and often scaberulous on margins and on the nerves on 

 upper side, whitish and puberulent especially on the nerves 

 beneath, sheatiis of the much-reduced upper leaves ovate or 

 oblong, inflated; umbels few, the peduncles, rays, and pedicels 

 rather densely papillate-puberulent, the rays 20-40, 4-6 cm. 

 long, the involucel bracdets few, broadly lanceolate, caudately 

 acuminate, as long as the pedicels, the pedicels 4-10 mm. long; 

 fruit elliptic, glabrous, flat, slightly emarginate at base, 8-9 

 mm. long, the dorsal ribs slender, filiform, the lateral ribs 

 winged, the vittae l(-2) in the intervals, 2-4 in the commis- 

 sure. July-Aug. Mountains; Honshu. Korea, Man- 

 churia, and e. Siberia. 



14. Angelica japonica A. Gray. A. kiusiana Maxim. 



Hama-udo, Oni-udo. Gigantic perennial herb; stems 



stout, thick, 50-100 cm. long, often dark purplish, puberulent 

 in upper part; radical and lower cauline leaves petiolate, large, 

 broadly ovate-deltoid, once or twice (rarely thrice) ternately 

 pinnate, glabrous, the ultimate leaflets rather thick, oblong to 

 ovate-elliptic, 7-10 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute, snuxjth 

 margined, obliquely rounded at base, lustrous, paler and with 

 finely reticulate veinlets beneath, equally and finely toothed, 

 the terminal leaflets often again 3-fid, decurrent toward base, 

 sheaths of the much-reduced upper leaves elliptic, inflated; 

 umbels rather numerous, puberulent, the rays 30-40, puberu- 

 lent on the inner side, 4-7 cm. long; bracdets of the involucel 

 several, broadly lanceolate, caudately acuminate, shorter to 

 slighdy longer than the pedicels, the pedicels 20-40, 5-12 mm. 

 long; fruit elliptic, flat, glabrous, 6-7 mm. long, the dorsal ribs 

 filiform, the lateral ones rather thick, winged, the vittae soli- 

 tary in the inten'als, 4 on the commissure. Apr.-June. 



Near seashores; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, 

 Kyushu. Ryukyus. 



15. Angelica keiskei (Miq.) Koidz. Archangelica \eis- 

 kci Miq.; Angelica iitilis Makino ex Yabe Ashitaba. Rhi- 

 zomes thick and short, with few elongate roots; stems stout. 



