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Primulaceae 



rowly oblanceolate to broadly linear, 2-4.5 cm. long, 3-5 mm. 

 wide, obtuse, entire, black-dotted, sessile or subsessile; in- 

 florescence racemose, terminal, many-flowered, erect, the bracts 

 linear, the pedicels 12-20 mm. long, 2 or 3 times as long as 

 the bracts; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate, entire; corolla 

 white, about 5 mm. across, the lobes obovate, obtuse; capsules 

 small. Apr. Wet places, near ponds and rivers in low- 

 lands; Honshu, Kyushu; rare. Korea. 



9. Lysimachia acroadenia Maxim. L. \eis\eana Miq.; 

 L. decurrens sensu auct. Japon., saltem pro parte, non G. 

 Forst.; L. decurrens var. acroadenia (Maxim.) Makino — — Mi- 

 YAMA-TAGOBO, GiNREi-KA. Erect perennial herb 30-60 cm. 

 high, with short rhizomes; stems slightly branched, angled, 

 green, minutely glandular-hairy in upper part; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate to narrowly ovate, usually narrowly ovate-oblong, 

 5-10 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, 

 entire, green, paler and with minute red-brown spots beneath, 

 the petioles 1-2 cm. long; racemes to 30 cm. long, terminal, 

 loosely 10- to 30-flowered, the bracts linear, filiform, the pedi- 

 cels 1-1.5 cm. long, obliquely spreading in fruit; flowers white 

 to pinkish, partially open, 5-6 mm. long; calyx-segments lance- 

 olate, acuminate; corolla-lobes suberect, cuneate, rounded; 

 capsules globose, 4-5 mm. in diameter, the valves somewhat 



crustaceous. June-July. Wet places in mountain woods; 



Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; not abundant. Korea (Quel- 



paert Isl.). 



10. Lysimachia fortunei Maxim. L. jortunei forma 



suboppositifolia Honda Numa-tora-no-o. Rhizomatous 



and stoloniferous; stems 40-70 cm. long, simple or sparingly 

 branched, reddish above the base; leaves oblanceolate to ob- 

 long-oblanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate, entire, sessile, pellucid-dotted, pale green beneath; 

 racemes erect, rather densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm. long, 

 glabrous or minutely glandular-puberulent, the pedicels ob- 

 liquely spreading, 3-4 mm. long, the bracts linear, as long as 

 the pedicels; flowers white, 5-6 mm. across; calyx-segments 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, black-dotted on back; corolla-lobes 

 spreading, obovate, rounded; capsules globose, 2-2.5 mm. in 



diameter. July-Aug. Wet margins of rivers and ponds 



in lowlands; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu.- Korea, China, 



Formosa, and Indochina. 



11. Lysimachia barystachys Bunge. Noji-tora-no-o. 

 Perennial 70-100 cm. high, reddish above the base; stems 

 terete, simple or sparingly branched, scattered brownish pubes- 

 cent; leaves many, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6-10 cm. long, 

 8-15 mm. wide, obtuse to subacute, entire, with pale inner 

 glands, thinly brownish pubescent on margins, the lower and 



often the upper subsessile; racemes terminal, to 30 cm. long, 

 one-sided, densely many-flowered, the pedicels ascending, 4-7 

 mm. long, the bracts linear, as long as to slightly longer than 

 the pedicels; calyx-segments narrowly ovate-oblong, obtuse; 

 corolla white, 7-12 mm. across, the lobes narrowly oblong, 

 about 4 times as long as the calyx; capsules globose, about 2.5 



mm. across. June-July. Sunny hills and low elevations in 



the mountains; Honshu (centr. and s. distr.); common. 



Korea, n. China, and Manchuria. 



12. Lysimachia clethroides Duby. L. sororia Miq.; L. 



clethroides var. sororia (Miq.) R. Knuth Oka-tora-no-o. 



Perennial herb with long creeping rhizomes; stems terete, 

 reddish above the base, 50-100 cm. high, rather stout, usually 

 simple, erect, glabrous or loosely pubescent on upper part; 

 leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2-5 cm. wide, 

 acuminate, entire, often short-pilose on upper side, pale green 

 and usually glabrous beneath, with pale inner glands, sessile or 

 subsessile; racemes densely many flowered, erect, 10-20 cm. 

 long in anthesis, to 40 cm. long in fruit, the pedicels obliquely 

 spreading, 6-10 mm. long; calyx-segments narrowly ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse; corolla white, 8-12 mm. across, the lobes nar- 

 rowly oblong, spreading; capsules ovoid-globose, about 2.5 

 mm. in diameter. June-July. Sunny hills and low eleva- 

 tions in the mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu; very common. Korea, Manchuria, China, and Indo- 

 china. 



Lysimachia pilophora (Honda) Honda. L. fortunei var. 



pilophora Honda. Ind-numa-tora-no-o. Alleged hybrid 



of L. clethroides and L. jortunei. Honshu (Kanto Distr.). 



13. Lysimachia mauritiana Lam. L. lineariloba Hook. 



& Arn.; L. lubinioides Sieb. & Zucc; L. nebeliana Gilg 



Hama-bossu. Glabrous slightly fleshy biennial; stems few 

 together or solitary, often reddish, erect, 10-40 cm. long, stout, 

 terete, often short-branched in upper part; leaves obovate-ob- 

 long to obovate or spathulate-oblanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 

 cm. wide, obtuse to rounded, entire, lustrous, with black inner 

 glands, sessile or subsessile; racemes erect, terminal, often 

 compound-paniculate, very densely flowered, 4-12 cm. long in 

 fruit, the pedicels spreading, 1-2 cm. long, about as long as 

 the leafhke bracts; flowers white to pinkish, 1-1.2 cm. across; 

 calyx-segments broadly lanceolate, obtuse, often with a few 

 black glandular dots on back; corolla-lobes narrowly cuneate- 

 oblong, obliquely spreading; capsules globose, 4-6 mm. in 



diameter. May-July. Near the sea; Hokkaido, Honshu, 



Shikoku, Kyushu; common. Korea, Ryukyus, Formosa, 



China, Pacific Islands, and India. 



5. CORTUSA L. Sakura-so-modoki Zoku 



Pubescent perennial with short-creeping rhizomes; leaves radical, long-petiolate, orbicular-cordate, palmately 7- to 9-lobed, 

 dentate and incised; stems scapose, the pedicels slender, with a small bract at base; flowers umbellate, usually rose-purple; calyx 

 broadly campanulate, deeply 5-fid, the lobes persistent; corolla infundibuliform-campanulate, short-tubular, appendaged on the 

 throat, the lobes 5, spreading, obtuse, imbricate in bud; stamens 5, inserted at the base of the corolla, the filaments very short, 

 connate by a membrane, the anthers acuminate; ovary superior, ovoid; style simple, filiform; ovules many; capsules ovoid- 

 globose, 5-valved; seeds many. Few species, in Europe, n. Asia, Himalayas, and e. Asia. 



1. Cortusa matthioli L. var. jozana (Miyabe & Tatew.) 

 Hara. C. jozana Miyabe & Tatew.; C. coreana var. jozana 

 (Miyabe & Tatew.) Hara Ezo-no-sakura-s6-modoki. Radi- 

 cal leaves reniform-orbicular, 6-10 cm. long, 8-10 cm. wide, 

 shallowly and palmately lobed, loosely long-pubescent on up- 



per side, on nerves beneath, and on petioles, the lobes 9-13, 

 ovate to narrowly so, usually again shallowly 3-lobed and 

 loosely toothed, the petioles 8-12 cm. long; scapes 20-35 cm. 

 long, long-pubescent especially on the lower half, longer than 

 the leaves, erect; inflorescence umbellate, terminal, the pedicels 



