Primulaceae 



721 



Var. kamuiana (Miyabe & Tatew.) Hara. P. kamuiana 



Miyabe & Tatew. Kamui-kozakura. Petioles, underside 



o£ leaves, and scapes more densely pubescent; pedicels and 



calyx pubescent; corolla-lobes ciliolate. Alpine; Hokkaido 



(Ishikari Prov.). 



9. Primula jesoana Miq. P. /;on(fo«e«W/ Nakai &Kitag.; 



P. jesoana var. glabra Takeda 0-sakura-s6. Rhizomes 



short-creeping; leaves membranous, cordate to reniform, 4-8 

 cm. long, 6-12 cm. wide, shallowly 7- to 9-lobed, glabrous on 

 upper side, thinly puberulent beneath, the lobes deltoid or 

 again lobulate, mucronate, die petioles glabrous; scapes 20-40 

 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 times as long as the leaves, glandular-puberu- 

 lent in upper part; flowers several, in one or sometimes 2 

 whorls, the bracts broadly linear, small, obtuse, the pedicels 1-2 

 cm. long; calyx nearly tubular, 7-8 mm. long, 5-cleft, the lobes 

 lanceolate, obtuse; corolla 1.5-2.5 cm. across, rose-purple, the 

 tube 12-14 mm. long; capsules 7-12 mm. long, ovoid-oblong. 

 July-Aug. High mountains; Hokkaido (w. distr.), Hon- 

 shu (centr. and n. distr.) ; rare. 



Var. pubescens (Takeda) Takeda & Hara. P. jesoana 

 forma pubescens Takeda; P. yesomontana Nakai & Kitag.; P. 



yezomontana var. nudiuscula Nakai & Kitag. Ezo-6- 



SAKURA-s6. Leaves shallowly lobed, long-pubescent on the 



nerves beneath and on lower part of scapes and petioles. 



Hokkaido. 



10. Primula takedana Tatew. Teshio-kozakura. 

 Leaves reniform-orbicular, 3.5-4 cm. long, 4.5-5(6) cm. wide, 

 short-pilose on upper side, long-pubescent beneath, deeply in- 

 cised, the lobes usually 3- to 5-lobuIate, without or with few 

 teeth, the petioles 6-12 cm. long, long-pubescent; scapes about 

 15 cm. long, longer than the leaves, long-pubescent at the base, 

 puberulent in upper part, the pedicels longer than the calyx; 

 calyx 5-7 mm. long, 5-cleft; corolla white, infundibuliform, the 

 tube 6-8 mm. long, the lobes slighdy shorter than the mbe, 

 ascending; capsules short-cylindric, about 12 mm. long, longer 



than the calyx. May-June. High mountains; Hokkaido 



(Teshio Prov.). 



11. Primula kisoana Miq. P. shi\o]iiana (Makino) Na- 

 kai; P. \isoana var. shi\o\iana Makino Kakko-s6, Kiso- 



KOZAKURA. Rhizomes short; leaves reniform-orbicular, 5-10 

 cm. in diameter, rather prominently wrinkled, slightly re- 

 curved on margin, vivid to deep green, short-pubescent on 

 upper side, long-pubescent beneath, shallowly incised, the lobes 

 obtuse, mucronate, the nerves strongly impressed on upper 

 side, the pedoles densely long-pubescent; scapes 10-15 cm. 

 long, rather stout, densely long-pubescent, umbellately 2- to 

 8-flowered at the top, the bracts lanceolate, pubescent; flowers 

 usually rose-purple; calyx 10-12 mm. long, densely crisp-pubes- 

 cent, 5-cleft, the lobes linear-lanceolate; corolla 2-3 cm. across. 



the tube 15-20 mm. long; capsules shorter than the calyx, 



ovoid-globose, about 5 mm. long. May. Honshu (Kanto 



and south centr. distr.), Shikoku; rare. 



12. Primula tosaensis Yatabe. Iwazakura, Tosazakora. 

 Fig. 12. Rhizomes short; leaves orbicular to ovate-cordate, 4-7 

 cm. in diameter, rounded, glabrate on upper side, loosely long- 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath, shallowly incised and toothed, 

 the petioles once to twice as long as the leaves, long-pubescent; 

 scapes 10-15 cm. long, long-pubescent on the lower part, gla- 

 brous above, the bracts broadly linear, the pedicels 2-5, usually 

 umbellate, 1-2.5 cm. long; flowers rose-purple, 2.5-3 cm. across; 

 calyx 6-8 mm. long, 5-cleft, the lobes gradually narrowed, ob- 

 tuse, callose-pointed; corolla-tube 15-20 mm. long, narrow; 

 capsules long-cylindric, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, erect, 2 or 3 times as 

 long as the calyx. Apr.-May. Wet shaded rocks in moun- 

 tains; Honshu (s. Kinki Distr. and Mino Prov.), Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu; rare. 



Var. brachycarpa (Hara) Ohwi. P. tosaensis forma 

 brachycarpa Hara; P. senanensis Koidz.; P. reinii var. brachy- 

 carpa (Hara) Ohwi; P. reinii var. ovatijolia Ohwi Shina- 



no-kozakura. Leaves orbicular or ovate-cordate; corolla tube 

 about 15 mm. long; capsules oblong-cylindric to oblong, 5-13 



mm. long. Wet rocky cliffs in mountains; Honshu (south 



centr. distr. and Kanto); rare. 



Var. rhodotricha (Nakai & F. Maekawa) Ohwi. P. rho- 



dotricha Nakai & F. Maekawa Chichibu-iwazakura. 



Leaves orbicular-cordate, obsoletely incised; capsules about 10 



mm. long. Rocky wet shady cliffs in mountains; Honshu 



(south centr. distr. and Kanto) ; rare. 



13. Primula reinii Fr. & Sav. P. o\amotoi Koidz.; P. 



ha\onensis Nakai Ko-iwazakura. Rhizomes slender, 



short; leaves few, reniform to orbicular-cordate, 1-2 (-6) cm. 

 long, 1-3 (-7) cm. wide, the margins recurved, shallowly 7- to 

 9-lobulate, pubescent above at least while young, pale green 

 and long-pubescent especially on the nerves beneath, the 

 petioles 3-10 cm. long, soft-pubescent; scapes 5-10 cm. long, 

 slender, long-pubescent at base, 1- to 5-flowered at the apex, 

 the pedicels 1-2 cm. long in fruit, the bracts lanceolate; 

 flowers rose-purple, salverform, 2-3 cm. across; calyx 5-8 mm. 

 long, 5-cleft; corolla-tube 8-10 mm. long; capsules as long as to 

 slightly longer than the calyx, oblong to short-cylindric, 5-13 



mm. long. May. Wet shaded rocky cliffs in mountains; 



Honshu (Kanto and centr. distr. westw. to Mount Omine in 

 Yamato) ; rare. 



Var. kitadakensis (Hara) Ohwi. P. \itada\ensis Hara; P. 



hisatichii Miyabe & Tatew. Kumoi-kozakura. Leaves 



and petioles less densely pubescent, the blades with acute lobes 

 and teeth. Honshu (Kanto and centr. distr.). 



7. ANDROSACE L. Tochinai-s6 Zoku 



Delicate, low annuals or perennials; stems or cauliculi absent or short and much branched, densely leafy; flowers solitary or 

 more commonly umbellate on scapes, small, white or pink; calyx 5-lobed or -cleft, persistent, the lobes erect, incurved or spread- 

 ing in fruit; corolla salverform or infundibuliform, the tube short, not exserted beyond the calyx, constricted on the throat, the 

 limb 5-lobed; stamens 5, included, the filaments very short, the anthers obtuse; stj'le usually short; ovules few to many, semi- 



anatropous; capsules globose or ovoid, dehiscent, 5-valved; seeds flattened dorsally, the testa wrinkled. About 100 species, mosdy 



alpine or montane, few in the warmer regions of the N. Hemisphere. 



lA. Annual or biennial; stemlcss; leaves radical, depressed-orbicular to nearly round, toothed, truncate at base and abruptly pctiolate; 



pedicels 2-4 cm. long; calyx cleft nearly to the base, the lobes spreading, ovate \. A. umbcllata 



IB. Perennial; stems short and much branched, leaves caulinc, verticillate, broadly oblanceolate, entire, gradually narrowed to a short 



pctiolelike base; pedicels 2-3.5 mm. long; calyx cleft half way, the lobes erect, short-deltoid 2. A. Uhmanniana 



