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Labiatae 



13. Scutellaria iyoensis Nakai. Hana-tatsu-nami-s6. 

 Stems erect, 10-40 cm. long, 4-angled, ascending-puberulent; 

 leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 3-6 cm. long, 

 1-2.5 cm. wide, acute, cuneate to subtruncate at base, usually 

 glandular-dotted on both sides, coarsely deltoid-toothed, cilio- 

 late, the petioles 1-5 mm. long; spikes 2-5 cm. long, loosely 

 flowered, the pedicels appressed-pilose; calyx 3-3.5 mm. long; 



corolla 27-32 mm. long, blue-purple. May-June. Honshu 



(Chugoku Distr.), Shikoku. 



14. Scutellaria strigillosa Hemsl. 5. cordifolia var. 

 pubescens Miq.; S. scordiifolia var. hirta F. Schmidt; S. galeri- 

 culata forma hirta (F. Schmidt) Koidz.; S. scordiifolia var. 

 sachalinensis Matsum. & Kudo; S. scordiifolia var. nipponica 

 Matsum. & Kudo; S. schmidtii Kudo Namhci-so. Rhi- 

 zomes slender, long-creeping; stems 10-40 cm. long, 4-angled, 

 pubescent; leaves elliptic to oblong, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. 



wide, truncate to rounded at base, more or less pubescent on 

 both sides, sometimes densely so, the petioles 1-4 mm. long, 

 with few minute teeth on both sides; flowers solitary in axils 

 of upper cauline leaves; calyx about 3 mm. long in an thesis, 

 about 5 mm. long in fruit; corolla 2-2.2 cm. long, erect from 

 the arcuate base, blue-purple; nudets about 1.8 mm. long, 



semirounded, densely mammillate. July-Aug. Sandy 



places along seashores; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu 



(Tsushima) ; very variable. Sakhalin, Kuriles, Korea, and 



Manchuria. 



Var. yezoensis (Kudo) Kitam. S. yezoensis Kudo 



Ezo-NAMiKi-so, O-NAMiKi-so. Stems softer, glabrescent, up- 

 wardly puberulent only on the angles; leaves ovate or nar- 

 rowly ovate, obtuse to subacute at apex. Wet places; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu (n. distr.). Kuriles, Sakhalin, and Korea. 



5. AGASTACHE Clayt. ex Gronov. Kawa-midori Zoku 



Erect herbs; leaves toothed; verticils many-flowered, often forming a dense terminal spike, the bracteoles linear; flowers blue 

 or purple; calyx tubular, 5-toothed, 15-nerved, oblique at the mouth, the upper teeth rather longer than the others; corolla-tube 

 as long as to slightly longer than the calyx, broadened at tip, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip suberect, emarginate to bifid, the 

 lower lip somewhat spreading, 3-lobed, the midlobe broader, undulately toothed; stamens 4, slightly exserted, the anthers 

 2-locular, the locules parallel; style bifid; nutlets ovoid, smooth. Few species, in e. Asia and N. America. 



1. Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & Mey.) O. Kuntze. Lo- 

 phanthus rugosus Fisch. & Mey.; Cedronella japonica Hassk.; 



L. formosanus Hayata Kawa-midori. Perennial herb; 



stems erect, 40-100 cm. long, 4-angled, branched in upper part, 

 white-puberulent; leaves thinly membranous, ovate-cordate or 

 ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 3-7 cm. wide, acuminate, cordate to 

 rounded at base, toothed, nearly glabrous above, often whitish 

 beneath, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; spikes 5-15 cm. long, about 

 2 cm. across, densely many-flowered, often interrupted below. 



bracteate; calyx 5-6 mm. long, the teeth narrowly deltoid, 

 acute, about 1/3 as long as the calyx; corolla purple, 8-10 mm. 

 long, the limb short; stamens long-exserted; nutlets obovate- 

 elliptic, compressed-trigonous, 1.8 mm. long, rounded and 



without a ridge at apex, puberulent above. Aug.-Oct. 



Grassy places in mountains especially along streams and val- 

 leys; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. ^Korea, Man- 

 churia, e. Siberia, China, and Formosa. 



6. MEEHANIA Britt. Rashomon-kazura Zoku 



Soft green sometimes stoloniferous perennials; leaves opposite, petiolate, toothed; verticils few, few-flowered, distant, the 

 bracts leaflike or small, the bracteoles small, subulate; calyx campanulate or tubular-campanulate, 15-nerved, bilabiate, the upper 

 lip bifid, the lower ones 3-fid, the teeth narrowly deltoid, acute; corolla-tube gradually broadened to the tip, the limb bilabiate, 

 the upper lip bifid, concave on back, the lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 4, parallel, not exserted; style 2-fid at apex; nutlets ovate, 

 smooth. Few species, in e. Asia and N. America. 



lA. Stolons elongate, leafy; verticils forming a terminal spike; plant vifith long-spreading whitish hairs. 

 IB. Stolons absent; verticils not forming a distinct spike; plant without long-spreading hairs 



. . . I. M. urtici folia 

 2. M. montis-kpyae 



1. Meehania urticifolia (Miq.) Makino. Dracocepha- 

 lum urticifoljum Miq.; Cedronella urticifolia (Miq.) Maxim.; 

 Glechoma urticifolia (Miq.) Makino — —Rashomon-kazura. 

 More or less long-pubescent stoloniferous green herb; flower- 

 ing stems erect, 15-30 cm. long, with few pairs of leaves; 

 cauline leaves thinly membranous, deltoid-cordate to ovate- 

 cordate, 2-5 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, acute, coarsely obtuse- 

 toothed, the petioles 2-5 cm. long; leaves of the stolons to 10 

 cm. long; flowers 3-12, in loose terminal one-sided spikes, the 

 bracts broadly ovate, 7-15 mm. long, the pedicels and some- 

 times also the floral axis minutely puberulent; calyx about 1 

 cm. long; corolla purple-blue, 4-5 cm. long, the upper lip sub- 

 erect, 8-10 mm. long, the lower lip with a larger, obcordate, 

 retuse median lobe and with spreading, dark-spotted lateral 

 lobes; nutlets narrowly obovate, about 3 mm. long, loosely 



puberulent. Apr.-May. Damp woods in mountains; Hon- 

 shu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Manchuria and Korea. 



2. Meehania montis-koyae Ohwi. M. urticifolia var. 



montis-\oyae (Ohwi) Ohwi Ochi-fuji. Perennial herb 



without stolons; stems 20-25 cm. long, slender, minutely 

 puberulent, erect or ascending, loosely few-leaved; leaves thinly 

 membranous, deltoid-cordate, 2-4 cm. long and as wide, ob- 

 tuse, sparingly pilose, undulate-toothed, the petioles spreading, 

 1.5-3 times as long as the blades; flowers few, solitary in axils, 

 short-pedicelled; calyx tubular-campanulate, about 1 cm. long, 

 glandular-puberulent; corolla about 4 cm. long, sparingly 

 pubescent externally, the tube gradually broadened in upper 

 part, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip bifid, the lower lip 3-fid, 

 the median lobe larger. May. Woods in mountains; Hon- 

 shu (Kii Prov. and Chiigoku Distr.) ; rare. 



