ScROPHtJLARIACEAE 



803 



calyx, smcxjth or sparingly ciliate; calyx-segments 5, linear- 

 lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, long-acuminate, glabrous; corolla 

 about 5 mm. long, tlie tube about 3 mm. long, the lobes acumi- 

 nate; anthers about 0.8 mm. long; style about 5 mm. long; 



capsules ovoid-globose, slightly flattened. Honshu (T6- 



kaido Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. China. 



4. Veronicastrum sibiricum (L.) Pcnnell. Veronica si- 

 birica L.; heptandra sibirica (L.) Nutt.; Veronica virginica 

 (L.) var. sibirica (L.) Nakai; Veronica virginica (L.) var. ja- 

 ponica (Raf.) Nakai; Eustachys japonica Raf.; Veronica japon- 

 ica (Raf.) Steud.; Veronica virginica (L.) var. zticcarinii 



Koidz,; Veronicastrum sibiricum (L.) var. yesoense Hara 



KuGAi-s6, KuKAi-s6. Short-pubescent to nearly glabrous peren- 



nial with short rhizomes; stems terete, erect, 80-150 cm. long, 

 simple or sparingly branched in upper part; inflorescence termi- 

 nal; spikes erect, 20-35 cm. long, very densely many-flowered; 

 leaves verdcillate, in 4's to 6's, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 

 10-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, acuminate, acute at base, acutely 

 toothed; calyx deeply 5-cleft, the lobes broadly lanceolate, 

 slighdy unequal; corolla blue-purple; style and stamens ex- 

 serted; capsules ovate-conical, 4-5 mm. long, acute, with a 

 groove on each side; seeds about 4 mm. long, oblong. July- 

 Sept. Grassy places in mountains and lowlands; Hokkaido, 



Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, n. China, Manchuria, 



Sakhalin, and Siberia. 



20. LAGOTIS Gaertn. 



Uruppu-s6 Zoku 



Rather fleshy perennials; radical leaves obovate to oblong, entire, incised or undulate-toothed; stems scapelike, erect or de- 

 cumbent at base, few-leaved; spikes terminal, densely many-flowered, globose to cylindric; flowers in spikes, blue-purple, 

 sessile, solitary in axils of bracts; calyx membranous, split in front, sometimes 2- or 3-lobed or -toothed; corolla-tube narrow, 

 broadened on the throat, the limb bilabiate, spreading, the upper lip entire or 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 2, in- 

 serted on the throat, shorter than the lobes; ovary 2-locular, 2-ovuled; fruit consisting of 2 nutlets, enclosed in the calyx. 



About 10 species, in the cooler regions of N. Asia, alpine regions of central Asia, and N. America. 



lA. Filaments shorter than to as long as the anthers; stamens about half as long as the upper lip of corolla \. L. glauca 



IB. Filaments longer than the anthers, inserted at the base on each side of upper lip of corolla, nearly as long as to slightly shorter than 

 the upper lip; sugma entire 2. L. stelleri var. yesoensis 



1. Lagotis glauca Gaertn. Gymnandra gmelinii Cham. 



& Schltdl. Uruppu-s6. Glabrous fleshy short-rhizomatous 



perennial; radical leaves long-petiolate, deltoid-orbicular to 

 broadly ovate, 4-10 cm. long and as wide, obtuse to rounded, 

 shallowly cordate to rounded at base, deep green, undulately 

 obtuse-toothed, lustrous above, nerveless, long-petiolate; stems 

 scapelike, 10-25 cm. long, rather stout, with few small orbicu- 

 lar-ovate or broadly cuneate leaves 1.5-3 cm. long, arising from 

 a tuft of radical leaves; spikes soUtary, terminal, 3-10 cm. long, 

 very densely many-flowered, erect; flowers pale blue-purple, 

 sessile, the bracts narrowly elliptic, longer than the calyx, ob- 

 tuse, with broad hyaline margins; calyx long-pubescent on 

 margin, with 2 broad teeth at apex; corolla 8-10 mm. long. 



Aug. Sunny gravelly or sandy places in alpine regions; 



Hokkaido (Rebun Isl.), Honshu (alpine regions of centr. 

 distr.); rare. Kuriles, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Ochotsk Sea. 



Var. takedana (Miyabe & Tatew.) Kitam. Lagotis taf^ed- 

 ann Miyabe & Tatew. Yubari-s6. Differs from the typi- 



cal phase in the smaller parts; leaves narrower; stems 10-20 

 cm. long. Hokkaido (Mount Yubari) ; rare. 



2. Lagotis stelleri (Cham. & Schltdl.) Rupr. var. yeso- 

 ensis Miyabe & Tatew. L. yesoensis Tatew. Hosoba-uriip- 



pu-s6. Glabrous rhizomatous perennial; stems scapelike, 10- 

 15 cm. long, few-leaved in upper part; radical leaves narrowly 

 ovate or broadly oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, 

 obtuse, rounded to abruptly narrowed at base, rather fleshy, 

 obtuse-toothed, long-petiolate; cauline leaves ovate or broadly 

 so, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtusely toothed, sessile; spike cylindric, 

 solitary and terminal, 4-6 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. across, the 

 bracts narrowly ovate, longer than the calyx; flowers dense; 

 calyx membranous, truncate or rounded at apex, pubescent on 

 margin; corolla about 8 mm. long, die lower lip shorter than 

 the upper; stigma entire. Aug. Alpine regions; Hok- 

 kaido (Mount Daisetsu). 



Further study may reveal diat these two species are con- 

 specific. 



21. MONOCHASMA Maxim. Kuchinashi-gusa Zoku 



Small herbs; stems tufted, leafy; lower leaves scalelike, the upper ones larger, usually opposite, linear-lanceolate, entire; flowers 

 solitary in axils, short-pedicelled, bracteoles 2, inserted at the base of calyx; calyx tubular, 4-lobed, enclosing the capsule, ac- 

 crescent in fruit; corolla tubular, the throat slightly ampliate, the upper lip arcuate, galeate, 2-fid, with recurved margins, the 

 lower lip longer than the upper, 3-lobed, the midlobe longer than the lateral ones and 2-grooved on the throat; stamens 

 inclosed, didymous, inserted on the tube, the filaments filiform; ovary imperfectly 2-locular, many-ovuled; capsules ovoid, acu- 

 minate, loculicidal, enclosed in die calyx; seeds small, many, flat. Few species, in e. Asia. 



lA. Plant white-woolly only at base; stems with elongate intcrnodcs; leaves only opposite; corolla about 10 nun. long, shorter than the 

 calyx-lobes 1. M. japonictim 



IB. Plant prominendy white-woolly throughout except on the inflorescence; stems with short internodes; leaves opposite, ternate, or 

 sometimes nearly alternate; corolla 20-25 mm. long, longer than the calyx-lobes 2. M. sai/alieri 



1. Monochasma japonicum (Maxim.) Makino. M. she- glabrous or puberulent in upper part; basal leaves broadly sub- 



areri var. japonicum Maxim, ex Fr. & Sav. Kuchinashi- ulate, 1-5 mm. long, entire, sessile, the upper leaves linear, to 4 



GUSA, Kac.vribi-so. Biennial herb; stems tufted, 10-30 cm. cm. long, 3(-4) mm. wide, acute, entire, sessile; flowers solitary 



long, nearly terete, reddish, loosely white-woolly at base, nearly in axils, the pedicels 3-10(-20) mm. long, puberulent, die 



