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COMPOSITAE 



Var. kaialpina (Nakai) Kitam. S. triptera forma \aialpina 



(Nakai) Ohwi; S. \aialpina Nakai Shirane-higotai. 



Stems low; heads solitary; involucres about 15 mm. long, 12- 

 15 mm. across, the bracts long-mucronate. Alpine. 



Var. hisauchii (Nakai) Kitam. S. hisauchii Nakai; S. 



triptera forma hisauchii (Nakai) Ohwi ^Tanzawa-higotai. 



Stems 40-60 cm. long, taller, wingless or scarcely winged; 

 heads in loose corymbs or subspicate, sometimes long-pedicel- 

 late; involucres 13-15 mm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, the bracts 6- 



or 7-seriate; corollas 11-12 mm. long. ^Montane; Honshu 



(centr. distr.). 



14. Saiissurea riederi Herd. var. yezoensis Maxim. S. 

 riederi sensu auct. Japon., non Herd.; S. nambuana Koidz.; 



S. riederi subsp. yezoensis (Maxim.) Kitam. ^Nagaba-kita- 



azami. Stems leafy, narrowly winged, crisped-puberulent in 

 upper portion; radical leaves long, broadly ovate or elongate- 

 deltoid, 5-8.5 cm. long, cuspidate, mucronate-toothed, trun- 

 cate to cordate, loosely puberulent on both sides, long-pedolate, 

 the cauline becoming gradually smaller toward tip, clasping; 

 heads in dense corymbs, very short-pedicellate; involucres 

 tubular, 8-12 mm. long, cobwebby, dark-purplish on upper 

 side; bracts 4- to 6-seriate, the outer lanceolate or oblong, acute 

 to acuminate, the inner broadly linear, acuminate; corollas pur- 

 plish, about 10 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Alpine regions; 



Hokkaido, Honshu (n. distr.). s. Kuriles. 



Var. kudoana (Tatew. & Kitam.) Kitam. 5. \udoana 

 Tatew. & Kitam.; S. to\ubuchii Kudo ex Kitam.; 5. riederi 

 subsp. \udoana Kitam., in syn. Hidaka-to-hiren. Cau- 

 line leaves smaller, lanceolate; involucral bracts acute. Hok- 

 kaido (Mount Apoi in Hidaka Prov.). 



Var. elongata Kitam. S. yezoensis Franch. excl. syn.; S. 



riederi var. yezoensis forma elongata (Kitam.) Ohwi Ezo- 



To-HiREN. Stems 30-60 cm. long; heads many; involucres 



about 12 mm. long; corollas 11-12 mm. long. Hokkaido 



and Honshu (n. distr.). 



Var. insularis Tatew. & Kitam. S. riederi subsp. yezoensis 



var. insularis Tatew. & Kitam. Rebun-to-hiren. Stems 



5-13 cm. long; involucres about 12 mm. long; corollas about 

 13 mm. long. Hokkaido (Rishiri and Rebun Isls.). 



Var. japonica Koidz. S. riederi forma japonica (Koidz.) 



Ohwi Oku-kita-azami. Outer and median involucral 



bracts long-caudate. Honshu (Mount Chokaisan in Ugo 



Prov.). 



Var. daisetsuensis (Nakai) Kitam. 5. riederi forma daise- 

 tsuensis (Nakai) Ohwi; S. yezoensis var. daisetsuensis Nakai 



Daisetsu-higotai. Stems stout, many-leaved, about 1 



m. long; leaves widely decurrent on the stem; heads many, 



dense, with elongate involucral bracts. Hokkaido (Mount 



Daisetsu) . The typical phase occurs in the Kuriles and Kam- 

 chatka. 



15. Saussurea acuminata Turcz. ex DC. var. sachali- 

 nensis (F. Schmidt) Herd. S. sachdinensis F. Schmidt; S. 



acuminata subsp. sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Kitam. Kara- 



futo-azami. Stems 50-100 cm. long, densely leafy, winged, 

 crisped-pubescent or glabrous; radical leaves ovate-oblong, 15- 

 17 cm. long, short-acuminate, usually truncate at base, mucro- 

 nate callose-toothed, scabrous toward the margin, loosely cob- 

 webby on both sides, short crisped-hairy on the veinlets 

 beneath, long-periolate, the cauline acuminate, truncate or 

 gradually narrowed at base, short winged-petiolate and decur- 

 rent; inflorescence densely corymbose; involucres narrowly 

 cylindric, 11-12 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, the bracts 4-seriate, 



the outer ovate, short-mucronate, green, longer than the inner, 

 the inner linear, scarious, often purplish at apex; corollas pur- 

 plish, 13-14 mm. long. July-Sept. Hokkaido. Sakhalin. 



The typical phase occurs in Manchuria and e. Siberia. 



16. Saussurea yanagisawae Takeda. Usu-yuki-t6- 

 HiREN. Stems 6-30 cm. long, crisped-puberulent and cob- 

 webby, narrowly winged or sometimes wingless; radical and 

 lower cauline leaves petiolate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 4-7.5 cm. long, acuminate, cuneate to truncate at base, irregu- 

 larly toothed, prominently crisped-puberulent above and along 

 the veinlets beneath, cobwebby on both sides while young, the 

 median and upper leaves gradually smaller, lanceolate; heads 

 4-8, in dense corymbs; involucres campanulate, 11-12 mm. 

 long and as wide, purplish at the tip and cobwebby; bracts 4- 

 seriate, the outer as long as the inner, broadly lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, sometimes spreading, the innermost lanceolate, 



acute; corollas purplish, about 11 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. 



Alpine regions; Hokkaido. Very variable. Forma nivea 



(Koidz.) Ohwi. S. tilesii var. nivea Koidz. ^Yukiba-t6- 



HiREN. Leaves white-tomentose beneath. Forma im- 



perialis (Koidz.) Ohwi. S. imperialis Koidz.; S. tilesii var. 



imperialis (Koidz.) Koidz. Takane-kita-azami. Leaves 



radier loosely cobwebby on both sides; lower leaves ovate, 9- 

 10 cm. long, about 5 cm. wide, rather irregularly coarse- 

 toothed. Forma vestita (Kitam.) Ohwi. S. yanagisawae 



var. vestita Kitam. Yukiba-takane-kita-azami. Stems 



about 20 cm. long; lower leaves ovate, 8-9 cm. long, 5-5.5 cm. 

 wide, acuminate, truncate to cordate at base, cobwebby above, 



densely white-woolly beneath. Forma elegans (Koidz.) 



Ohwi. S. tilesii var. elegans Koidz.; S. yanagisawae var. 



elegans (Koidz.) Nakai O-takane-kita-azami. Stems 



18-27 cm. long; radical and lower cauline leaves about 9 cm. 

 long, 4 cm. wide, rounded to cuneate at base, loosely cobwebby 



on both sides, irregularly coarse-toothed. Forma angusti- 



folia (Nakai) Ohwi. 5. yezoensis var. angustifolia Nakai; S. 



yanagisawae var. angustifolia (Nakai) Kitam. Hosoba-Ezo- 



HiGOTAi. Stems about 22 cm. long; cauline leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, about 12 cm. long, about 1.2 cm. wide, cuneate at 

 base, petiolate, not decurrent, loosely mucronate-toothed, 

 nearly glabrous on both sides. 



17. Saussurea fauriei Franch. Forii-azami. Stems 

 1.5-2 m. long, stout, densely crisped-puberulent, winged, 

 densely leafy, much branched in upper portion; cauline leaves 

 on short winged petioles, ovate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, 14-19 cm. long, short-acuminate, cordate to trun- 

 cate or cuneate at base, mucronately callose-toothed, glabrous 

 above, densely gray-pubescent and whitish beneath, decurrent 

 at base on the winged stem, the upper leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate; heads in very dense corymbs; involucres narrowly 

 tubular, green, 10-12 mm. long, 4-5 mm. wide; bracts 5- 

 seriate, slightly brownish toward the tip, cobwebby on margin, 

 the outer short, obtuse to rounded, the median narrowly ob- 

 long, the inner linear; corollas 1 cm. long. July-Sept. 



Rocks near the sea; Hokkaido. s. Kuriles. 



18. Saussurea sagitta Franch. 5. sagitta var. cdvesoens 

 Franch.; S. sagitta var. blepharolepis Franch.; S. pseudosagitta 

 Honda Yahazu-t6-hiren. Stems 30-45 cm. long, gla- 

 brous; median cauline leaves deltoid-hastate, petiolate, 6-8 cm. 

 long, acuminate, sagittate, mucronately callose-toothed, cilio- 

 late, glabrous above, sometimes short crisped-puberulent on the 

 veins beneath, the upper leaves becoming smaller, oblong-lance- 

 olate to lanceolate, long-acuminate, truncate to cuneate at base. 



