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Valiuna: adripam dextram fi. Arguii (Sosnin, Ku- 

 iibin, Turcz.); Mandshuria: secus fl. Amur usque ad 

 et ultra ostium fl. Usuri, ad fl. Usuri, Sungari et Sui- 

 fun, fruticeta densa format in pratis siccis elatis syl- 

 visque frondosis lucidis. prope Albasin inbetuletis cum 

 Larice et Pino sylvestri frequens, ad Chabarowlram in 

 consortio sequentis, medio Aprilis florens, Augusto 

 fructifera, non deest etiam in regione litorali, v. gr. 

 Wladiwostok ubi vulgaris (ipse); in Ghina boreali 

 (Skatschkow!): montibus altis ditionis Pekinensis 

 Pohua-shan (Dr. Bretschneider!, ?>\mQ,e ping tschen 

 i. e. Corylus obtusa, nucibus Pekinum pro esca ad- 

 vectis) et Siao-wu-tai shan, inter 3600 et 5000 ped. 

 s. m. (Mollendorff!); prov. Kansu , latere dextro 

 vallis fl. Hoangho non procul a Lan-tscheu (Piasezki, 

 ster.); Jajyojna; Hakodate(Albrecht), Nambu(Tscho- 

 noski), Yokohama et Nagasaki culta (ipse, Oldham 

 n. 746 steriL), e iVipj^ow media sine loci indic.(Tscho- 

 uoski). 



Plantam japonicam interdum paulo minus et pl. 

 chinenscm saepe magis pilosam, a mandshurica ubi 

 uterque status occurrit varietate distinguere nequeo; 

 nescio etiam, an in Japonia revera spontanea crescat, 

 ctsi hoc satis verisimile sit. 



2. a rostrata Ait. h. Kew. UI, 364. DC. 1. c. 133. 



Typica: foliis o basi cordata ovatis v. ovalibus acu- 

 tis V. saepius acuminatis inaequaliter dentatis a medio 

 praeterea saepe incisoserratis; bracteis setosohispidis 

 fructiferis parte tubulosa nucem subduplo v. magis 

 superante nucc 2 — 3-lo angustiore apice profundc 

 incisa. 



