(3) FRÉDÉRIC >'. WILLIAMS. LES GERASTIUM DU JAPON. 131 



Hab. Nippon; iii meadows (T'scJionoski). Yezo; in fields near Hakodate 

 in the prov. of Oshima {Dr. Albrecht, 1861, Williams et Morrow), — 

 japonice, « obano miminagusa ». 



4. C. pumilum Curtis, FI. Lond. fasc. YI, l. 30 (1798). 



Maximowicz (Diagn. PL Japon., 1873) refers LangsdorfTs spécimens, 

 witiioul. I think. sufficient reasons. lo C. semidecandrum. The lalter spe- 

 cies does nol occur in Siberia, or in any part of Easlern Asia. Savaliers 

 authentic spécimens are labelled C. glutinosum Fries. 



Hab. Kiu-siu; near Nagasaki {Langsdorff). Nippon; Yokosiika in the 

 prov. of Sagami {Savatier n« 139), Kurile Islands (ex herb. Fischer), — 

 japonice, « miminagusa ». 



o. C. lanthes. n. sp. (grege C. nutantis collocanda). 



Annuum. viscidulo-pubescens, pihs Iransversis lomentellis glaucescens, 

 2G cm. Gaules erecti, basi divisi, Folia inferiora obovato-spathulata basin 

 versus altenuata, superiora ovata apiculata uninervia basi sessilia, sub- 

 floralia angustiora minora. Dichasium6-9-florum; rami longe pedunculati; 

 pedicelli frucliferi reclo-paluli apice incurvi, capsulam nutanlem sufful- 

 cientes, pedicello cenlrali calycem aequanle, pedicelhs alaribus paullo 

 breviorihus; bractete herbacCcP. Sepala elliptico-lanceolata acuta late 

 scariosa, parle herbacea tenui. Petala oblanceolata biloba, basi glabra, 

 calyce paullo breviora. Capsula calyce 2-2 '/«-plo longior. Semina subauri- 

 formia ferruginea granulata (in capsula mediocri 40). 



A slender annual plant, of the habit of C. nutans, from which it differs 

 in the lighler covering of short hairs, broad apiculate leaves, looser and 

 more spreading flowers, with acute sepals. 



Hab. Coast of .lai.an fllerb. U. S. North Pacific Fxpl.-Exped. 1853-50, 

 Wright). 



0. C. arvense L Sp. Plant, p. 438. 



In llie J.ipanc.s(3 bolanical work .Soo liokf. VllI, t. 30, nnder Hio name 

 of • oo-yama », a plant is figiired, whicli seenis to represent this species, 

 which reaches Kastern Siberia and Manli liiiria. 



7. C. triviale, l-ink. liniiin. Ilncl. ncinliii. I, p. 433. 

 Var. liijiirniii W illi.iins : C nih/aliiiii \;w. Iiijiinnn (I. IJcck. hl. Nicd. 

 (h'sterr.. ji. 307 fl>Sl)0). 



Ilab. Kiu-siu ; n«;ar Nagasaki (iHdhtini u" 'i.S7. {Hi't'i). 



