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utrinque obtusse. Semina oblonga § mm. longa minute scabrida. 



Hab. Taito : Hakuhakusba, leg. T. Kawakami, et Z. Koba- 

 YASHi, 190G, Mai. (No. 1485). 



There is a specimen very much like this in the Kew Herba- 

 rium. It is labelled C. hlrsuta Linn, but quite different from the 

 typo. As the present plant is quite easily distinguishable from 

 the type of C. hlrsiita Linn., it is advisable, in my opinion, to 

 regard it as representing a variety of the type, rather than to 

 regard it as a foi-m of it. 



Cardamine hirsuta Linn. var. rotundiloba Hayata n. v. Herba 



glabra, caulibns simplicibns 15 cm. longis pauci-foliatis. Folia 

 radicalia j^innata, spathulata in circumscriptione, cum petiolis 

 6 cm. longa 1 cm. lata, pinnis utraque latere 4-5, remotis subsessi- 

 libus rotundatis sœpe obliquis obscure lobatis vel integris, 5-10 

 mm. longis, petiolis 3 cm, longis complanatis basi leviter dilatatis. 

 Racemi 10 cm. longi, remote florati. Siliquse lineares rectse, 

 22 mm. longa?, 1 mm. latae, apice obtuso-truncalœ. Semina minute 

 scabrida, oblonga, utrinque rotundata, 1 mm. longa. 



Hab. Shintiku : Groshizan, leg. T. Kawakami, (No. 1306). 



The present variety is easily distinguishable from the type 

 in having mucli more rounded lobes of leaflets. There is a 

 specimen very much like tliis variety at Kew wliich is labelled 

 Carrlam/ne hirsuia LiNN. with question mark. 



Cardamine reniformis Hayata Fl. Mont. Formes, p. 50. 



In my paper aliove cited, 1 mention tliat tlie plant is somewhat 

 near C. asarifoUa Linn, from which it is distinguishable by the 

 reniformcd or cordate leaves. AYhile studying here at Kew, I have 

 found that the plant is also near C. vlokefoUa 0. S. Schütz, from 



