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mm. longa. Stamina 3 petalis alteraa 7-8 mm. longa ; antherac dor- 

 sifixae rotundatae vel obovatae utrinque emarginatae longitudine sub- 

 laterali-dehiscentes. Ovarium depresso-globosum viride. Styli circ. 1 

 mm. longi coTumnales. Stigmata 7-9 radiata et reflexa. Bacca glo- 

 bosa 6-8 mm. lata nigra vel parce pruinosa, dulcis vel dulcissimis. 



Nom. Jap. Gank6ran. 



Nom. Quelpaert. Siromi, Strum. 



Hab. 

 Kanhoku: in monte Minami-Hotaizan (M. Furumi n. 201, 11, Jul. 1917); 



in monte Mutoho (T. Nakai n. 2191 fructif., 8 Aug. 1914). 

 Quelpaert : in monte Hallasan (S. Ichikawa, fl. fzem., 1905) ; ibidem, 



in latere boreali 1850 m. (T. Nakai n. 166, fl. d\ 17 Alaio 1913); 



ibidem, in latere australi 1800 m. (T. Nakai n. 6274, alabastrif., 31 



Oct. 1917) ; in monte Hallasan (T. Mori n. 96) ; in monte Hallasan 



2000 m. (E. Taqitet n. 323, Oct. 1907) ; in apice Hallasan 2000 m. 



(U. Faurie n. 1882, Jun. 1907) ; in monte Hallasan 1700 m. (E. Ta- 



ouet n. 4664, Aug. 1910). 



Distr. var. Ussuri, Amur, Hondo, Yeso, Kuriles, Sachalin, Penin- 

 sula Kamtchatica. 



I had tasted myself the fruits of the real Empetrum nigrum on Mt. 

 Jungfrau in Switzerland, and in the coastal island of Sweden during 

 my sojourn in Europe in 1924-1925. They were bitter and inedible. 

 East Asiatic Empetrum has nice sweet edible fruits. Similar contrasts 

 are also seen in the followings. 



Europe Asia 



! Edible fruits of 

 Lonicera edulis Turczaninow. 

 Edible fruits of 

 L. emphyllocalyx Maximowicz . 

 Inedible fruits of (Edible fruits of 



Vaccinium uliginosum L. ...{ Vaccinium Fauriel Leveille. 



/Edible foliages of 



Artemisia asiatica Nakai. 



{A. dubia f. asiatica Pajipaxini). 

 Edible foliages of 



A. lavanduhvfolia DC. 



Inedible foliages of 

 Arte?nisia vulgaris L. 



