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Stems decumbent, radicant below. Leaves shorter, broadly 

 ovate, more densely pubescent, 8— 23 mm. long, 6— 15 mm. wide. 

 Racemes longer than the leaves, laxly few-several-flowered. 



Nom. Jap. Yama-kuwagata, Koha-no-kuwagata. 



Hah. Prov. Shinano : Mt. Ontake (R. Yatabcl herb. Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 28, 1880). 



Salvia nipponica Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 39; Franch. et 

 Sav. Enum. PL Jap. I. p. 371. 



Flowers usually yellow, but rarely rosy-purpurascent. 



Nom. Jap. Akigiri. 



Icon. Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 2, T. fol. 27 recto, n. 2G. 



forma argutidens Makino. 



Leaves sharply toothed. Otherwise as in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Kotodzi-so (named after the sharply dentated 

 leaves). 



Icon. Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 2, I. fol. 28 recto, n. 27. 



This form is occasionally found, and is characterized by the 

 sharp-toothed leaves. 



var. /9 glabrescens Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. I. 

 p. 371, et II. p. 463. 



Salvia nipponica Yatabe, Iconogr. FL Jap. I. 1 (1891) p. 

 43, tab. 15, non Miq. 



Nom. Jap. Miyama-akigiri (nov.). 



Hah. Middle Japan ; mountains. 



The plant which was described and figured under the name 

 of Salvia nipponica by R. Yatabe as cited above, is not Miquel's 

 plant, but Franchet's var. glabrescens. This form is rather 

 rare in Japan, while the typical one is commonly found. 



Eriophorum alpinum Linn. Sp. PL p. 53; Wahlenb. 

 FL Lapp. p. 16; Willd. Sp. PL I. p. 314; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 

 2, I. p. 134; Yahl, Enum. PL II. p. 388; Spreng. Syst. Yeg. I. 

 p. 214; Reichb. FL Germ. Excurs. p. 79; Hook. FL Bor.-Am. 

 II. p. 230; Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. 3, p. 646; Kunth, 

 Enum. PL II. p. 176; Rcem. et Schult. Syst. Yeg. II. p. 156; 



