Observations on the Flora of Japan 



(Continued from p. 142.) 

 By 



T. Makino.- 



Assistant in Botany. Science College, 

 Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Sanguisorba obtusa Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 152. 



Poterium obtusum Franch. et Sav. Enura. PI. Jap. II. 34-3. 



a. typica Makino. 



Perennial, about 2^—6 decim. high. Stem simple or ramose. 

 Peduncle and rachis of leaves crispato-rufo-pubescent, or gla- 

 brous ; leaflets very shortly pedicellate or subsessile, or distinctly 

 pedicellate, obtusely or acutely serrate with erect-patent teeth, 

 subglaucous and thinly pubescent along the midrib beneath. 

 Spike 3— 7cm. long, erect or cernuous in apical portion. Flow- 

 ers purple. Stamens long-exserted, 3-4-times as long as the 

 calyx-lobes. 



Xom. Jap. Xambu-touchiso. 



Hah. Japan, northern, alpine mountains. 



,^. albiflora Makino, var. no v. 



? Sanguisorba canadensis var. media Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 IX. ]>. 151, quoad pi. jap. 



Tall, ramose above. Petiole and rachis of leaves glabrous. 

 aflets distinctly pedicellate, glabrous, orbiculate to oblong, 



late at the base but often obtuse in the superior ones, often 

 retuso-emarginate, subglaucous and glabrous beneath, some- 

 times minutely stipellate. Spike oblong to oblong-cylindrical, 

 erect, or cernuous, 2i— 6cm. long. Flowers white. Stamens 

 exserted, twice as long as the calyx-lobes. 



\om. Jap. Shirobana-touchiso. 



Hub. Japan, northern, alpine mountains. 



Sanguisorba canadensis Linn. Cod. n. 1)51. 



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