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Syn. Galium obovatum ft. Ledeb. I.e. 



Plan (a humilis in sicco plerumque viridis 6-15 cm. alta 

 simplex vel subramosa* ramis plus minus divaricatis, foliis in 

 fimis spathulato-orbicularibus utrinque glabris parce ciliolatis, 

 in media et superiore eaulis parte late obovatis orbicularibus- 

 que vel rarius oblongo-obovatis superne hirsutis margine ciliatis 

 subtus glaberrimis. 



Norn. Jap on. : Yezo-no-yotsubamugura. 



Hab. Yezo : in monte Yiibari (Y. Tokubuchi ! 11. VII. 1893) ; in 

 sylvis Moiwa (Y. Tokubuchi ! 23. VI. 1891) ; in monte Raiden (Y. To- 

 kubuchi! 17. VII. 1888); Inaotoge (Takenobu et Minami! VII. 1883); 

 in monte Makkarinupuri (T. Totsu ! 2. VIII. 1895; K. Miyabe et J. 

 Hanzawa ! 6. VIII. 1905) ; in monte Rishiri (W. Hirose ! 28. VIII. 

 1896).— Kurile : prope Furepet, insula Eturup (K. Miyabe! 28. VII. 

 1884) ; in insula Shimtishu (K. Yend6 ! VIII. 1903 ; S. Amatsu ! VIII. 

 1904) ; in sylvis port. Shakotan, ins. Shikotan (H. Takeda ! 16. VII. 

 1909) ; ad ostium fl. Poropet, ejusd. ins. (H. Takeda ! 2 3. VII. 1909). 

 —Sachalin : Chipisani (K. Miyabe, T. Miyagi et T. Miyake ! 15. VII. 

 1906) ; Takinozawa (T. Miyake ! 26. VI. 1906) ; Tunnaicha-sando 

 (T. Miyake ! 9. X. 1906) ; Sekiguchit6ge (T. Miyake ! 30. VI. 1906) ; 

 Usutomanai (K. Miyabe et T. Miyagi! 14. VIII. 1906); Kumazasatoge, 

 littor. Occident. (T. Miyake ! VII. 1906) ; Kusunnai, littor. Occident. 

 (T. Miyake! 7. VII. 1906) ; Osaka (T. Miyake! 1. VII. 1906). 



Forma intermedia Takeda. 



Humilis ad 10 em rarius usque 20 em alta simplex vel sub- 

 ramosa, foliis infimis ut in praecedente in media et superiore 

 parte obovatis superne parce pilosis margine ciliolatis subtus 

 in nervis pilosis vel subglabrescentibus. 



Hab. Shikoku : in monte Tebako, prov. Tosa (R. Yatabe ! 8. VIII. 

 1888). -Nippon : in monte Hakusan (R. Yatabe ! 5. VIII. 1881) ; in 

 monte Gassan ( ! 23. VII. 1887) ; in monte Iwate (Sh. Arimoto ! 16. 

 VII. 1903) ; in monte Togakushi (H. Komatsu ! 8. VIII. 1904) ; in 

 apice montis Hakkoda (Y. Tokubuchi ! 3. X. 1892) ; in montibus 

 Yatsugatake (E. Iishiba! 26. VII. 1908; Y. Numajiri! 11. VIII. 1909); 

 in sylvis vicinitale Yumoto, tractus Nikko (H. Takeda ! 9. VIII. 1901 ; 

 9. VII. 1903) ; ad radicem montis Taro, Nikko (H. Takeda ! 8. VII. 

 1903). 



/?. oreganum Piper, Fl. Washingt. p. 526. 



