﻿imk,] OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 25 



Astragalus frigidus herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, non Bunge. 



Tall. Leaves impari-pinnate, 6-9-jugate, pubescent ; leaflets rounded- 

 obtuse or rounded-retuse with a very minute and short mucro at apex, the 

 odd one rather long petiolulate. Bracts persistent ; bracteoles often present. 

 Legume very thinly adpressed-puberulent. 



Nom. Jap. Boko-ogi (J. Matsumura), Tailsuri-bgi (T. Makino). 



Hob. Prov. Suruga: Mt. Fuji (T. Makino \ Aug. 1899); Prov. Shina- 

 no : Mt. Shirouma (M. Orii ! Aug. 1902 ; Y. Yabe ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 26, 1902) ; Prov. Ishikari in Hokkaido : Near Sapporo 

 (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo). 



In most of our specimens from above-quoted localities the bracteoles are 

 often present. 



Actinostemma lobatum Maxim. 

 «• typicum. 



Actinostemma lobatum Maxim, in Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 I. (1875) p. 175 ; Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. III. p. 921 ; Franch. 

 PI. David. I. p. 136 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p 

 320 ; Korsh. in Act. Hort. Petrop. XII. p. 339 ; Pax in Engl, et Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.-Fam. IV. 5, p. 13. 



Mitrosicyos lobatus Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. (1859) p. 112, tab. 7. 



Karivia ? longicirrha Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. II. (1865-66) p. 80, edit, separat. p. 12. 



Actinostemma tenerum Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 5, V. p. 39, non Griff. 



Actinostemma lobatum a. genuina Cogn. 1. c. 



Actinostemma lobatum /3. japonica Maxim, in Franch. et Sav. 1. c. ; 

 Cogn. 1. c. 



Nom. Jap. Momidziba-gokidzuru (T. Makino). 



Hab. Japan. 



Less common than var. racemosum. 



var. ft. racemosum (Maxim.) Makino. 



Mitrosicyos racemosus Maxim. Prim Fl. Amur. (1859) p. 112, in nota. 



Actinostemma racemosum Maxim, in herb. hort. Petrop. ex Cogn. in 

 DC. Monogr. Phanerog. III. (1881) p. 922; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 320. 



Pomasterion japonicum Miq^ Prol. Fl. Jap. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 

 Bat. II. (1865-66) p. 80, edit, separat. p. 12. 



Actinostemma japonicum Miq. Prol. Fl, Jap. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 



