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Arcterica oxycoccoides Coville in Bot. GUz. XXXVII. (1904) p. 299, 

 fig. 1, et 2, a; Yabe in Bot, Mag., Tokyo, XVIII. (1904) p. 204. 

 Nora. Jap. Hama-zakura, Komeba-Uiigazalmra. 

 Hob. Japan, middle and northern. 

 Distrib. Bering Island, and Kamchatka. 



Marlea platanifolia Sieb. et Zncc. 



a. typica Makino. 



Marlea platanifolia Sieb. et Zncc. in Abhandi. Akad. Munch. IV. 2, 

 p. 134, n. 95 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 91. 



Marlea platanifolia Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 195, ex parte. 



Leaves broadly cordate at the base, permanently 5-3- palmatilobed ; 

 lobes ovate to oblong, attenuately acuminate, often attenuated towards the 

 base, entire ; sinuses not close, rounded at the bottom. 



Nom. Jap. Momidzi-urinohi (now). 



Hah. Prow Buzen : Mt. Iwagadake (R. Yatabe and J. Matsumura ! 

 herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 17, 1882); Prow Chikuzen: Mt. 

 Kosho (K. Nagano ! herb, ibid.), Mt. Hikosan (T. Makino \ Aug. 1906); 

 Prow Suo : Miyano-mura (D. Nikai ! 'herb. ibid. July 2, 1892). 



This is found in Kiusiu and western parts of Honsiu of Japan. 



/3. macrophylla (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino. 



Marlea macrophylla, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandi. Akad. Munch. IV. 2, 

 p. 134, n. 96. 



Marlea platanifolia Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pi. Jap. I. p. 195, ex 

 parte. 



Marlea platanifolia var. trilobata Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 91. 



Leaves cordate or sometimes rounded at the base, shallowly 3-lobed 

 above, sometimes not lobed ; lobes broadly deltoid, cuspidato-acummate, 

 the midlobe slightly larger and lateral ones divergent ; sinuses very Iroad, 

 rounded or obtuso-rounded at the bottom. 



Nom. Jap. Uri-no-lii. 



Hab. Japan, widely distributed. 



The difference of the characters of leaves is fixed and constant, hence 

 the species should be divided into two varieties as above. 



(To be continued.) 





