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bens et radicans, ramis teretiusculis ascendentibus, novellis basi 

 sqnamigeris et racemo pilis brevissimis albis erispulis pubernlis, 

 mox glabratis. Folia coriacea, brevissirae peliolata, ovalia el- 

 liptico-ovalia vel oblongo-ovalia, 15—35 mm. lg. ; 8-16 mm. It., 

 obtusa vel acutiuscula, calloso apiculata, mucronato-crenulata, 

 superne impresso- subtus elevato-reticulata, passim et praecipue 

 ad nervos glandulis minntis obtusis parse adspersa. Racemi ad 

 apicem rami anni praecedentis 1—2 terminales, simplici, 1— 6-flori, 

 basi pauci-squamigeri, pedicellis flore brevioribus, semper 

 nutantibus, bractea ipso breviore, prophyllis duabus alternis 

 oblongis brevissime ciliolatis. Calycis lohi triangulari, sub 

 anthesi 1-5 mm. lg., dorso plus minus glanduloso-puberuli, 

 apicem versus ciliolati. Corolla ovoideo-urceolata, 5 mm. lg., 

 dentibus brevissimis triangularibus acutiusculis. Antherae fila- 

 mento subduplo breviores, apice 4-aristatae. Ovarium glabrum, 

 stylo 3 mm. lg. levi, stigmate non incrassato. Capsula ca. 6 

 mm. diam. calyce earnoso inclusa. Semina minutissima, 

 anguste-alata, 06-OS mm. lg. 05 mm. It. Fructus (calyx 

 carnosus) globosus, 10 mm. lg. et. It , niveus, edulis. 



Syn. Gaultheria -pyroloid.es Mio,. in Ann. Mus. Lug.-Bat. i, 

 p. 30 (1863-64).— Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Petersb. 

 xviii, p. 44, et in Mel. Biol, viii, p. 610, nee Hook. f. et Thoms. 



Hab. on the margin of subalpine coniferous forests and 

 under shrubs. 



Loc. Japan. Yezo : Mt. Yuparo ; Komagatake, Pro v. of 

 Oshima. Nippon : Mt. Hakkoda ; Mt. Iwate ; Mt. Chokai ; 

 Mt. Katta ; Mt. Bandai ; Mt. Hiuchi ; Ose ; Mt. Togakushi ; 

 Mt. Shirouma , Mt. Tateyama ; Mt. Asama ; Mt. Hakusan ; Mt. 

 Ontake ; Mt. Tateshina ; Mt. Yatsugatake. 



II. — Distribution of Vitis Coignetiae var. glabrescens Nakai. 



This new variet}' of Vitis Coignetii was described in this 

 Magazine vol. xxxii, no. 377, p. 108. At the time of the publi- 

 cation it was not known to the author that the variety had 

 been collected outisde Dagelet Island. However, the identical 

 form also occurs in the Island of Yezo, Japan as specimens have 



