Sept., wis.] H. TAKEDA.-NOTES ON FAR EASTERN PLANTS.— I-Vl. 



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leviter concava, apice minutissime denticulato-erosa, 7-9-nervia, 

 4-6 mm. lg. 3-4 mm. It. Staminodia stipitata, petala subae- 

 quilonga, disco ovato apice setaceo-fimbriato, setis 9—11, 

 globuriferis. Stamina juvenilia ovario paulo breviora, antheris 

 albis, 2 mm. lg. Ovarium conicum, 4-loculare, stylo nullo. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Hab. in alpine region of Mt. Shirouma (S. Kodama ! 19. 

 viii. 1908) ; on rocks about 2500 m. above the sea, Goshikiga- 

 hara, Province of Etchu (Sh. Yoshizawa ! 6. viii. 1913). 



On the high peaks of the central mountain range of Japan 

 the type form of this species 15 occurs fairly frequently. Though 

 it is much smaller in size than the specimens found in the low- 

 lands, yet it is far larger than the var. alpina. 



V. — Forms of Cnidium ajanense Drude. 



This umbelliferous plant is widely distributed in Japan, 

 occurring, as it does, in the Kuriles, Yezo, and on the high 

 mountains of Northern Honto. The plant varies in regard to 



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Otddium ajoncitnc DRUDE. 

 45. Form* pectination. 40. Forma normals. 47. Forma laliseclum, All x L'5. 

 Each figure was depicted from the radical leaf. Segments of cauline leaves 

 are narrower than t lio-c of the radical leaves. 



the size, according .'is the moisture in the soil where it grows. 

 It also varies as regards the breadth of leaf-segments, which, in 



this ease, does not appear to he due to moisture, or any other 



1) Var. ",',• in i i.i: in Linnaea, zxzix, p. 308 (1876). 



