186 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



227522 to 227548. 



From Japan. Plants collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Aug. 16, 1955. 



227522. Arctostaphylos alpinus var. japonic a Hulten. Ericaceae. 



Col. No. 328. 'Urachima-tsutsutsi'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hokkaido. 

 Prostrate shrub; flowers small, white, tinged with pink. 



227523. Carex flavocuspis Franch & Sav. Cyperaceae. Sedge. 

 Col. No. 323. 'Miamo-kuro-surge.' Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hokkaido. 



227524. Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. nana (Nakia) Rehder Taxaceae. 



Col. No. 337. 'Yezp-inu-gaya'. Among forest trees, Mopporo National Forest, 

 Hokkaido. Procumbent, rooting readily from the stems. 



227525. Daphniphyllum humble Maxim. Euphorbiaceae. 



Col. No. 335. 'Yezo-yuzuriha'. Mopporo National Forest, Hokkaido. Dwarf 

 evergreen. 



227526. Diapensia obovata Nakai & Koidz. Diapensiaceae. 



Col. No. 313. 'Iwa-une'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hokkaido. Elevation 

 1,600 meters. Dwarf shrub; leaves small, in rosettes. Flowers white. 



227527. Empetrum nigrum L. Empetraceae. Black crowberry. 



Col. No. 331. 'Gankoran'. Mount Kurodaki, Ishikari, Hokkaido. Dwarf; 

 flowers white, tinged with pink. Received as var. asiaticum, an apparently un- 

 published name. 



227528. Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker. Liliaceae. 

 Col. No. 338. University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido. 



227529. Geum pentapetalum (L.) Makino Rosaceae. 



Col. No. 318. 'Chin-guruma'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hokkaido. Flowers 

 white. 



227530. Hydrangea sERRATAf. acuminata (Sieb. & Zucc.) Wils. Hj'drangeaceae. 



Col. No. 333. 'Beni-gaku'. Botanical Garden, University of Hokkaido, Sap- 

 poro, Hokkaido. Garden form with sterile pink ray florets and reddish petioles. 

 Originally from Manchuria. 



227531. Ilex crenata var. radicans (Nakai) Tatewaki Aquifoliaceae. 



Japanese holly. 



Col. No. 336. 'Hai-inutsuge'. Mopporo National Forest, Hokkaido. Creeper, 

 rooting easily from stems. 



227532. Ledum palustre L. Ericaceae. Crystaltea ledum. 



Col. No. 329. 'Hosoba-yezo-isu-tsutsuii'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hok- 

 kaido. Leaves small, narrow; hairs dense, brown. 



227533. Lilium medeoloides A. Gray Liliaceae. Wheel lily. 



Col. No. 339. 'Kuruma-yuri'. Mount Teine, Province Ishikari. Presented by 

 J. Samejima, Hokkaido University. 



227534. Patrinia sibirica Juss. Valerianaceae. 



Col. No. 324. 'Takane-ominaeshi'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hokkaido. 

 Perennial; leaves thick, pinnate; flowers bright yellow. 



227535. Pedicularis chamissonis Stev. Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 319. 'Yezo-yotsuba-shiogama'. Mount Kurodake, Ishikari, Hok- 

 kaido. Perennial; flowers pink-purple, in racemes, August. 



