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219. Stachys aspera, Michx. Fl. Bor.- Am. n, p. 5; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. ir, p. 387. — Var. 

 baicalensis, Max. Fl. Asise Or. Frag. p. 44; Herd. PI. Kadd. in Act. H. Petrop. 

 x, 1, p. 32. S. Piederi, Cham, in Lhmsea vi, p. 570. S. bailcalensis, Fisch. in 

 Benth. Lab. p. 543; Fr. & Sav. Ennm. i, p. 378 (in part). 8. palustris, var. 

 hispida, Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 414. S. palustris, var. aspera, f. angustifolia! 

 A. Gray, Bot. Jap. 403. 

 Hah. Sliikotan, in wet places. 



Distrib. Yezo: Hakodate (J. Small), Sapporo, and common elsewhere; Saghalin, 

 Kamtschatka, eastern Siberia along the Ochotsk coast to the Baikal district, and Man- 

 churia. The species is widely distributed in the temperate regions of North America 

 (west to New Mexico and Oregon), and in northeastern and eastern Asia under vari- 

 ous forms. 



I can hardly agree with Professor Maximowicz in considering some of the American 

 forms of this species as identical with our present variety. Among the large number 

 of specimens in the Gray Herbarium from different parts of the United States, I have 

 failed to find any that agree even tolerably well with our Asiatic plant. Dr. Gray's 

 var. glabra seems to approach nearest to var. japonica, Max., all characters considered. 



PLANTAGINACE.E3. 



220. Plantago kamtschatica, Link, Enum. H. Berol. I, p. 120; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 478; 



F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 165; Herd. PI. Radd. in Act. Hort. Petrop. x, 1, p. 62. 



P. media, A. Gray, PI. Jap. p. 316. 

 Hub. Etorofu, common at Furubetsu, Shana and Shibetoro. 

 Distrib. Kamtschatka, Saghalin and Yezo. 



P. asiatica, var. vulgaris, Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. n, fasc. 1, p. 11, is very closely re- 

 lated to our plant, and may be identical with it. Maack's Amur specimen, for instance, 

 can scarcely be distinguished from P. kamtschatica, except by its leaves being occasion- 

 ally 7-nerved and its spikes more elongated. 



221. Plantago major, L. Sp. p. 112; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 477; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. n, 



p. 389. — Var. asiatica, Dcsne. in DC. Prodr. xin, 1, p. 695. P. asiatica, L. Sp. 

 113; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 479; Fr. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 384, n, p. 469. 

 Hub. Etorofu, at Furubetsu and Shana. 



Widely distributed in several forms throughout the continent of Asia, southern Eu- 

 rope and western North America. P. major, L., var. Asiatica, A. Gray, 1. c, appears to 

 be identical with P. major, var. (P. jaj)onica,¥r. & Sav. Enum. I, p. 384, n, p. 469), 

 the capsule in both cases being subglobose or broadly ovoid, and 10-12-seeded. 



My Kurile plants, as well as those which are found commonly throughout Japan from 

 Yezo to the Loochoo Islands, and which are generally recognized as P. major, L., var. 

 asiatica, have only four or five seeds in each capsule. The seeds are greatly larger than 

 in the typical P. major, and the capsules are more elongated and have a tendency to 

 taper at the tip. Franchet suggests that our plant may be P. Cornuti, Gouan. (P. 

 paludosa, Turcz.). P. Cornuti, however, has conspicuously winged seeds and blunt 



