261 



Hah. Kurile Islands (ex I 'alius). 



Distrib. Europe, western Himalaya, Siberia, Kamtschatka, Dahuria, Manchuria, Sag- 

 halin, British America to New Mexico and Norlh Carolina. 



242. Taxus cuspidata, Sieb. & Zucc. PI. Jap. n, p. 61, I. 128; M ir j. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 



: > »: > »: > >; Parlat. in DC. Prodr. svi,2,p 502; Fr.&Sav. Enum., r, p. t72; Masters, 

 Con. Jap. p. 499. Taxusbaccata, var. microcarpa, Trautv. in Max. Prim. Fl. 

 Amur, p. 259; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 175. 

 llnl). HHorofu, at Shibetoro. Kurile Islands, from Ketoi, the fifteenthislan L sdu »- 

 ward (ex Pallas, A T . Nord. Bcitr. rv, p. 128). 

 Distrib. Japan, Saghalin and Manchuria. 



lean detect no differences between the Japanese plant and that of Saghalin and Man- 

 churia in their characters of leaves and fruits. The ripened seeds iu both eases areoval- 

 orbicular, compressed, with two or rarely three ridges toward the apex, obtusely short- 

 mucronate, chestnut-brown, and about 5 1-2 mm. long. T. brevifolid, Xutt., of western 

 North America, is most closely related to our plant. 



243. Pinus parviflora, Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. ir, p. 27, t. 115; Parlat. in DC. Prodr. 



XVI, 2, p. 404; Fr. & Sav. Enum. I, p. 461; Engelm. Revision, p. 15, adnot. 2 

 (Bot. Works, p. 370); Masters. Con. Jap. p. 504. 

 Sab. Kurile Islands (fide Siebold). 



Distrib. Middle and northern Japan; also in Nntka Island (fide Engelm.). 



244. Pinus pumila, Regel in Regel, Raeh und Herder, PI. Pawl., no. 54; Glehn in Act. 



H. Petrop. iv, p. 87; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 177. P. Cembra, var. pumila, Pall. 

 Fl. Ross, i, 1, p. 4, t. 2, f. E-H; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 674; Turcz. Fl. Baic- 

 Dah. II, p. 141; Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvr, 2, p. 403; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 

 262; Masters, Con. Jap. p. 505. 

 Hah. Kit rile Islands (ex Pallas, etc.). Shumshu (Akakabc) . Etorofu, at Furubetsu 

 and ]^abori. 



Distrib. Northern and eastern Siberia, Dahuria, Manchuria, Saghalin, northern 

 Japan, Kamtschatka, and arctic Alaska. 



245. Picea obovata, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. IV, p. 210; Carr. Conif. p. 253; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. 



p. 261; Regel, Tent. Fl. Uss. p. 136; Masters, Con. Jap. p. 506. Pinus orien- 

 talis, Ledeb. Fl. Ross, in, p. 671 (in part). Pinus obovata, Antoine, Conif. p. 

 96, t. 37, f. 2. Pinus Abies, Pall. Fl. Ross, r, 1, p. 6 (excl. synon.). 

 Sab. Kurile Islands/ (ex Pallas). 



Distrib. Northeastern Europe, from the Ural and Altai regions to eastern Siberia, 

 Dahuria and Manchuria. 



246. Larix dahurica, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1838, p. 101 ; Carr. Conif. p. 270; Regel, Rev. 



Sp. Gen. Lar. p. 59, n. 6. L. hamtschatica, Carr. 1. c, p. 279. Pinus dahurica, 

 Fisch. in Endl. Conif. p. 126; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, nr, p. 673. 

 Tar. japonica, Max.! in Regel, 1. c, p. 60; Gartcnf. 1871, t. 685, f. 5. 

 Sab. Shikotan. Etorqfu, at Furubetsu and Arimoi. Pallas mentions in his ]S"eue 

 Xordischc Beitrage, rv, p. 133, that a larch occurs in Etorofu, growing only in the south- 

 ern half of the island, and also in Kunashiri. 



