241 



Ilab. From Mutowa, the fourteenth island, southward (ex Pallas). ShiJcotan, on 

 sheltered hillsides. Etorofu, in the vicinity of Furubetsu. 



The plant grows throughout Japan and also in Saghalin. In a rich sheltered valley of 

 northern Japan it often attains such a large size as to enable an average-sized person to 

 walk under its spreading leaf without stooping. The description given by Pallas of the 

 Kurile plant coincides perfectly with that of ours, and there is no doubt of their being 

 the same. 



151. Senecio Pseudo Arnica, Less, in LinnsBa, vr, p. 240; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 642; A. 



Gray, Synop. Fl. i, p. 384; Max. Mel. Biol, vm, p. 15; Fr. & Sav. Enum. n, 

 p. 407. " 

 Hab. Etorof u, at Rausu. 



Distrib. Coast regions of Manchuria, Saghalin, Yezo, Eastern Siberia, Kamtschatka 

 and islands in the Behring Sea; Alaska, and in Newfoundland to Grand Manan. 



152. Senecio palmatus, Pall. Iter, m, p. 321; Ledeb. Fl. Ros^. n, p. 636; Max. Prim. Fl. 



Amur. p. 166, Mel. Biol, vin, p. 15. 8. cannabifolius, Less, in Linnaea, vi, p. 242. 

 Ilab. Shumshu! (ex Max., Aino name, Oi'umukutu) . Shikotan, on hillsides. 

 Distrib. Eastern Siberia, Manchuria, Saghalin, northern and middle Japan, Kamt- 

 schatka and also at Sitka (ex Herder). 



153. Senecio cacaliaefolius, Schultz Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 50; Max. Mel. Biol, vin, p. 14. 



8. cacaliceformis, Reichb. f., Ic. Fl. Germ, xvi (1854), p. 43, t. 977; Fr. & Sav. 

 Enum. i, p. 247. Ligularia sibirica, Cass.; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 620. L. speci- 

 osa, Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. H. Petrop. v, p. 38. 

 Hab. Shikotan, on hillsides. Etorofu, at Rubetsu. 



Distrib. Arctic and alpine regions of Europe; Siberia to the Ochotsk region, Dahuria, 

 Manchuria, northern China and Japan. 



154. Senecio sagittatus, Schultz Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 498; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 2H2. 



Cacalia hastata, L.; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 626; A.Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 395; Herd. 

 PI. Radd. in, 2, p. 107 (excl. pi. Sitka, fide Gray). 

 Hab. Etorofu, at Furubetsu. 



Distrib. Kamtschatka and adjacent islands ; throughout Siberia to northern and eastern 

 Russia in Europe, Dahuria, Mongolia, Manchuria, Corea, and middle and northern Japan 

 and Saghalin. 



155. Senecio davuricus, Schultz Bip. in Flora, 1845, p. 499; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 296. 



Cacalia auriculata, DC. Prod, vi, p. 329; Max. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 165; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. II, p. 627. — Tar. kamtschaticus, Max. I. c. 



Hab. Sh.umsliu! (ex Max., Aino name, HobenaJcina) . 



Distrib. Kamtschatka, the Ochotsk district, Yezo, Saghalin, and Manchuria to east- 

 ern Dahuria. 



156. Cnicus kamtschaticus, Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 310; A. Gray, Synop, Fl. i, p. 399. Cir- 



sium kamtschaticum, Ledeb. in DC. Prodr. vi, p. 644, Fl. Ross, n, p. 736; Herder, 



PI. Radd. in, 4, p. 4. 

 Hdb'. Sliumsliu! and Paramushir ! {ex Max., Aino name, Katamasliatshi) . 

 Distrib. In Kamtschatka and the Aleutian Islands. As var. ( ?) Grayanus, Max., in 



