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the subsoil is entirely composed of disintegrated lava; asal Chitose, Prov. [buri, Naka- 

 ware, Prov. Nemuro, and Shari, Prow Kitami. 



According to Prof. Maximowicz, it is said to be closely related lo L. conjugialis, Kel- 

 logg, of California. 



127. Lonicera Chamissoi, Bunge -in Kirol. Lonic. d. russ. R. p. 28; Max. PL Amur. p. 



136; Herd. PI. Eadd. in, p. 19, t. 2, f. 1, 2, and Add. and Emend, p. 25; Max. 

 Mel. Biol, x, p. 60. Lonicera nigra, Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 389 (in part). 

 Hab. K a rile Islands! (herb. Fisch.). JC/orofu, in grassy places on the top of hills, 

 at Shibetoro. 



Distrib. Kamtschatka, Eastern Siberia on the Ochotsk border, northeastern Manchu- 

 ria, Saghalin and Yezo: Mt. Poroshiri, Prov. Tokachi (S. Tanonchi, 1882). 



128. Diervilla Middendorffiana, Carr. in Rev. Hort., 1853, p. 306, 1854, p. 261, t. 14; Max. 



Mel. Biol, xn, p. 482. Calyptrostigma Middendorffianum, Trautv. & Mey. in 

 Bull. phys. mat h. Petersb. xm, p. 220, and Fl. Och. p. 46, t. 25, f. a, b; Max. Fl. 

 Amur. p. 135; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 142 ; Herder, PI. Radd. in, Add. and Emend, 

 i, p. 12. 



Hal). Kurile Islands I (Max.). 



Distrib. Eastern Siberia about Ochotsk, northeastern Manchuria, Saghalin, northern 

 and middle Japan. 



HUBIACE^I. 



129. Rubia tatarica, F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 143. Galium tataricum, Trev.; Ledeb. Fl. 



Ross. II, p. 410. — Yar. grandis, F. Schm., 1. c.; Max. Mel. Biol. IX, p. 266; Herd. 



PI. Radd. in, Add. and Emend, n, p. 4. G. jezoense, Miq. Prol. p. 276. 

 Hab. SMkotan, in wet grassy places along the beach. JEtorof u, at Rausu. 

 Distrib. Yezo, Saghalin and Manchuria. 



The typical form is found in the steppes of middle and southern Russia, extending 

 eastward to Songaria. 



130. Galium verum, L. Sp. p. 107; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 414; Herder, PI. Radd. m, 



p. 32; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 265; Fr. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 215. 

 Hab. Sliikotan, in grassy places along the beach. Htorofu, at Tsurubetsu and 

 Shibetoro. 



Distrib. Europe, northern Africa, northern and eastern Asia and Himalaya. 



131. Galium kamtschaticum, Steller in Rcem. & Schult. Syst. in, Marit. p. 186; A. Gray, 



Proc. Am. Acad, xix, p. 80, Synop. Fl. i, p. 37. Galium obovatum, Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross, h, p. 412 (not HBK.) ; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 262. 

 Hab. Etorofu, at Furubetsu. 



Distrib. Saghalin, northern and middle Japan in alpine woods; Kamtschatka; the 

 Aleutian Islands to the mountains of Oregon and "Washington, and also in those of lower 

 Canada and New England. 



132. Asperula odorata, L. Sp. p. 103; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 400; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. 



p. 393; Max. Mel. Biol, ix, p. 267; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 144; Fr. & Sav. I, p. 

 211; Herder, PI. Radd. in, Add. and Emend, n, p. 5. 



