237 



Max. PI. As. Or. Prag. p. 23; Forbes & Eemsley, [ndex PI. Sin. p. 336. Be- 

 racleum dissectum, Ledeb. PI. Alt. i, |>. '501. //. barbatum, Ledeb. Fl. AH. i, 

 l>. :;<>(); p. Schm. in Max. Fl. Amur. p. 129, Fl. Sach. p. 138; Pr. & Sav. Emim. 

 [, p. 1S!». 



Hab. Kurile Islands (ex Pallas, Georgi). Etorofu, at Purabetsu. 



Distrib. Prom the Altai region of Siberia to central and northern China, Manchuria, 

 Japan, Saghalin, Eastern Siberia and Kamtschatka, and widely spread in the subarctic 

 and temperate regions of North America, especially along the high mountains towards the 

 south. 



ARALIACE.ZE. 



118. Aralia racemosa, L. Sp. p. 27.') ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i, p. 646. — Yar. sachalinensis, 



Kegel, Gartenflora, 1864, p. 100, t. 432, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop., 1864, p. 22; 

 F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 141. Aralia cordata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 127; Fr. & Sav. 

 Enuni. i, p. 191. Aralia edulis, Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. i, p. 57, t. 25. 

 Hab. Etorofu, in roadside thickets near Furubetsu. 



Distrib. Southern Saghalin and Japan. The plant is very common in the island of 

 Yezo and in the northern provinces of the main island. Toward the south it is chiefly 

 met Avith in a cultivated state. 



Our plant differs from the American one in its leaflets being generally simply serrate, 

 and its young fruits turbinate. Its styles have a less tendency to diverge at first, though 

 they are seen recurved regularly in ripened fruits. The flowers may be a little larger 

 in the Japanese plant, and are said to be sometimes 6-merous. In other characters the 

 two plants can scarcely be distinguished in dried specimens. 



In North America the plant grows in rich woodlands on the Atlantic side from Can- 

 ada to the mountains of Georgia, and it is also found at the base of the Rocky Mountains. 



119. Acanthopanax ricinifolium, Seeman in Journ. Bot., 1868, p. 140, and Rev. Heder. 



p. 86; Forbes & Hemsley, Index Fl. Sin. p. 340. Panax ricinifolium, Sieb. & 



Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i, p. 91. Kalojmnax ricinifolium, Miq. in Ann. Mus. 



Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i, p. 16; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 140. Brassaiopsis ricinifolia, 



Scemau in Journ. Bot., 1864, p. 291. 

 ITab. Etorof u, in sheltered valleys near Furubetsu, and at Arimoi. 

 Distrib. Southwestern Saghalin, Japan, Corea and China. 



CORNACE^S. 



120. Cornus canadensis, L. Sp. p. 117 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. I, p. 652; Ledeb. Fl. 



Ross, n, p. 378; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 391. 



Hab. Kurile Islands (Merk. ex Rudolph). Etorofu, at Furubetsu, Arimoi and 

 Shibetoro. Kunashiri (G. Mori). 



Distrib. Subarctic and alpine regions of North America and northeastern Asia, as far 

 south as the eastern side of Corea and middle Japan. 



121. Cornus suecica, L. Sp. p. 118; Torr. & Gray, Fl. Am. I, p. 653; Ledeb. Fl. 



Ross, ii, p. 377; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 391; Fr. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 141. 



