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Var. a. Sieboldiana (Matsumura) H. Winkl. — A. Sieboldiana Matsumura in 

 Journ. coll. sc. imp. univers. Tokyo XVI. 2. (1902) art. V. 2. t. I. — A. firma var. 

 typica Regel in Bull. Soc. natural. Moscou XXXVIII. (1865) 423, in A. DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. 

 (1868) 183 (p. p.); Franch. et Sav. Fl. japon. I. (1875) 457 (p. p.). — Ramuli cortice 

 griseo instructi. Folia late ovata acuta yel saepius breviter acuminata basi obliqua 



costata, 7—9—4 2,5 cm longa ad 8 cm lata, petiolis glabris 12 — 20 mm longe petiolata. 



dispositae 3 — 6 cm longae 1 1 mm diametientes (ex Matsum.). Inflorescentiae fructiferae 



Insel Hadjijo sudl. von Yokohama (Warburg n. 7751). 



Var. ft. yasha (Matsumura) H. Winkl. — A. yaslia Matsumura L c 4. t. 2. — 

 A. firma var. typica Regel in Bull. I.e. 423, in A. DC. Prodr. L c. 183 (p. p.); 

 Franch. et Sav. Enum. pi. Japon. I. (1875) 457 (p. p.). — A. firma var, hirtella Franch. 

 et Sav. 1. c. L (1875) 457 et II. (1879) 502. — Alnaster firma Schweinf. in tab. 

 lithograph. Herb, berol. — Ramuli novelli dense setoso-hirtelli adulti glabrescentes vel 

 glabri. Folia ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolata acuta vel acuminata basi paullo inaequilatera 



12 — 18-costata supra inter costas secundarias adpresse strigillosa subtus ad nervos 

 medios costasque hirtella interdum in venarum axillis barbulata, 4 — 4 0 cm longa 2,5— 

 4,5 cm lata, petiolis hirtellis vel =fc glabrescentibus 5—18 mm longe petiolata. Inflores- 



9 — 10 mm diametientes. Inflorescentiae fructiferae eUipsoideae vel subglobosae e gemmis 

 lateralibus terminali approximate solitariae vel saepius binatae ex inferioribus saepissime 

 solitariae enascentes et adeo interdum racemoso-collocatae, 15— 20 mm longae, 10— 

 15 mm diametientes, pedunculis hirtellis vel subglabris 10-20 mm longe pedun- 

 culatae. 



Japan: In Bergwalderh (Tanaka, Goering), Insel Kiusiu (Maximowicz, Rein), 

 Ins. Nippon, Prov. Senano (Maximowicz), Ikao (Warburg n. 7748), Asamayamo 

 Faurie n. 786), Bendai (Faurie n. 2129). 



Var. y. multinervis Regel in Bull. L c. (4 865) 423, in A. DC. Prodr. XVI. 2- 

 (1868) 4 83; Miq. Prol. fl. jap. (4 865) 358; Franch. et Sav. Enum. pi. Japon. !• 

 (4 875) 457. — A. pendula Matsumura 1. c. 6. t. 3. — Alnaster cernua Schweinf. in 

 tab. lithograph, et in sched. Herb, berol. — Arbor parva dumosa 3— 4-metralis. Ramuli 

 novelli hirtelli cortice brunneo-nigricante instructi. Folia ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolata 

 acuta vel acuminata basi cuneata vel obtusa et indistincte obliqua serraturis calloso- 

 terminatis inaequaliter vel subduplicato-serrata utrinque 1 8 — 26-costata supra inter 

 costas secundarias adpresse strigillosa subtus ad nervos medios costasque rarius undique 

 hirtella et in venarum axillis ± barbata, 6 — 10 cm longa 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata, petiolis 

 hirtellis 2— 8 mm longe petiolata. Inflorescentiae masculae terminales solitariae vel 

 :iferae eUipsoideae laterales e gemma singula ( s- ^. 3 ^ 



s gracillimis tomentoso-hirtelhs vel glabrescentibus g 1— 2 cm longe pedun- 



Bachrandern in der subalpinen Region. Insel Jesso, urn Hakodate 

 Maximowicz), mitUerer Teil der Insel Nippon (Maximowicz), Hakusan 



