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?/. niponensis var. hakodatensis Leveille (Leveille 1912: 352). Type citation: 'Japonia; 
Yezo, circa Hakodate, 29 sept. 1902 (Urb. Faurie, 5236)'. Type: Japan: Yezo near 
Hakodate, U. Faurie 5236, 29 Sep 1902; holo E? P? (n.v.). 
Illustrations: Krechetovich and Goncharov (1935, pi. 30 fig. 8), as /. niponensis; Makino 
(1964: 824). 
Satake (1933) reported this slender, wiry, unitubulose-leaved species as occurring in 
Japan and also in 'Manchuria, China and Amur'. Kitagawa (1979) also mentions Korea 
and the Kuriles. Its capsule is about twice as long as the tepals (tepals c. 1.5-2 mm 
long), similar to that of /. leptospermus (q.v.), whereas the capsule only shortly exceeds 
the tepals in J. krameri, J. virens and /. ivallichianus. Franchet and Savatier (1877-78: 533) 
named this species because of its supposed white papillae on leaves and culms, but in 
the discussion they accepted that this was not a feature unique to this species and that 
it was variable with age of plants. The surface resembles the irregular, scaberulous 
surface seen in other species such as /. krameri, J. striatus Schousboe ex E. Mey. 
(illustrated by Cutler 1969: fig. 6G, H) and various species in sect. Graminifolii. 
Buchenau (1890: 341) equated the supposed papillae with the stomates, which occur 
in longitudinal rows and which appear to be on prominent longitudinal ridges when 
a specimen is dried. We have not sectioned all of the relevant species but, in this 
species and at least some of the others, cross-sectioning of leaves and culms shows that 
the 'white-papillose' appearance relates more to variation in size of epidermal cells 
(generally large) and to large stomates that often have large air-spaces underlying 
them rather than to actual protuberances on the surface. On drying, irregularities are 
emphasized by collapse of these large cells, as is the 'whiteness' of the epidermal cells 
and stomates in contrast to other denser cells. 
The only probable syntype of ]. niponensis that we have seen has not been annotated 
by Buchenau, so it is not appropriate to select it as lectotype without further searching, 
at least in W. It is a specimen of /. papillosus. Similarly, the Maries specimen was only 
cited with doubt by Buchenau; he annotated it as 'probably J. niponensis'. It is an 
immature specimen of ]. papillosus. J. niponensis was regarded as a synonym of 
/. papillosus by Satake (1933: 186), Ohwi (1965: 278) and Kitagawa (1979: 162). 
Buchenau (1890) had not seen the type of J. papillosus when he described /. niponensis 
- he listed /. papillosus under 'Species dubia', as possibly just a young plant of 
/. niponensis flowering in the first year (Franchet and Savatier (1877-78: 533) had 
described it as being an annual). He still had not seen this type some years later 
(Buchenau 1906). 
Leveille's J. niponenis var. hakodatensis was described as differing in being more slender 
than the typical form and more pallid in colour, with yellow seeds. McKean (1988:157) 
did not find the type amongst Leveille's herbarium in E, nor have we seen the type. 
The description does not seem to differ in significant detail from that of /. papillosus. 
Selected collections examined: JAPAN: Kuroishi, U. Faurie 1292 p.p., 1248, 29 Sep 1889 (K, P); 
Plaine d'Hakodate, U. Faurie 1411, 25 Sep 1886 (K, P); Sendai, U. Faurie 1800, 14 Oct 1898 (K); au 
pied du Fujiyama, U. Faurie 6556, 10 Aug 1890 (K, P); to Toga from Kamo Toga-machi Oga-shi, Pref. 
Akita, Hondo (Prov. Ugo), M. Furuse 26741, 28 Sep 1953 (K); Tomakomai-shi, Yufutsu Hokkaido, 
H. Flora, S. Kurosawa and Y. Tateishi, 6 Sep 1974 (TT); Honshu, Pref. Hyogo, Tonomine-hills, 
Ohkawauchi-cho, Kanzaki-gun, 800 m, K. Iivatsuki and T. Koyama PJE 798, 17 Oct 1966 (K, NSW, P 
ex KYO); Hondo, Yamanakako in Kai, K. Okamoto NSM 585, 3 Aug 1952 (K, NSW, P ex TNS); 
Saitama Pref., Hiki-gun, Ogawa-machi, Uchide-Kuriyama, 100-400 m, Hokkaido, Y. Tateishi 456 and 
J. Murata, 1 Nov 1974 (TI); Kyushu, Nakatsu in Buzen, M. Togasi TNS 1412, Oct 1956 (K, NSW, P 
ex TNS). 
CHINA: Manchuria, D. Litvinov 3408, 23 July 1903 (K); Deutsch China, Zimmerman 512, 1901 (P). 
KOREA: Ouen-san, U. Faurie 895, Aug 1901 (P); Quelpaert, U. Faurie 2250, June 1907 (P), 700 m, 
E. Taquet 1962, 4 Sep 1908 (K), 1600 m, E. Taquet 1998, 7 Sep 1908 (K). 
