Japan Flora: Erect puberulent an­ nual; stems usually reddish, 20-60 cm. long; leaves ovate, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, acute at apex, abruptly acute, rounded or cuneate at base, toothed, puberulent above, loosely puberulent on nerves beneath, the petioles 1-2 cm. long; spikes elongate, 4-10 cm. long, rather densely flowered, the bracts 25-3 mm. long, lanceolate, nearly as long as the pedicels; calyx 2-3 mm. long in anthesis, about 4 mm. long in fruit, the teeth acute; corolla rose-colored, 3-4 mm. long; nutlets ob­ovate, nearly 1 nun. across, slightly compressed, with raised reticulations. Sept.-Oct. Grassy slopes in lowlands and hills;

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, For­mosa, China, Korea, and Manchuria.