Japan Flora: Resembles the preceding but not as tall, 30-50 cm. high; stems, leaf-rachises and sometimes also the midrib on the leaflets beneath near base with reddish brown curled multicellular hairs; leaflets 13-17, rather densely arranged on the rachis, thicker than in No. 3, nearly sessile, the veinlets more prominent beneath than in the preceding; spikes 4-7 cm. long, nodding, pale rose; stamens 8-10 mm. long; stigma smaller than in No. 3. Aug.-Sept. Alpine meadows.