Japanese Botanist. He specialized in mosses but described other plants as well.
Also see hybridizer Hiroshi Hara for botanical authorship list.
Iris publications:
Hara, H. (1974) New or noteworthy flowering plants from Eastern Himalaya: J. Jap. Bot., 49(7): 193-205. in Japanese. I. staintonii
Hara, H. & S. Kurosawa, (1963), Journal of Japanese Botany 38(4): 113-114.
-- BobPries - 2012-05-18