§2 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [voi. xxvi. No. 303. 



Clematis brevicaudata DC. Syst. I. (1818), p. 138, 

 et Prodr. I. (1824), p. 3 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 592 ; 

 Franch. PI. David. I. p. 14 ; Forber et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXIII. p. 3 ; Maxim. Fl. Tangut. n. 5, Enum. Mongol, 

 n. 6, et PL Chin. Potanin. et Piasezk. in Act. Hort. Petrop. 

 XI. p. 8 ; Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. I. p. 11 ; Sargent, Gard. a. 

 Forest, Y. (1892), p. 138, fig. 22. 



Clematis Yitalba y. brevicaudata O. Kuntze, Monogr. Clemat. 

 (1885), p. 100. 



Clematis apiifolia var. biternata Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XX. (1906), p. 8. 



Nom. Jap. Me-botandzuru. 



Hab. Japan, central. 



Zanthoxylum piperitum (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 1. p. 

 725. 



/?. inerme Makino, var. nov. 



Prickle none or nearly so. Otherwise as in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Asakura-zansbo. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



Magnolia stellata (vSieb. et Zucc.) Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 VIII. p. 509. 



Nom. Jap. Sbide-kobushi. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



var. Keiskei Makino, nov. 



Shrubby ; branches denser. Flower smaller, deeper-coloured. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-kobushi, Usubeni-shidekobushi. 



Icon. Koishikawa-Shokubutsuyen-Somoku-Dzusetsu, I. tab. 



14. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



[To be continued.) 



