May 19U'.] T. MAKING.- OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 



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transverse main 

 veinlets), 4-lli 

 cm. long, 2^— 6i 

 cm. broad ; veins 

 about 8—10 on 

 each side, erect- 

 patent, slightly 

 arcuate above, 

 connected to the 

 upper next one at 

 the end near the 

 margin; main 

 veinlets trans- 

 verse between 

 veins, and small 

 veinlets finely 

 anastomosing 

 between main 

 veinlets ;1 petiole 

 pubescent with 

 spreading pale 

 hairs throughout, 

 terete, narrowly 

 canaliculate in 

 front, with 1-2-3 

 sessile discoidal 

 small purple 



glands in the 



apical por ti on ^i^- ^I^. 



(the gland often placed on the basal portion of the margin 

 of the blade), light green and usuall}' shaded with purple in 

 front, about 10-18 mm. long ; young leaves softly and densely 

 pubescent on both surfaces and in the petiole ; midrib prominent 

 beneath ; stipules small, shorter than the petiole, shortly few- 

 laciniate or subflabellately few-laciniate with subulate subulato- 

 linearor linear sometimes lato-linear acuminate- tipped erect-patent 

 lobes, or nearly so, glanduloso-fimbriate with erect-patent loose 



