Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



{Continued from p. 2S.) 



By 



T. Ma kino. 



Ledurer of Botany in the Science CoUer/e, 

 Imperial Univeisit}/ of Tokyo. 



Perilla ocimoides Linn. 



«. typica Makino. 



Perilla ocimoides Linn. Cod. n. 4215 ; Miq. Prol. FI. Jap. 

 p. 36 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 364. 



Leaves green, unpleasantly odorous. Flower white. 



Nom. Jap. Egoma. 



Hah. Japan, cultivated or in escape. 



/9. crispa (Thunb.) Benth. in DC. Prodr. XII. p. 164. 



Ocymum crispum Tliunb. FI. Jap. (1784), p. 248 ; Pers. 

 Syn. PI. IL p, 134 ; Willd. Sp. Pi. IIL p. 163 ; Spreng. vSyst. 

 Veg. IL p. 689 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. XII. p. 42. 



Dentidia nankinensis Lour. FI. Cochincli. (1790), p. 369, et 

 ed. Willd. (1793), p. 448. 



Plectranthus nankinensis Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. p. 691. 



Perilla nankinensis Decne. in Rev. Hort. (1852), p. 61, cum 

 icon ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 279. 



Perilla argata Benth. 1. c, et FI. Hongk. p. 276 ; A. Gray 

 in Perry Exped. Jap. p. 316 ; Miq. Prol. FI. Jap. p. 36; Franch. 

 et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 365. 



Perilla arguta atropurpurea Nichols. Sent. Suppl. Diet. Gard. 

 p. 590. 



Mentha reticulosa Hance in Walp. Ann. III. p. 247. 



Leaves argutely dentato-lacerate, crispate, dark-purple, a- 

 greeably odorous. Flower purpurascent. 



Nom. Jap. Chirimen-jiso, Chidzimi-jiso, Chosen-jiso, Korai- 

 jiso, Oranda-jiso. 



