152 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE, [Voi. xxvi. n«. bos. 



Fioia sylvestris var. odorifera Makino (1904). 

 Viola fragrans K. Tanaka, non Siebcr, nee Wiesb. 

 Flowers purple, odoriferous. 

 Nom. Jap. Nioi-tachitsubosuinire. 

 Hah. Japan, fields and hilh. 

 Not uncommon over Japan. 

 var. Chibai Makino, var. nov 

 Flower white. 



Nom. Jap. Shirohana-nioitachitsuhosumire. 

 Hah. Prov. Rikuchu : Mukaiyam.i nenr Iclilnoscki {Yoshio 

 Chiba ! May 2, 1909). 



Viola (Nomimium) grypoceras A. Gray in Perry's Exped. 

 Jap. 11. p. 308. 



Viola svlvestrisy. grypoceras Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 743. 



Viola longepedunculata Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pi. Jap. II. 

 p. 286. 



Viola sylvestris var. japonica Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XVI. (1902), p. 146. 



Viola canina z ? japonica (Ting, in DC. Prodr. I. (1824), p. 

 298. 



Nom. Jap. Tachi'tsuhosumire. 



Hah. Japan. 



Common. 



forma albiflora Makino. 



Viola sylvestris var. japonica forma alhiBora Matsum. Ind. 

 PI. Jap. II. 2, p. 380. 



Stems tufted, ascending, glabrous. Leaves smaller, long- 

 pctiolate, deltoid or ovato-deltoid, subcordato-Liuiicate at the 

 base, obtuse at the apex, depressed-crenale, membranaceous, 

 glabrous, 15-22 mm. long, 15-24 mm. broad, finely fusco- 

 punctate w^hen dried ; stipule laciniato-fimbriatc. Flower white, 

 long-peduncled; bracts above the middle of the peduncle, linear. 

 Sepals subulato-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals oblong. 



Nom. Jap. ^ hirohana-tachitsuhosumire. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura (T. Makino I). 



