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shorter than the anther, ovato-oval, oval-elliptical, or ovato- 

 deltoid, rounded or acutish at the apex, membranaceous, 

 rufous ; appendages linear, gradualh^ attenuated above, obtues 

 at the apex, slightly dilated at the base, 5-6 mm. long. Ovary 

 conico-ovoid, acute towards the style, glabrous, about 3 mm, 

 long ; stjde usually scarcely longer than the ovarj', obscurelj^ 

 geniculate near the base, clavately enlarged above ; stigma 

 obovate, shortly rostrate. Capsule ellipsoid, acute at the 

 apex, glabrous, 10—16 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Eizan-sumire, Ezo-sumire, Kakuremino. 



Hah. Japan, mountains. 



Remarkable by having the peculiar large leaves after flower, 



var. simplicifolia Makino, 



Viola chaerophylloides forma simplicifolia Makino in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, XIX. (1905), p. 17, 



Nom, Jap. Hitotsuba-ezosumire. 



Hab. Prov. Shimotsuke : Mt. Nikko {T. Makino !). 



Viola (Nomimium) nipponica Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. 

 p. 739, in nota (1876), non Makino. 



? Viola hirta var. japonica Maxim. 1. c. p. 738. 



Viola hirta var. japonica Auct. Jap. 



Nom. Jap. Aoi-sumire. 



Hab. Japan. 



Common. 



Viola (Nomimium) Savatieri Makino in Bot. Mag., To- 

 kyo, XVI. (1902), p. 125. 



Viola incisa var. acuminata Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 I. p. 41, et II. p. 284 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 720. 



Viola Patrinii var. acuminata Makino, I.e. XIX. (1905), p. 73. 



Nom. Jap. Edo-sumire, Ezo-no-sumire, Doraba-sumire, Noko- 

 giri-sumire, Azami-sumire. 



Hab. Japan. 



Rare, 



var. multifida (Franch. et Sav.) Makino. 



