180 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. LVoi. xxvr. xo. soe. 



Phyllospadix Scouleri Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 11. (184-0), 

 p. 171, tab. 186; Rupr. in Mem. Acad. St.-Petersb. Sc. Nat. 

 VII. (1852), p. 58, tab. 1-2; Asclierson in Linnaa, XXXV. 

 (1867-68), p. 169; Wats. Bot. Californ. II. (1880), p. 192; 

 Aschers. in Engl, et Prantl, Nat. Pfl.-Fam. 11. 1 (1889), p. 204, 

 fig. 157; Morong in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, III. 2 (1893), 

 p. 65, tab. 73, et 74, fig. 1-2 ; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XIII. (1899), p. 269; Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. II. 1 (1905), p. 24; 

 Aschers. et Grgebn. Potamoget. in Engler's Pfl. -Reich. (1907), 

 p. 36, fig. 10. 



Leaves 5-nerved ; old fibres grey-brown. 



Nom. Jap. Suga-mo, Umi-suge, Gomo-kusa, Hama-kusa (all 

 after Yoshio Tanaka), Gotno. 



Hah. ProY. Rikuchu : Kamaishi [Moriyoshi Kawarada ! 

 May 1886, communic. Yoshio Tanaka); Prov. Ishikari in Hok- 

 kaido ; Moral (iv. Miyabe ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 June 1, 1897 ; T. Kawakawil June 2, 1897) ; Prov. Kitami in 

 Hokkaido ; Riishiri (T. Makino ! Aug. 1903) ; Prov. Ugo {K. 

 Yendo; Sept. 1903) ; Prov. Rikuzen : Sliiogama (T. Watanabel 

 Aug. 1905). 



(Distrib.) North America. Asia: Chefoo in China {Yoshi 

 Itbl Sept. 25, 1897, comm. Tokutarb ltd). 



A species very closeh' allied to Phyllospadix japonica Maki- 

 no, which has the black old fibres, and 3-nerved leaves. I 

 have also got the specimens fi-om the prov. Rikuzen and Riku- 

 chu, through the kindness of Mr. A^oshio Tanaka, to whom I 

 am very much obliged. 



Musa liukiuensis (Matsum.) Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 141. (With Photograph.) 



Musa sapientum var. liukiuensis Matsum. in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XL (1897), p. 69, et Ind. PI. Jap. I. 1 (1905), p. 230. 



Trunks csespitose, cj^lindrical, attaining about 3 5 cm. in 

 diameter. Leaves glaucous beneath. Rachis (of the spike) 

 terete, glabrous, light green. Bracts broadly ovate to nar- 

 rowly ovate, rounded-obtuse, glabrous, reddish-purple, white- 

 pruinous. Male flower : perianth pale-yellowish, deeper 



