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19. Svngcncsiotis aiitliers laid f)pen, accompanied hy the filaments. 20. 

 Basal and apical porticms of the anthers. 21. Floral diagram of the 

 ttibnlar floret. 22. Achnenium. 23. Do., vertical section. 24. 



Embrj'o. 25. Do., obliqvte view. 1, 2. 3, 4, 5 and 6 reduced, others 

 maf^nified. This figure is taken from my ''Illustrations of the Flora of 

 Japan " vol. I. no. 8, pi. XLVIII, and reduced than the original size. 



Lonicera japonica Thimb. Fl. Jap. p. 89. 

 var. Miyagusukiana Makino, var. nov. 

 Stem scandeiit, terete, thiiiK^ piiberulent, badio-castaneous ; 

 branches terete, gracile, subtomentoso-pubertilent with curved and 

 adpressed short hairs, densely foliiferous throughout. Leaves 

 small, opposite, short-petiolate, ovato-oval to ovato-oblong, 

 mucronato-rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, entire and 

 very thinly ciliolated below on margin, glabrous but very 

 thinly puberulent on the midrib on both surfaces, coriaceous, 

 green and shining and impressed-veined above, paler and loosely 

 reticulate-veined beneath, 8-27 mm. long, 5-15 mm. wide ; 

 midrib prominent beneath ; veins few on each side, very loose, 

 erect-patent, connate above ; veinlets loose. Peduncle axillary, 

 2-flowered, extremely short (subsessile), puberulent and glandu- 

 lar among hairs ; bracts 2, opposite, short-petiolate, erect- 

 patent, oblong-lanceolate, ovato-oblong, or narrowly oblong, 

 acute on both ends, entire, coriaceous, nearly glabrous, 4—6^ 

 mm. long, the petiole thinly puberulent, 1-2 mm. long ; bracte- 

 oles 4, squamiform, subulate or ovato-subulate, obtuse- or 

 acutish-tipped, thick, ciliated and glandular on margin, often 

 thinly puberulent dorsally, l|-2 mm. long. Flowers sessile, 

 about 2| cm. long, odoriferous? Calyx 2 mm long ; lobes 



5, erect and adpressed on the corolla-tube, connate into 

 a short tube at the base, broadly linear, obtuse at the apex, 

 entire, ciliated and glandular on margin, very thinly pu- 

 berulent or nearly glabrous dorsally, thick. Corolla narrow, 

 bilabiate and parted down to the middle, puberulent with 

 deflexed hairs and glandular externally on the tube and the 

 lower portion of the limb, glabrous internally ; tube narrow, 

 terete ; limb : outer lip broader and cuneate, 4-lobed at the 



