July 1912.] T. MAKINO.-^OBSER VATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 22 1 



glandiiloso-ciliated on margin, enerved, \ mm. long, 1-1^ mm. 

 across. Corolla sulphureous, bilabiate, parted down more than 

 the middle, thinly pubescent on the throat and tube except the 

 basal portion internall}', very minutely ciliated towards the apex 

 of lobes, otherwise glabrous ; limb : upper lip broad, suboi-bicu- 

 late, about 5 mm. broad, shortly S-^-lobed, lobes ovato-oval 

 or oval-orbicular, rounded at the apex, with close sinuses, then 

 rcflexed dorsally ; lower lip narrowh' oblong, obtuso-rounded or 

 subtruncato-rounded at the apex, entire, about 2^ mm. broad ; 

 tube short, oblong, contracted at the \e\y base. Innately sub- 

 gibbose on the external side above the base, about 3 mm. long. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the throat, a little cxserted or slightly 

 lower than the corolla or about one-half as long as the limb ; 

 filament stout-filiform, glabrous, longer or sometimes shorter 

 than the anther ; anther linear, yellow, about 2 mm. long. 

 St3de filiform, glabrous, as long as or longer than the stamens 

 in height ; stigma large, fungiform-capitate. Ovaries small, 

 ellipsoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, sometimes short-attenuated at the 

 top, glabrous, both ones connate at the base or to the middle, 

 2-2^ ram. long, 2-celled, 2-ovuled in each cell. Berry globose, 

 scarlet. 



Nora. Jap. Usuba-hyotamhoku (Kimei Fudzino). 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura (T. Makino !), Nanokawa 

 {K. Watanabel) ; Prov. Awa in Shikoku : Mt. Kotsu in Oye- 

 gori (D. Nikail herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokj'o). 



A species very closely allied to Lonicera cerasina Maxim, 

 having the very thin leaves. It belongs to the subgenus 

 Chamiecerasus, section Isoxylosteum, subsection Cerasinas. 



Rhamnus Kanagusukii Makino, sp. nov. 



A shrub, glabrous. Branches terete, cinereously drab- 

 brown ; branchlets dense, alternate or opposite, patent or erect- 

 patent, often spinose at the apex. Leaves small, alternate or 

 fasciculate, very shortly petiolate, oblong to lanceolate or 

 spathulate, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, acute or cuneate 

 at the base, entire or obscurely crenate, very slenderly re volute 

 on margin beneath when dry, coriaceous, G-2-i mm. long, 3—9 



