Observations on the Flora of Japan, 



{Continued from p. 246.) 



By 

 T. M a k i n o. 



Lectvrer of Botany in the Science College, 

 Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Fragaria nipponica Makiuo, sp. no v. in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XXV. (1911), p. 229, Miscel. (Fig. XX.) 



Fragaria elatior Maxim, in litt.; Matsum. Shokubutsu Mei-i 

 (1895), p. 127, p. 1364., et Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2 (1912), p. 202, 

 non. Ehrh. 



Fragaria elatior Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1879), p. 

 17 quoad pi. Jap. 



Fragaria vesca ? Franch. et Sav. Enum. Pi. Jap. I. (1875), 

 p. 129, non Linn. 



Fragaria vesca Auct. Jap. non Linn. 



Fragaria collina Franch, et Sav. 1. c. II. (1879), p. 336, non 

 Ehrh. 



Leaflets petiolulate. Pedicel with erect-patent hairs 



throughout ; bracteoles linear to oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite. Petals orbiculate. Carpophore ellipsoid, 

 oblong, or oval, the base naked from carpels. Achenes imbed- 

 ed in pits on surface of the carpophore. 



Perennial, attaining about 25 cm. in height, stoloniferous 

 after anthesis; stolons few, at length very long, filiform, thinlj' 

 patently pubescent, radicant in nodes, often rubicund ; inter- 

 nodes elongate. Rhizome short or elongate, oblique or repent, 

 often curved, with a terminal tuft of leaves, rooting, thickish, 

 ligneous, covered with old bay stipules above. Leaves few to 

 subnumerous, ternate, long-petiolate, thinly pubescent with 



