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forma latifolia Makino, nov. 



Leaves crowded towards the top of culm, spreading, short- 

 er, linear-lanceolate, 7-12 mm. broad. Splculte densely congest- 

 ed at the top of culm. 



Nom. Jap. Tendziku-yoshi (Kortk.), Tendziku-siige {nor.). 



Hah. Prov. Mikawa : Kaifuku, cult. (G. Nagura ! July 15, 

 1897); Prov. Omi : Otsu, cult. {K. Tsujil Aug. 1900); Prov. Ise: 

 Yokkaichi, cult. (T. Makino ! Sept. 1905). 



This variety is new to the Flora of Japan. 



Pennisetum purpurascens (Thunb.) Makino, nom. nov. 

 non H. B. et K. 



Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. 

 (1793), p. 329; Willd. Sp. PI. L p. 318; Pers. Syn. PI. L p. 71; 

 Roem. et Schult. Syst. Yeg. II. p. 256. 



Panicum hordeiforme y. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 48, tab. 8. 



Pennisetum hordeiforme Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 102. 



Pennisetum japonicum Trin. Icon. II. tab. 19; Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. I. p. 303 ; Steud. 1. c. p. 102 ; Hackel in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 VII. p. 645. 



Gymnothrix japonica Kunth. Enum. Pi. I. p. 158; Miq. 

 Prol. FI. Jap. p. 164; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 164. 



Setaria atroseta Steud. ex Steud. 1. c. p. 102. 



Nom. Jap. Chikara-shiba. 



Hah. Japan, common. 



/5. viridescens (Miq.) Makino. 



Gymnothrix japonica /3. viridescens Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. 

 p. 164; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 165. 



Pennisetum japonicum var. viridescens Matsum. Catal. PI. 

 Herb. Coll. Sc. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, (1886), p. 226, et Shokub. 

 Mei-i (1895), p. 207. 



Nom. Jap. Ao-chikarashiba. 



Hah. Japan, uncommon. 



{To be continued.) 



