396 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. LVci. xxvi. No. 313. 



hardly so; internodes about 1-2 cm. long; roots fibrous, deli- 

 cate. 



Nom. Jap. Yokogura-tsukuhane (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura [S. Odal). 



Diospyros Lotus Linn. 



a. typica Makino. 



Diospyros Lotus Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1057. 



Leaves constantly pubescent beneath. 



Nom. Jap. Mame-gaki, Ko-gaki, Budb-gaki. 



Ha6. Japan, central and northern, cultivated {Y. Cbibal ; 

 T. Yagil ; 5. Itol). 



,3. glabra (A. DC.) Makino. 



Diospyros Kakiy. glabra A. DC. in DC. Prodr. VIII. (184-4-), 

 p. 229. 



Diospyros Kaki ^. Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784), p. 158. 



Diospyros microcarpa Sieb. in Ann. Soc. Hort. Pays-bas 

 (1841), p. 28. 



Diospyros japonica Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. 

 IV. 3 (1816). p 136; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. (1866-67), p. 280. 



Diospyros Lotus Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. (1875), 

 p. 306; Matsum. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 101, 

 uon Linn. 



Diospyros Lotus Hiern, Monogr. Eben. in Trans. Cambr. 

 Philos. Soc. XII. 1 (1873), p. 223, pro parte, non Linn. 



Leaves glabrous. 



Nom. Jap. Shinano-gaki. 



Hab. Japan, central and southern, wild and cultivated 

 (T. Makino \). 



This variety has the following 3 forms. 



forma a. globosa Makino. 



Fruit globose. 



The wild form, which is found in Shikoku and Kiusiu, etc., 



belongs to this. 



forma b. ovoidea Makino. 



Fruit oval. 



A cultivated form. 



