58 r.OTAiXTCAL MAGAZTNE. [vm. xvi. 



Orchis Aforio? Makino in Bot. ]\I:ig., Tokyo, XIV. (1900) p. 1S4. 

 non Tjinii. 



Jkih. Prov. StiiNANO : Mt. Togakuslii (7Z. Yafuhc and J. 3Iat,m- 

 onura ! lierb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 12, 1884 ; S. Reno ! Jnly 

 20, 1892); Prov. SniMorsriCE: j\It. Nyoho {K. Jo urnX B. Iolci\ July 1900; 

 T. 3fahno\ Sept. 7, J 901). 



An allied spcci(»s to Orchis Mario Linn, liavlni^ heantifnl flowers. T 

 h;;ve named it in lionoiir.« of Dr. Ka7,nrna Jo and jMr. P)Unsai loki. 



Anemone narcissiflora Linn, shikokiana ilakino var. n.v. 



Perennial, attaining about 27 cm. in hei<2;ht. Leaves tufted, lontr- 



pctiolate, orbicnlar-reniform in outline, cordate at base, 4-8 cm. long 

 4J-9 cm. wide, trisected, herbaceous, not thick, pubescent along the nerves 

 on both surfaces and ciliated-margined ; the divisions broadly obovato-cnneate, 

 sessile. 3-cleft with closed or narrow sinu-es ; the segments cuneate, flabel- 

 lately inciso-dentate witli mucronate ovato-lanceolate or ovato-deltoid teeth ; 

 petiole 10-lGcm. long, thinly piloso-pubescent with patent hairs, lanceolate- 

 vaginate at the base. Peduncle erect, exceeding the leaves, thinly pik^so- 

 pnbescent as in the petioh'. Involucral leaves 3, sessile, 3-partite; segment 

 cuneate, laciniate-dentate. Cyme umbellate, compound. Pedicels longer 

 than the involucral leaves but mucli shorter than the peduncle, 3-5 in 

 number, some of them often again divided into 2nd 2-3-pedicels above 

 and bearing lanceolate or 2-3-lobed 2 iuvolucel-leaves. Flowers 17- 

 22 mm. across, white. Sepals ^i-Q, patent, oblong, attenuated below. 

 Stamens numerous, much shorter than the sepals ; anther oval-orbicular ; 

 filament linear. Ovaries about 1, sessile, glabrous, with a short style. 



Ilab. Prov. Iyo : Mt. Ishidzuchi (7. Doi ! Aug. 1891 ; K. Ohudaira ! 

 Aug. 1892). 



The compound umbellate inflorescence is the characteristic of this species. 



Hesperis lutea ]\Iaxim. in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 12, et in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XI. p. 52 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 282 ; Diels in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 359. 



Hah. Prov. Shimotsuke : Godo {It. Akiyamal July 4, 1901), Ashio 

 (/?. Ahiyama ! Jnly 7, 1901). 



Eare in Japan. My specimens were kindly sent to me by Mr. Renzo 

 Akiyama, who collected them in the above mentioned localities. This has 

 the longest fruit among Japanese Cruciferre. 



