30 J!OT. I yia 1 L -VA GAZINK . Voi, xvi. 



Yatahe and Z. Jfatsumural herb. ibid. July 12, 1884); Trov. ITidak.v in 

 Hokkaido: Samani (Y. Tol-xlwrln \ licrl). il)id. Aug. S, 1892) ; Trov. Tvo : 

 :^ri. Wiidzuclii {T. Maldno\ Aug. ISS.")) : Prov. 'J^^SA : :\[t. Yokognra (7'. 

 3Takho ! 1884). 



Potentilla ternata (^ruxim.) Makino. nmi C. Ivdi. 



rotentilla Jragariotdea y. icrnafa 3Iaxini. iu Mi'-l. IVml. TX. p. ir>9 ; 

 iM-aucli ct Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 11. p. ?>?>!. 



Ifnb. Prov. jMi'SASiii : Tolcyo (/A Yofahe and /^. Maif^inuura ! herl). 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 17, 1879), Ozi {R. Yatahe and Z. 

 .il/r.<^sM'/yiHra 1 herb. ibid. May 4, 1879), Shiniura T. Muk!no\ 1901); Prov, 

 Shinano : Mt. Togakuslii (R. Yatahe and /. ]\Iafsum//,ra \ herb. ibid. July 

 11, 1884) Prov. TsHiKAiii in Hokkaido : Tsnkisappu, Sapporo (K. Miijahe ! 

 herb. ibid. June 9, 1884); Prov. Tosa : Sakawa (71 Mal-hiol), Mt. Ha saga- 

 mine (7; Malcino\ ]\Iay ?,, 1893). 



Akebia pentaphyila i\lakiiio uom. nov. — A. lohal^i x tpiivai.a. 



A glabrous deciduous climbing shrul>. Stem dextrorse, slender, terete, 

 finely striate when dried, woody, lirown, dis[)ar.sed with minute leidicels, 

 remotely with reduced branches ; bud-scales imbricated, ovate or ovato- 

 orbicular, deciduous. Leaves remotely alternate, but thos(^ of reduced 

 lateral branches 3-5-fasciculate, long petioled, 5-3-f()liolate ; leailets un- 

 equal in size, petiolulatc, oblong to orbicular-ovate, emargimite and minutely 

 siitaceo-apicnlate, obtuse to truiicato-subeordate or sometimes acute and 

 broadly eiuieate at tlie base, entire or pauci-repand-crenate, chartaceous, 

 green and more or less shining above, paler peneath, sub-.j-nerved, l.J- 

 8icm. long, ^-7^ cm. broad; veins very loose, veinlets reticulated; petiole 

 strict, enlarged and usnally curved at the base, 2-11.1 cm. long; ])etiolnles 

 1-3?. cm. long. Paceme 9-13 cm. long, cernuous or pendulous, axillary on 

 reduced lateral branches, glabrous, with a slender ])eduncle, 2-3 cm. in 

 diameter at the portion of the male flowers, provided with a few distant 

 and long pediceled female flowers 1k'1o\v the males ; rachis shorter than 

 the pedimcle ; bracts minute, subulate ; pedicels of the males G-12 mm. 

 long, filiform, erect-patent or patulous, not reflexed. Flowers mon.i'ciously 

 unisexual. Male flowers numerous, 4-5 nmi. acr<iss : so])als, 3, oval, obtuse, 

 concave, reflexed, purplish, 41-r) mm. long, 3-4 mm, broad. Stamens G, 

 erect, incurved, 3.1-4-^ mm. long; antiier olilong, obtuse, with a very short 

 filament, cells linear and extror.^e. lln iimeni;iry pistils 3-5, minute, erect, 

 narrow, Feniali' (lowers few on t>aili raecme. .•ibout 2 em. across; sepals 



