1902, J 



OBSKRVA'lIOSS OS THE FLU R A OF ■! A TAX. Til 



third as long as the outer eilge, sliortly gibboso-calcarate imnietliat(;ly 

 above tlie very base externally, the cnlcar thick-walled and protruding out- 

 wards beyond them between the sepals. Stamens !)-l-l, erect, included, 

 slightly Idijger than the petids : filaments subulato-filii'orm, glabrous, one- 

 nerved : anther minute, ovoid-orbicular or ovoid-elliptical, liglit vt-Uuw, basi- 

 ti\(<I. rumded at top. hardly bifid at the ])a?e, •2-cel!ed, laterally dehiscing 

 l.ingitudinally : pwllen liglit yellow, (.blong. snuxjtli, lougitudiiuiliy ;5-fiuTo\ved. 

 Staniinodes often present. 1-4 in number, al^ont lialf a« long as stamen, 

 broadly linear, usually attenuated ab.ve into ;in obtuse tip. tiiinly luem- 

 l>nin:iceous, enerved or 1-netved. Pistils 3-4, or rarely .";, erect, alxait 



((Mudliti'^ the stamens iii height: ovaries sessile, free, lanceolato-cvlindrical, 

 acute mto the style, greenish, gialirous, l-cel!cd. thinly walled, with almit 

 j(j_|4_ovules in 2 rows ; ovules miruite. obovoid, smooth, sessile. anatro|)ous; 

 style erect, gracile, shorter than llie ovary; stigma minute, obliquely 

 terminal, lamctato-introrse. Follicles 3-4 or rarely ."). stellately divaricate, 

 subfalcato- oblong -lanceolate, acute to the ])trsistent style, sessile, free, 

 laterally compressed, straight or a little areuate, glalnons, membranaceous, 

 with delicate obliipie veins, green, ilor.sal margin delicately subciirinate, fi- 

 ll) nun. long, nearly 3 mm. wide, deliLscing throughout the ventral suture, 

 Hj._14--.^eeded. Seeds small, subfusiform-ob Aate, a little oblique in forui, 

 sessile, 1^ mm. long ; testa crustaceous. black, minutely granulato-rugulose ; 

 albinnen co])ious, dense ; end'ryo very minute. 



J/ab. Prov. TuSA ; Sakawa i /'. Mah')W '.) ■. J'rov. Mlsasiii : Tokyo 

 (//. Yufalie and ./. JlKtsHViiira \ herb. Se. Coll. Imj). L'niv. Tokyo, Altril 

 18. 1878; T. Maldiw\ April 18!)3, Ajnil I8i)i;, April 1900), Komaba (7'. 

 Malnao\ May(H)«)2): Prov. Sa(;ami : Yokosuka (Herb.! ilml. Nov. 24, 

 J8S0): Prov. Iw/.v: Shimotaga {S. Okiihu \ herb. ibid. June 3. 1833). Olcada- 

 mura in Isl. Oshima (,"?'. 01:iiho\ herb. ibid. April 17, 1887): JVov. Hizkx : 

 Naga-aki (Herb. ! ibid, ^lay 12. 187',)); Prov. Awa in Shikoku: Yamashirodani- 

 niura ; //. Yatubc 1 herb. i!)id. Ju':y |S88): Prov. Sid: (Vlii-mura (/>. Nihail 

 l,,Mb. il.id. Aini! 20. 18;)2); Prov. Omi : Uilcone ( 7'. Jl:iktiin\ A])ril i:)02). 



Ciumnon in J;,[>an. 



Viola (Nominiium) violacea Makino Jllustr. Fl. Jap. 1. no. 17, 

 (bSifl; p. 1, tab. (j7. 



Viohi Tii.vseti V'jr. ? ?d.'.>:ini. in litt. 



Acaulescent ; rowts long, with rootlets. Leaves tuited, iong-]>etioled, 

 ovato-lanceolate. or deltoid-lanceolate, but ovate in tlie inferior ones, acute 

 or obtn;e. or attenuatid, abi.vc. auriculato-cor-iate witli tlu' obtu.'^e bottom 



