..,.) JIOTASI'M. .■■lAr.xZfSE. iv.ii.xvi 



at tin- base, ilfiiressetl creiuite, -laljr.ms ur tiiinly i.iloso-i.ubL-ct'iit and ol'trii 

 albu-vai-'K-ati'd along tiio nerves above. ].ur|)Ie beneath, -i-.^cni. long. 

 k-ide. l)Ut attainin*-- about S cm. broad allei- antliesiis : lateral 



_•> f. 



cm. w 



vpiiis 4-.'i. very loose: petiole narrow, exalate. u-r,ally longer tban the 

 1)1, ul.-, L'iabroiis; stipnles siibnlalo- lanceolate or subnlato -linear, adnate 

 to the ])etiole at the base, loosely g!andnlar-sul)ciliatcd-niargined, mem- 

 branaceous. I'eduneles 1 to sev< mi. exceeding the leaves, slender, gla- 

 briMis : l.racts 2, [)laced at the rniildle of jieduncle. opposite f-r subopposit(\. 

 jiiiear, obtu^e, I -nerved, giandiiiar-iUinticulated at the ba.se. Flowers rose- 

 vi.'let. about i-l::^cni. across. Sepals ovato-ianceoiato. acnte, glabron;, 

 ;]_i,erved. 4-7^ mm. K^ng : basal am-icles trr.ncato-snb-iiniorbicniar, lajger 

 in those of tlie lower -J -epals. Petals obovate to obovato- obl.mg. 



ronndod or retuse at apex, beardless, 9- J.") mm. long; calcar narrow, 

 straight or snbarcnate. ol)tu-e, i<inger than ;:e)ials, about 5-7 mm. lung, 

 rrojected jtortion oi' the connective i'ulvons, rounded-ovate, obtuse, }nein- 

 branaceoiis ; anther-app.nidagos tilirormdinear. longer than the half of 

 calcar. (.)carv ovoidal. gi.ibroU-^ : style longer than the ovary, enlarged 

 above, "vniculate at the base ; stigma deltoid, the beak very short. Capsule 

 'ilalirous, loi!g<'r than tl;e i-crsi-stent calyx ; valves broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 hard, aiiont 7-8 mm. long. Fl. April. 



Hid). Trov. 'j\)S.\ ; Sakawa ( V. Mnllno'. 18S4, 1885), Nanokawa 

 (A'. ]\\dn,>n!>,:\ May'.*. \>M\ \ Id! Herb. Sc. Cull. Imp. I'niv. Tokyo, 

 .\pril !S, ISS8), I'shioe-yania (/.■'. Ydluhr [ herb, ibiil. Aug. 1, I88S) ; 

 ]'rov. Kii : :\U. Koya (.1/. M'ni< >.'=!, i '. herli. ibid. Aug. 2."), bsy7) ; Trov. Awa 

 in Shikoku : Shimomyo-mura {!!. Yatal'v'. herb. ibid. July 2."), 1888); 

 J'row Vamaiu: Kasnga-yam.i i-/. ?hdsniniii(i and ^'. Oku(>(.>\ herb. ibid. 

 -lulv !."j, 1883); I'rov. Li/.i; ; .Mi. .\magi (S. 0]ci'ho\ herb. ibid. Jime 12. 

 188o): I'rov. IIvjoa: .\[i. Kirishima [li. Yatabc and J. M<.d>:nmara\ lieib. 

 ibid. Ani!. .■). 1882); Prov. r^nKio: Ideyu ( //. Y<iU.J>r and ,S'. Olzibo '. 

 herb. ibid. Arm. 1. 18'-;7,: Pn--. . Sco : Oiichi-miira { I). Xikai \ lu rb. ibi!. 

 April 17. i8!*2); Prov. rinii ; '}']:. Snrib;ui-r,oge ( 7'. .\I(ilJ,ui\ Apiil 181*2). 

 Tiii^ :~pie>;ies is common on niouniaoi-. Ir.iis, and li n-.-ts m the niiddle 

 and soritheru da|iai!. 



Viola (Nomnnium; Yatabei ]\iakino sp. iiov. 



Viola iiltalacrocarpa var. pallida Vatabe, e>: parte, in But. Mag., 

 Tokvo, VI. (181)2) ]». 102. 



^ Viola Jlucvida Makau. in liol. Mag., Tokyo, Xlil. (ISI)!)) p. 242 



(nouien). 



