j^r) BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xvi. 



Hab. Prov. Iyo in Isl. Shikoku : Koshiore-yama {K. Okudaira ! April 

 4 1897, April 16, 1899) ; Prov. Chikuzen ia Isl. Kiusiu : Wakasngi-yama 

 in Kasuya-gori (K. Nagano \ May 1897). 



This is found "rowing wild in the northern parts of Isl. Shikoku and 

 Kiusiu, and it is also distributed over Corea and Northern China. 



Iris (Apogon) albopuipurea Baker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. (1896) tab. 

 7511 ; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900) pp. 60, 61. 



a. Bakeri Makino 1. c. p. 61. 



Flower white ; sepals maculate with cteruleo-violet. 



Nom. Jap. Washinco. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. (T. MaJcinol May 1899). 



Not common. 



Jap. Murasarne is a form of this variety, and the sepals are less 

 cajruleoviolet-maculate. 



/9. genuina Makino 1. c. 



Flower entirely cn3ruleo-violet. 



Nom. Jap. KaJcitsubata. 



Icon. linuma's Somoku-Dznsetsu II. no. 4. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi: Tokyo, cult. {T. Mahino\ May 1896, May 1899), 

 Bot. Gard. Koishikawa in Tokyo, cult. (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 A|)ril 30, May 11, 1880j, Sambozi-ike, subspont. (7'. 3Ialclno\ May 20, 

 1900). 



A common and typical form. 



f. alba Makino 1. c. 



Flower white, immaculate. 



Hab. Japan, cult. 



Very rare. 



The common form of this species has violet flowers, and it is the 

 typical one (/3. genuina Makino), bearing the common name of Kahitsu- 

 bata ; the white, and white-violascent forms, which were descended from 

 the violet-flowered one, are found uncommonly, and the white-violascent 

 form is that described under the name of Iris albopurpwea by Baker. 

 This is a native species, but it is commonly now known only in cultivation. 



(Jo be continued). 



