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Hah. Prov. Bitchu : Kawanose in Hoago-mnra {Z. YosJiinol June 1902). 



Though my specimens have no flower, enough is, however, recognizable to 



make it a good new species. Bud is as that of Viburnum furcahim Blume. 



Vibui'num japonicum (Tliunb.) Spreng. 



a. typicum Makino, 



Viburnum japonicum (Thunb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. p. 934 ; IMaxira. 

 in Mel. Biol. X. p. 664. 



Gwnus Japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. ]). 63 ; Willd. Sp. Pi. I. p. 662 ; 

 Ecem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. III. p. 320 ; DC. Prodr. IV. p. 273. 



Viburnum macropliyllum A^an Hall in Sieb. et de Vriese Ann. Hort. 

 et Bot. Fl. Jard. Pays-Bas, II. p. 97, cum tab. ; Hoftm. et Schult. Noms 

 indig. PI. Jap. ed. nov. p. 62, non Thunb. 



Viburnum Buergeri Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. II, p. 268, et 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 156 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 201, et 11. 

 p. 381 ; Kanitz Anthoph. Jap. [). 1.5. 



Leaves petioled, subrhombeo-ovate, or subrhombeo-oval, or subrbombeo- 

 obovate, acuminate or shortly so, broadly cuneate or obtuse- at the base, 

 repand-crenate. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. {T. Makino ! July 5, 1884, May 

 4, 1896), Id. Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult, (Herb. ! So. Coll, Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, May 6, 1879); Prov. Hizen : Nagasaki (Herb.! ibid. May 12, 

 1879) ; Prov, Higo : Hyakkwanzeki (Herb, ! ibid. May 29, 1879) ; Prov. 

 Satsuma : Shiroyama in Kagoshima (i?, Yatabe and J. 3Iatsumura ! herb^ 

 ibid, Aug. 7, 1882) ; Prov. Osumi : Fumoto in Minami-Osumi-gori (Herb. ! 

 ibid. March 14, 1891) ; Prov. Idzu : Isl. Miyake {S. Okubo ! herb. ibid. 

 May 2, 1887), Isl. Hachidyo {S. Okubo ! herb. ibid. May 10, 1887) ; Prov. 

 Omi : Near Echigawa, cult. {T. Malcino ! April 1902). 



/?. boninsimensie IMakino var. nov. 



Viburnum serapervirens ? herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, non C. Koch. 



Viburmim sp. Matsum. Catal. PI. Herb. Coll. Sc. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 (1886) p. 87. 



Leaves subrhomboidal, or subrhombeo-rounded, or subreniform-rounded, 

 abruptly very shortly produced at the apex, truncato-cuneate or truncato- 

 subcordate at the base, repand-crenate or obsecurely so, shining above, 

 9-lli cm. long, 9-13 cm. broad ; petiole 2i-4 cm. long. Corymb condensed ; 

 flowers about 6 mm. across. Stamens shorter than those of the typica. 



Bob. Isl. Benin (7?. Yatabe and J. Matsumura ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Dec. 10, 1879 ; Herb. ! Y. Tanaka). 



