1902.] 



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Rare, aud new to (lie Flora of Japan. I poppeps a specimen through 

 the kindness of Mr. M. Orii. It was also collected in the same mountain 

 by Mr. Y. Yabe. 



Saxifraga (Nephrophyllum) cernua Linn. Sp. PI. p. 403, Cod. n. 

 3164; Houtt. Nat. Hist. XXVI. p. 557; Willd. Sp. PI. II. p. 632; Pers. 

 Syn. PI. I. p. 489 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. p. 363 ; Don in Transact. 

 Linn. Soc, XIII. p. 364; Engl. Bot. tab. 664; Peterm. Deutsch. Fl. p. 

 210; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, IIL p. 123; Lcdeb. Fl. Alt. II. p. 122, et 

 Fl. Ross. IL p. 219; Reg. et Tiling Fl. Ajan. p. 96; Nyman !Syl. Fl. 

 Eur. p. 256 ; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. I. p. 245 ; Hook, et Ani. Bot. Beech. 

 Voy. p. 124; Torr. et Gray Fl. N. Amer. I. p. 573; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 

 IV. p. 36 ; Hook. fil. et Thorns, in Journ. Linn. Soc. II. p. 63 ; Engler 

 Monogr. Gatt. Saxifr. p. 106 ; Id. in Engl, et Prantl Pfl.-Fam. III. 2a, p. 

 55 ; Benth. Handb. Brit. Fl. ed. 5, p. 169 ; Koch Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv 

 ed. 3, p. 238 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 391. 



Loharia cernua Haw. 



Saxifraga hulliftra Gunn. 



? Saxifraga sihirica Torr. et Gray Fl. N. Amer. p. 573, ex Engler. 



? Saxifraga Cymhalaria Torr. et Gray 1. c. p. 574, ex Engler. 



Nom. Jap. Mukago-yukinoshita (nom. nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Shinano : Alpine summit of Peak Alca-gake in Mt. Yatsu- 

 ga-dake (Koichi Tanaha ! August 1902). 



Rare, and new to the Flora of Japan. 



Hosta Sieboldiana Eng\. = Hem erocaUift SiehohUana Jjo(U. = F2inJcia 

 Sieboldiana Y{odk.=Saussurea Sieboldiana 0. Kuntze. 



var. glauca Makiuo var. nov. 



Leaves smaller, thicker, glaucous on both surfaces. 



Icon. linuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu VI. no. 26. 



Nom. Jap. Tokudama. 



var. nigreseens Makino var. nov. 



Leaves smaller, narrower, aciuninate, firmly thick, sulx;onvoIute on 

 the lower margin, darkish -green. 



Icon. linuma's 1. c. no. 27. 



Nom. Jap. Kuro-gihoshi. 



The above two varieties are sometimes found cultivated. 



{To he continued.) 



