jyg BOTANTCAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xvi, 



l)ictnres drawn from Japanese specimens by Japanese artists about fifty years 

 ago ; so that it is enumerated here as occurring in Japan. 



Gastrodia viridis Makino sp. nov. 



Stem and flowers green. 



Nom. Jap. Ao-tenma. 



Icon. Iwasald's Honzo-Dzufu V. fol. 23 verso-24 recto, sinistra ; Honzo- 

 Tsukwan-Shodzu (im^^'^W) IV. fol. 14 verso. 



Hah. Japan. 



Very closely allied to Gastrodia data 131., and it is found rarer than 

 that. For the full description refer the forcoming page. 



Prunus Persica Sieb. et Zucc. var. densa Makino var. nov. 



Amygdalus Persica var. Savat. Livr. Kwa-wi p. 93. 



Prtcmcs Amygdalus Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. 670, ex parte, non 

 Baill. excl. syn. Amygdalus communis Linn. 



Shrub attaining about 1§ ni. in height ; branches short, stout, terete, 

 glabrous. Leaves dense, spreading, angustato-lanceolate, acuminate, gradu- 

 ally narrowed towards the base, serrulate throughout, glabrous, deep green, 

 about 13-18cm. long, 'l|-3cm. broad; petiole about 8-22nim. long, canalic- 

 ulate in front, bi-glandular at the upper end. Flowers dense, about 4 cm. 

 across, simple, rose-coloured. 



Nom. Jap. Amendo, hara-momo, edo-momo, seiwobo. 



Icon. Iwasaki's Honzo-Dzufu LXII. fol. 12 verso-13 recto ; Kwa-wi 

 Arb. II. fol. 16. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa: Sakawa, cult. (T. Mahinol); Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, 

 cult. {T. 31ahino\ Oct. 1902). 



The flower of the normal form of this variety is simple and rose-coloured 

 as written above, but there are also forms with double, white, flesh-coloured, 

 or 2-coloured flowers. This was formerly introduced from China. 



Rhododendron indicum Sweet var. macrostemon (Maxim.) Okubo 

 et Makino. 



Rhododendron macrostemon Maxim. Rhodod. As. Orient, p. 41, tab. 

 3, fig. 15-20 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 292 ; Okubo in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, IX. p. 40. 



Nom. Ja[). 3Iisome-Jcirishima. 



This dwarf shrub is only found in garden, 



