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Leaves sparse, loose)}' placet], ovato-elliptical, or ovota-obk)ng, sliortly acumi- 

 nate, shortly petioled, many-nerved, firm in texture, shining. Flowers 1-3, 

 erect, shortly pedicellate, infundibuliform, about 10cm. long and across, white, 

 exceedingly fragrant ; perianth oblong-lanceolate, with an apiculate tip and a 

 longitudinal prominent nervous carina on the })ack, the inner ones broader 

 than the outer ones ; bract lanceolate. Stamens shorter than the perianth. 

 Style erect, slightly liigher than stamens. 



Nom. Jap. Tainoto-yuri. 



.Icon. linuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu V. no. 72. 



Hah. Isl. Kuchi-no-shima in Tokara Archipelago (ex S. Tashiro). 



A very rare and highly valuable Lily. 



Tulipa edulis Baker var. latifolia Makino nov. var. 



Leaves shorter and broader, variegated in centre on the upper surface. 

 Perianth nearly as in the type. Stamens equal in length, slightly lower than 

 the style ; anthers shorter. 



Orithyiu oxypetaht Savat. in Tinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu V. no. 83, 

 non Kunth. 



Hab. Prov. Isk, common in the northern part (ex Y. linuma). 



Cucumis Melo Linn. var. Conomon (Thunb.) Makino (1894). 



Fruit oblong-cylindrical, slightly enlarged above, rounded or tnmcate- 

 rounded at both ends, the largest one attaining 60cm. in length, 15cm, in 

 diameter, smooth, pale green ; carpel thick and firm ; pulp not sweet. 



Cucurais Conomon Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 324 ; AVilld. Sp. PI. IV. 

 (1805) p. til2 ; Pers. Syn. PI. II. (1807) p. 594 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. 

 p. 46; Ser. in DO. Prodr. IIL p. 301; Sieb. Syn. PI. Oeconora. Jap. p. 

 41 ; Miq. l*rol. Fl. Jap. p. 13 ; Franch. et Sav. Fl. Jap. I. p. 175. 



Nom. Jap. Sh'ro-ur!, Asa-uri. 



Hab. Ja})an, commonly cultivated. 



" Conomon " was derived form " Konomono " which is commonly used 

 as a subordinate food to "3lesk}," or boiled rice, but "Konomo^io " is a provis- 

 ion i)rinci})ally prepared from the nwts of liaphamcs sativus lann. 



{To he continued.) 



