1902,] 



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ages falcate, about 2-21 mm. long. Ovary ovate, glabrous ; stylo narrow, 

 enlarged above ; stigma dilated into broadly orbicular or subdeltoid face* 

 the beak minute and short. Capsule elliptical, obtuse or acute, glabrous, 

 4-6 mm. long. Seeds obovoid-globose, smooth. Fl. April-May. 



Jiab. Prov. Tosa: Mt. Yokogura (T. 3Iakino\ 1885, May 6, 1889, 

 June 1893 ; T. Yoshinaga ! May 8, 1895), Nanokawa (K. IVatanahe !) 

 Mochii (A'. Watanabe ! May 13, 1888), Mt. Imano in Hata-gori (T. 3Iakino ! 

 Aug. 7, 1887), Mt. Tebako {T. Maldno\ Aug. 1885); Prov. Musashi : 

 Mt. l^vkao (Herb.! Sc. Coll Imp. Univ. Tokyo,_ April 30, 1899; T. 

 Mahino ! May 1902) ; Prov. Idzu : Mt. Amagi {S. Okubo ! June 9, 1S83) ; 

 Prov. Hitachi : Mt. Tsukuba {T. Makino ! May 1900). 



This differs apparently from Viola Selldrhii Pnrsh ; and R. Yatalie 

 erroneously identified it with V. serpens Wall, which have not yet been 

 found in Japan. 



Viola (Nomimium) Tokubuchiana Makino sp. nov. 



Acaulescent, small ; roots slender, with delicate rootlets. Rhizome 

 short, erect ; vagin.-e of the neck few, oval-ovate to oblong-ovate, often 

 tridentate at the apex, thinly membranaceous, pale, loosely glanduloso- 

 ciliated on margin, about 5-11 mm. long. Leaves few to many, erect 

 or erect patukuis, ovate, deltoid-ovate, or narrowly subdeltoid-ovate, some- 

 times subovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate with an acute or subobtuse 

 tip, deeply auricled with • connivent ovate lobes, crenato-serrate, 2-5 cm. 

 long, ia-3icm. wide, membranaceous, flaccid, thinly piloso- pubescent and 

 albo-variegated along the nerves above, glabrous beneath ; petiole gracile, 

 exalate, usually loViger than the blade, glabrous, or slightly piloso-pubescent 

 above, 2-7^ cm. long ; stipules viridescent, subulate to subulato-linear, 

 acuminate, thinly membranaceous, loosely glanduloso-ciliated-margined, ad- 

 nate more than the half below, but the superior ones adnate at the base. 

 Peduncles equal to or longer than the leaves, gracile, glabrous, 2A-Ccm. 

 long, bracteate below the middle ; bracteoles 2, appro.ximate, linear, loosely 

 glanduloso-ciliated-margined below, about 5-8 mm. long. Flower 1-1 f 

 cm. across, light lilac. Sepals lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 tliin, more or less hyaline-margined, with 3 main nerves, glabrous, but 

 sometimes ciliated, 6-8 ram. long ; basal auricles variable, entire and 

 deltoid, or square and dentate, or oblong-rectangular and subdentate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, or short, or long, or glabrous, or ciliated. Petals 

 obovato-oblong to narrowly oblong, attenuated at the base, obtuse or 



