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Esaslii (K. Bllijabc and Y. ToJcuhnchil herb. ibid. Aug. 4, 1890); Prov. 

 Uzen: Mt. Yudono (7i'. Yatahe and S. Olcmol herb. ibid. July 22, 1887); 

 Prov. IwASiiiiio : Foot of Mt. Adataro (K. Nemoto ! SLiy 1894), Niiruyu 

 (/v. Ncmotol May 20, 1894); Prov. Mut;su : Mt. llakkoda (T. KinosJdtal 

 comm. K. Jo, June 24. 1902). 



Viola (Nomiminin) Umemurae Makino sp. nov. 



Acaulescent, small ; roots few, divided from the end of the rhizome. 

 Uhizome short, erect; neck-vagin;o few, oval or broadly ovate, tridentale 

 at tlie apex, ]iale, thinly membranaceous. Leaves few, erect, ovato- 

 rotund, or rotund, sometimes subreniform, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 

 cordate with rather wide or sometimes narrow sinus at the base, more or 

 less regularly crenate, thin, more or less firm in texture, glabrate, but 

 jmlvereo-puberulent when young, green (and slightly ])ale-variegated along 

 the nerves ?) above, paler and sometimes! purplish beneath, 15-25 mm. 

 long, 14-21 mm. wiile ; petiole gracile, oxalate, longer than the blade, 

 2-6 en), long, pulvereo-puberulent ; stipules small, subulato-Ianceolate, acu- 

 minate, adnate more, or less than the half l)elow, thinly membranaceous, 

 laxly pauci-glanduloso-ciliated and ciliato-dentated on the margin, viridescent, 

 about 5-6 nmi. long. Peduncle exceeding the leaves in height, gracile, 

 .slender, pulvereo-puberulent, densely ])uberulous under the flower, 6i-9 cm. 

 long, bracteate in the middle; bracteol(;s 2, ap})roximate, linear, thin, 

 [)auci-glanduloso-subciliated on the basal margin, 3-5 mm. long. Flower 

 small, about 1 cm. or more across, light violet. Sepals puberulent and 

 very minutely ciliated, lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, obtuse and thickisli at 

 the apex, tliin, with 3 main nerves and loose delicate veinlets, 4-6 mm. long; 

 basal auricles short, broadly semiorbicular or ovate or shortly oblong, entire, 

 very minutely ciliated. Petals obovato-oblong, attenuated below, rounded 

 at the apex, about 8-11 mm. long, the lateral ones densely bearded; 

 calcar long, longer than tlie se[)als, cylinderical, very obtuse at the end, 

 straight or scarcely arcuate, 7-8 nmi. long, 2-21 mm. broad. Connective- 

 tip oval-ovate, obtuse; appendages filiform-linear, about 4i mm. long. 

 Ovary broadly ovate, minutely peberulent ; style longer than the ovar\-, 

 enlarged above, geniculate at the base; stigma obli(|Uely truncate, dilated, 

 deltoid, slightly concave, with a short beak. Capsule oval, obtuse^, gla- 

 brate, about 4-4^ nm). long, equalling the persistent sepals in height. 



Ilab. Prov. Iyo in Isl. Shikoku : Koshiore-yama (Z. Umciaura ! April 

 17, 1898). 



