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n-iccoiis -reen and nometimes Kukilbovariegated alon- nerves above, paler 

 beneath "lubtilely thin -pubescent, with loose veins ; petiole usually longer 

 than the blade, 3^-27 cm. long, but 2-11 cm. long in tlower, glabrous or 

 thinly pubescent above ; stipules free or adnate half below, subulate or 

 subulato-linear, acuminate, membranaceous, chestnut-coloured, minutely 

 -landuloso-ciliated, about 5-10 mm. long. Peduncles 1-2, erect, longer 

 or shorter than leaves, 3^-13 cm. high, glabrous, bracteate in the nnddle or 

 below it or rarely above it ; bracteoles 2, approximate, subulate, acuminate, 

 membranaceous, glandular-ciliated-margined below, .3-9 mm. long. Flower. 

 lar<^e, l§-2^i cm. across, light lilac. Sepals lanceolate, or ovato-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, ""glabrous, 6-10 mm. long, the main nerves 3, often with delicate 

 vienlets ; basal auricles subtruncate and dentato^ncised, the largest one about 

 31 mm. long. Petals obovate to oblong, rounded or retuse at the apex, 

 11-17 mm. long, beardless, the lowest one often a little broader; calcar 

 ghortand wide, rounded, scrotiforra, shorter than the sepals, 3-G mm. long, 

 4-6 mm. broad. Connective-tip roimded-ovate ; appendages short, ovato- 

 falcate, obtuse, turned downwards, thicker towards the end, 2-3 mm. long. 

 Ovary ovate, acute, glabrous; style equal to or longer than the ovary in 

 length, gradually enlarged above, glabrous, slightly exserted from anthers ; 

 stigma obovate, concave, the beak produced. Capsule elliptical, acute, 

 glabrous, 10-14 mm. long. Seeds ol)ovoid, smooth, 2 mm. across. 



llah. Prov. Tosa: Mt. Yokogura {T. M<ildno\ May 1893), Nanokawa 

 {T. Mahlno\ Nov. 1884; K. Waianabe\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 April 17, 1890) ; Prov. Hitachi: Mt. Tsukuba {T. Mah'mo\ April 5,1894; 

 C. Oioatarl\ herb. ibid. April 12, 1895); Prov. Musahui : Mt. Takao {T. 

 MaJcinol July 15, 1890), Mt. Kosui-zan in Kaminariki-mura (T. Mahino\ 

 April 1895), Kamlnaguri-mura (T. Makino ! April 5, 1895), Otaki in Chi- 

 chibu (/,'. Yaiaht and J. 31aUuinura ! herb, ibid.), Mt. Odake (./. Matsii- 

 mura, Y. Yale, and ,S'. Mutsnda\ herb. ibid. May 15, 1900), Prov. Idzu : 

 Mt. Amagi {S. Okubol herb. ibid. June 12, 1883, April 4, 1887). Prov. 

 Ise: Mt. Asama (Z. Umemura\ May 7, 21, 1893). 



This species is allied to Viola vaxjlnata Maxinj., but the t^hape of 

 leaves is different. 



Viola (Noraimium) Matsumurae Iiliikino sp. nov. 



Acaulescent; roots long, thickish. Pthizome erect, nr oblique, aiticu- 

 lated, hard, attaining about 4 cm. or more in length and about 4 mm. 

 in diameter ; vaginio of the neck ovate to ovato-subulate, acute or acumi- 



