1302.] OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 137 



Viola sylvestris Kit. var. ovato-oblonga (Miq.) 



Viola sylvestrls forma ovato-ohlmuja Miq, Prol. Fl. Jap. \\ 86. 



Viola sylvestris var. montana YataLe in But. Mag., Tokyo, VI. 

 (1892) p. 131, non V. montana Linn. 



? Viola Thihaudieri Franch. et Sav. Ennm. PI. Jap. I. p. 43, et 

 11. p. 290 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 756. 



Caulescent. Khizome erect, short. Stem few to several, erect or 

 ascending, attaining about 30 cm. in heiglit, puberulent or glabrous. 

 Leaves glabrous or puberulent ; radical ones broadly ovate, or ovate, obtuse 

 or shortly acuminate, cordate, crenato-serrate, long-petioled ; cauline ones 

 narrowly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, acuminate with an acutish tip, cordate 

 at tlie base, depressed-crenate, shortly petioled (being -|-41 cm. in length), 

 the longest one about 6J cm. long, 2-i cm. wide; stijiules membranaceous, 

 deei)ly ciliato-pectinate, or laciniato-pinnatiiid, equal to or shorter or longer 

 than the petiole in ^tlie cauline leaves. Peduncle gracile, shorter or longer 

 than the leaves, with 2 approximate subulato-linear bracteoles above the 

 middle. Flower about 1^-lg cm. across, violet. Sepals lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, glabrous, trinerved, C-8 mm. long ; the basal auricles short and 

 truncato-rounded. Petals obovate or obovato-oblong, attenuated below, 

 rounded at the apex, 11-15 mm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, the lateral ones 

 slightly bearded ; calcar oblong-cylindrical, straight, about as long as the 

 sepals. Connective-tip ovato-orbicular ; appendages linear, longer than 

 the anther, 5-51 mm. long. Ovary conico-ovate, glabrous ; style longer 

 than the ovary, cylindrical ; stigma not thick, with a short beak. Carpels 

 coriaceous, glabrous, falca to-lanceolate, acute, concave, G-11 mm. long. 



Ilah. Prov. TosA : Sakawa (7'. Makhio ! 1884, 1885), Mt. Yokogura {T. 

 MalcinoV), Kosuizi near Kochi {T. Malcino\), Koyatsudzi (7'. Mahinol); 

 Prov. AwA ( = AsHu): Otani-yama (E. Yatahel herb. 8c. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, July 19, 1888); Prov. Iyo: Side of River Ishite {T. Nacjasaioa\ 

 April 12, 1891) ; Prov. Sao : Ouchi-mura {D. Nihai ! herb. ibid. Ai»ril 

 25, 1892); Prov. Yamato : Kasuga-yama {J. Blafsumnra \ herb. ibid. July 

 15, 1883) ; Prov. Kii : Kimidera in Naka-gori (H. Salcurai ! herb. Imp. Mus. 

 May 12, 1888) ; Prov. Ise : Mt. Asama {Z. Umemura ! May 5, 1893) ; 

 Prov. SniMA : Funatsu {Z. Umemura ! April 28, 1893). 



Pi. Yatabe inappropriately identified it with Viola mo7iiana Linn. 

 which is evidently a different species. 



Viola rostrata MCihl. ; Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. I. p. 174 ; Nutt. Gen. 



