1302.] OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAFAy. 139 



ciliated witli wliite patent pilose hairs ; stipules adiiate Lelow, tliinly meniLra- 

 naceons, pale-viridc-cent, subiilato-lanceolate, acuminate, ciliato-fimln-iate, 

 6-12 niui. l(ing. Pcdunclos radical and iu the axils of cauline leaves, 

 arising aljuve the leaves, gracile, sparsely pilose with patent hairs below, 

 glabrous al)Ove, bracteate iu tlie middle ; bracteoles 2, aiiproxiniate, linear, 

 acuminate, ciliated-margined, })auci-glandular-dentate on the basal margins, 

 5-6 nnn. long. Flowers small, about 12 mm. across, white? (or very light 

 violet ?). >5e]ials ovato-lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, glabrous, but 



interru})tedly ciliated, 3-nerved without veinlcts, viridescent, about 5 

 mm. long; basal auricles sliort, subtruncato-semiorbicular, ciliated. Petals 

 oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex, attenuated below and a little oblique 

 in form and 7-8 mm. long in the upper and lateral ones, beardless, but 

 the lower one much shorter and concave ; calcar very short, not exceeding 

 beyond the basal auricles of the calyx, li-2 mm. wide. Connective-ti[) 

 ovato-orbicular, rounded-obtuse, slightly shorter than the antli(!r-cel].s ; ap- 

 pendages very short, subreotangular-subdeltoid, obtuse-tipped, with a thick 

 front edge. Ovary oval, rounded-obtuse, glabrous ; style ccpial as long as 

 the ovary, enbirged above, geniculated at the base ; stigma subbilobato- 

 orbicular, slightly concave, with a very sliort beak. 



I fab. Prov. Satsuma in Isl. Kiusiu : Kagoshima (A'. Taiuara\ March 

 11, 1900). 



A very distinct s[)ecies among Japanese Viuli'ts. Tliough this is a. 



caulescent and estolonii'erous species, it seems to me to coiiie near to Viola 

 diffusa Uing., which is an acaulescent and stoloniferous s[)ecies. 



Viola biflora Linn. var. crassifolia Makino var. nov, 

 A))out 8-15 cm. high ; rhizome oblitpely creeping, narrow ; roots fibrous. 

 S'.em stnuter, commonly o-llorous and :3-4-foliiferous, glabrous. Leaves 

 renit.brra or coidate-reiiiidrin, ruunded or shortly produced with an obtuse or 

 a mucroiiato-acute point at the a[)ex, depressed crenato-serrate with minutely 

 niucronate tip, tliick, glabrous, but very slightly pilose at the lower ]iortion 

 beneath, 15-25 mm. long, J 5-34 mm. broad; veins impressed above, promi- 

 nent beneath, reticulated towards the margin ; petiole narrow, longer 

 than the blade in the radical leaves (attaining the length of alutut 7 cm.) 

 and tlie lower cauline one, but shorter iu the up[)er cauline. one.s ; 

 stipule ovato-laneeolale, with mucronate tip, laxly glandular-erenulate on 

 the margin, membranaceous, loosely nerved, 2-4^ mm. hnig. Pedicel 

 erect, arising above the leaves, but shorter than leaves bearing the iiu- 



