,.p r.orASUAL MAOA'/TNE. rvoi. xvt. 



Hirase, who kindly sent me many complete specimens, both in tlowers 



and in I'niits. 



RuhiiH corcanns aii<|. was intnxliiced long ap;o. :ind it is now rarely 



fdiitid uTowini: wild, in T^kvo Ity escap<'. 



Caltha palustris Linn. var.. pygmaea :\Iakino var. nov. 



Eoiits fixscicnliite, fibrnns, more or less thick towards tlie base, laxly 

 with slmrt rootlets. Kadical leaves tnfted, (k'Cnmbtmt-spreading, long- 

 petioled, broadly ovate, ovato-renitorm, orbienlar-reniform, or snbsagittato- 

 oviite, with an acnte (jjiened sinns and relatively large ovate lobes, de- 

 pressed-orenate l)nt crenato-dentate in the lobes, membranaceous, flaccid, 

 abont 18-26 nmi. long, ]f)-22mm. wide in flower, but attaining about 

 4 cm. in length and widtli after antliesis ; veins impressed above, laxly 

 reticulated ; petiole slender, sen)iterete, with an adnate (but shortly free at 

 its apex) broad transparent membranacec)us vagina at th(? base ; cauline 

 leaf shortly i)etiolate, smaller, the vagina free from the petiole and thinly 

 membranaceous. Peduncle decumbent, subtrigonows, longer than the leaves 

 including the pedicel, and attaining about 12 cm. in length in flower, 

 uniflorous without any cauline leaf, or bi-fiorous with a cauline leaf, the 

 pedicel slender. Flower yellow, 15-17 mm. across, S-G-sepaled. Sepals 

 horizontally patent, oblong, obtuse, entire, longitudinally im[)ressed-nervate, 

 greenish dorsally. Stamens numerc)us, about two-thirds as long as the 

 sepals, erect-patulous, yellow ; filament clavato-filiform ; anther elliptical. 

 Carpels about 7, lanceolate, laterally compressed, attenuated into a very short 

 style above, viridescent ; stigma minute, recurved. 



Hob. Prov. MuSASHi : Tokyo, cult. {T. Makino ! April and July 1902). 



This is commonly cultivated in Nagoya and its vicinity, prov. Owari. 

 It is yet unknown to me in wild state, but it is said to grow wild in 

 the province of Ise. It is comparable to var. y. minima Kegel. 



Viola sylvestris Kitaib. var. japonica (Ging.) ^Makino. 



Viola canina s. ? japonica Ging. in DC. Prodr. I. p. 298 ; A. Gray 

 in Perry's Exped. Jap. p. 308. 



Vioia canina Sieb. et Ziicc. in Abhandl. Akad. Miiuch. IV. 2, p. 1G9; 

 Hoffin. et Schult. Nom. ind. pi. Jap. ed. nov. p. 63, non Linn. 



Viola (jrijpoccras A. Gray 1. c. ; Fraiicli. rt Sav. Euuiu. Pl. Jap. I. 

 p. 43, et II. p. 289. 



