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Mgrina japonica Makino inedit. 



Tricercandra quadrifolia A. Gray in Perry's Exped. Jap. II. (1857) 

 p. 318, et in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. p. VI. (1859) p. 405; Miq. in Ann. 

 Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 130, et Pro). Fl. Jap. p. 294. 



Chlorantlms serratus var. quadrifolia Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat., 



Fl. Jap. (1870) p. 83. 



Chloranthus japonicus ^. minor Sieb. Lerb. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 



Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 130. 



Chloranthus macranthera Schult. fil. in herb, ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 



Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 130. 



Chloranthus monostachyus Hoffm. et Schult. Nora, indig. PI. Jap. 

 (1853) p. 27, et ed. nov. (1864) p. 14, non R. Br. 



Chloranthus rnandshuricns Rupr. Dec. PI. Amur. tjib. 2 ; Ma xim 

 Prim. F). Amur. p. 463 ; Eegel Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 151 ; Bretschn. Hist. 

 Eur. Bot. Disc, in China p. 615. 



Nom. Jap. Ilitori-shidznha. 



Hah. Japan, widely distributed. 



Akebia quinata Decne. forma viridiflora Makino. 



Peduncle and pedicels viridescent ; scaly bracts pale. Male flower : 

 sepals yellowish - viridescent ; stamens pale; rudimentary ovaries pale. 

 Female flower : sepals similar to those of the male flower in colour ; ovaries 

 about 9-12, viridescent ; stigma truncate, minutely concave ; rudimentary 

 stamens yellowish. Fl. April. 



Nom. Jap. Awo-akehi (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Owaui : Nagoya, cult. {T. 31ah'no ! April 1902, from the 

 garden of Y. Kume). 



(To be continued.) 



