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This seems to me to be very closely allied to Ligularia calthce/olia 

 Maxim., if not the same species. 



Cacalia bulbifera Maxim, var. acerina Makino var. nov. 



Leaves long-petiolate, orbiculato-reniform, unequally palmati-lobate, 

 broadly trnncito-subconlate and triangularly decurrent to the top of petioles 

 at the base ; lobes ovate, abruptly acuminate, entire or pauci-dentate. 



Nom. Jap. Momidzi-tamabuki (nov.). 



Bab. Prov. Hizen : Mt. Tara (Y. Kanekol Oct. 30, 1904). 



Lactuca Thunbergii Maxim, var. angustifolia Makino var. nov. 



Stem erect, attaining about 4 decim. high. Leaves long linear, acu- 

 minate, often gradually attenuated below, entire but usually patently loosely 

 firnbriato-denticulate below, about 4 mm. wide but in the basal ones often 

 broder and linear-spathulate. Panicle repeatedly branched, very numerously 

 flowered. Heads smaller, 5-6-rlowered. Involucral scales 5, linear or 

 broadly linear, about 4 mm. long in flower but 5 mm. in fruit. Corolla 

 4- nearly 5 mm. long ; ligule oblong, deeply 5-dentate with narrow teeth. 

 Achene about 3 mm. long, linear-fusiform ; pappus 2§ mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Hosoba-nigana (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Shimoosa : Miyako-mura in Chiba-gori (K. Yamadzuta \ 

 June 24, 1904, June 1905). 



Cirsium inundatum Makino sp. nov. 



Stem tall, erect, simple, glabrous, striato-sulcate when dry, foliate, often 

 purple, attaining about 1-| m. in height. Leaves sparse, erect-patent, sessile, 

 auriculato-amplexical or semi-amplexical at the base, obscurely serra to-dentate 

 to pinnatiparted, elliptical to oblong-lanceolate but gradually angustate in the 

 superior ones, acuminate, ciliato-spiculose on margins ; lobes spreading, spicu- 

 lose at the apex, 3-6 on each side, deltoid (in the pinnatilobed one), or 

 subulato-lanceolate to lanceolate with a few lobules below and elongate in 

 the terminal lobe (in the pinnatiparted one). Heads erect, but turned 

 laterally in the lateral ones, a few to subnumerous, corymbosely disposed, 

 approximate, with erect peduncles, solitary on the long peduncle or few- 

 subaggregate with short or very short pedicels ; bracteoles small, angustato- 

 linear, usually exceeding the pedicel. Involucre campanulate. rounded at 



