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ovato-lanceolate in superior ones and elliptico-oblong in inferior ones, obtuse 

 or subemarginate at apex, obtuse or rounded and semi-arnplexicaul, entire, 

 minutely pellucid-punctate (unequal in size), loosely nigro-punctate on 

 margin, green above, subglaucous beneatb, attaining about 3* cm. long, 

 nearly li cm. wide ; lateral veins about 3-4 on eacb side, obliquely paral- 

 lel to the midrib. Cyme terminal, loosely subnumerous- or numerous- 

 flowered ; branches erect-patent, gracile, secundly loose- flowered ; bracts 

 similar to leaves, but often slightly smaller ; bracteoles small, ovato-linear or 

 oblong-linear. Flower short-pedicellate, 12-16 mm. across, yellow; pedicel 

 shorter than flowers, capsules, and bracteoles, 1-4 mm. long. Sepals 5, 

 erect-patent, unequal in size, linear-lanceolate or oblong- linear, acutish, en- 

 tire, very thinly nigro-punctate on surface, loosely nigro-punctate on margin, 

 tri-quinquenerved, viridescent, 3-Smm. long in flower. Petals .3, patent, 

 longer than sepals, slightly oblique in form, oblong to oblong-elliptical, or 

 obovato -oblong, rounded-obtuse at apex, narrowed towards the base, very 

 loosely nigro-punctate on margin above and externally, several-nerved. Sta- 

 mens numerous, triadelphous, erect-patent, slightly shorter than petals, yel- 

 low ; filament filiform ; anther minute, didymous, with a black tubercle at 

 the apex. Pistil equal to stamens in height ; ovary conico-ovoid, 3-locular, 

 many-ovuled ; styles 3, as long as the ovary, erect-patent, filiform ; stigma 

 punctate, purpurascent ; ovules oblong. Capsule narrowly conical, tapering 

 above, about 7-10 mm. long, 2|-5 mm. across, thinly earpellary, 3-suloate, 

 longer than the persistent calyx, with persistent styles, finely striato-nervate, 

 3-locnlar, many-seeded. Seed cylindrical-oblong, straight or somewhat arc- 

 uate, minutely and obscurely trabeculate, yellowish-brown, about fmm. 

 long. Flowers in July. 



Hub. Prov. Shimotsuke: Mt. Nikko (T. MaJcinol July 17, 1900, Aug. 

 21), 1 ( J01, Sept, 14, 1901, Aug. 19U3); Prov. Musashi : Tokyo,, cultivated 

 from Nikko (T. Makino ! July 1904). 



Hypericum erectum Thunb. var. caespitosum Makino var. nov. 



Suffruticous, attaining about 40 cm. in height, glabrous. Stems ca?s- 

 pitose, erect or ascending, slender, reddish-purple, castaneo-purple, or fusco- 

 rufo-castaneous when dried. Leaves ovato-lanceolate or angustato-oblong, 

 attaining 27 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, minutely and disparsedly nigro-punc- 

 tate, rounded to subcordate at base, obtuse to retuse at apex, green above, 

 subglaucous beneath. Flowers laxly disposed, about 1 cm. across, yellow. 

 Capsule ovoid-conical, tapering above, about 8 nun. long. Seeds oblong, 

 about 5 mm. long, minutely trabeculate, yellowish- brown. 



