1904] OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JATAN. 67 



Melia japonica G. Don ; Walp. Repert. V. p. 373, et Ann. IV. p. 336. 

 Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 212 ; Franch. et Sav. Ennm. PI. Jap. I. p. 75 ; Cas. 

 DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. I. p. 456 ; Maxim. PI. Chin. Potan. p. 96. 



Melia Azedarach var. subtripihiiata Miq. 1. c ; Franch. et Sav. 1. c. 



var. semperflorens Makino var. nov. 



Shrubby ; trunk slender, erect, reaching to a height of about 2 m. or 

 more, shortly branched above. Leaves bipinnate, but in flowering branch- 

 lets often simply pinnate and smaller or sometimes only ternate ; leaflet 

 ovate, irregularly coarsely serrato-dentate. Panicles 3-10 cm. long including 

 the peduncle, sparse on new branches of this year, axillary, several-many- 

 flowered. Flower about 17 mm. across, lilac. Stamens deep purple. 



Hub. Prov. Musashi: Tokyo, cult. (T. Makino] July 20, 1903). 



Gentiana Kawakamii Makino. 



Gentiana nipponica var. Kmcnl-amii Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XVII. (1903) p. 212. 



Corolla-lobes often very minutely denticulate ; plaits inclined inwards 

 and closing the throat, somewhat contorted. 



Viscum album Linn. Codex n. 7402. 



a. typicum. 



Berry yellowish-white. 



Bab. Japan, common, on Celtis sinensis or sometimes Castanea saliva 

 var. japonica. 



,?. rubro-aurantiacum Makino var. nov. 



Berry reddish-aurantiacous, ovoid-glob )se, about 9 mm. across. Others 

 as in the type. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, on Celtis sinensis (H. Tdkeda and T. 

 Maleinol May 8, 1904). 



This variety is rare in Tokyo ; it is also found in northern China. 



Elaeocarpus ellipticus (Thunb.) Makino, non Sm. 

 Frunus elliptica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 199 ; Willd. Sp. PI. II. (1799) 

 p. 986 ; Pers. Syn. PI. II. (1807) p. 34 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. (1825) p. 478. 



