

Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



[Continued from p. 54.) 



By 

 T. Makino. 



Iris sibirica Linn. Cod. n. 329. a. typica Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. 

 p. 709. 



forma albiflora Makino. 



Flower white, smaller than those of /?. orientalis (Thunb.) Maxim. ; 

 pedicel slender, longer than spathe. Petals spathulato-obovate, gradually 

 attenuated and cuneate towards the base. 



Hob. Prov. Tosa : Uchiwara in Sakawa-mura (T. Makino ! May 15, 

 1889). 



Cultivated. 



Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urb. var. cristata Makino. 



Hyd.rocotyle asiatica var. cristata Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. 

 (1892) p. 51. 



Leaves thick, semiorbiculato-flabellate, crista to-dentate with deltoid 

 teeth, truncato-cuneate below, 10-20 mm. long, 13-30 mm. wide; petiole 

 longer than blade, l±-6cm. long. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa: Amadzi in Hata-gon (T. Makino ! Nov. 3, 1885). 



Peucedanum Porphyroscias (Miq.) Makino. 



Forphyroscias decursiva Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Batav. III. 

 (1867) p. 62, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 250; Kanitz Anthoph. Jap. p. 28. 



Angelica decursiva Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. (1875) p. 187; 

 Franch. PI. David. I. p. 142 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. (1883) p. 321 ; Diels 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 500. 



Peucedanum decursivum Maxim, in Mel. Biol XII. p. 472 ; Forbes et 

 Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 335 ; Henry List PI. Formos. p. 

 47 ; Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. I. p. 98 ; Yabe Bev. Urab. Jap. p. 96. 



H(d>. Japan, common. 



