1904.] 



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Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



[Continued from p. 24.) 



By 

 T. Makino. 



Damnacanthus indicus Gfertn. fil. a. genuinus Makino in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, XL (1897) p. 279. 



Damnacanthus indicus Grertn. f. Fruct. et Semin. PI. III. (1805) p. 18, 

 tab. 182, fig. 7; DC. Prodr. IV. p. 473 ; Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. 

 Muench. IV. 3, p. 176; A. Gray in Perry's Exped. Jap. II. p. 314; Miq. 

 Prol. FI. Jap. p. 274; Franch. et Sav. Enura. PI. Jap. I. p. 210; S. 

 Moore in Journ. Bot. (1875) p. 231 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. III. p. 158; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. 795 ; Engl, et Maxim, in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. VI. p. 67; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 386; 

 K. Schum. in Engl, et Prantl Nat. Pfl.-Fam. IV. 4, p. 137; Bretscbn. 

 Hist. Eur. Bot. Disc. Chin. p. 39; Matsum. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. 

 (1901) p. 14; Pritzel in Diels Fl. Centr.-Chin. in Engler's But. Jahrb. 

 XXIX. p. 583 (1901). 



Carissa spinarum Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 108, non Linn. 



Baumannia geminiflora DC. iu ' Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. IV. (1833) 



cum icon.' 



So no hi y aliis Fira et Firasi Krempf. Amcen. Exot. p. 784. 



Many-branched. Leaves very shortly petioled, ovate, elliptico-ovate, or 

 oval-ovate, sharply acute, rounded or rounded-obtuse at the base, attaining 

 2£ cm. long, IJ cm. wide, coriaceous ; veins 2-3 on each side; spines attain- 

 ing 2cm. m length, shorter or longer than or equal to leaves. Flowers 

 very shortly pedicellate, 13-17 mm. long, 10-11 mm. across. Calyx-lobes 

 deltoid-lanceolate, narrowly deltoid, or deltoid, acuminate. Corolla-lobes 

 ovate or deltoid-ovate, acute. Stigmatic lacinse linear, or lato-linear, obtuse. 



Nom. Jap. Aridoshi, Icotori-tomarazu, ntzumisashi, nezumi-no-hana- 

 totihi. 



Hah. Middle and Southern Japan, found growing in wooded places. 



forma microphyllus Makino. 



Damnacanthus indicus var. microphyllus Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 VI. (1892) p. 55, et XL (1897) p. 279. 



Densely branched. Leaves dense, very shortly petioled, ovate, narrowly 



