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OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF .TAIAS. 1 I; 



at base, green and glabrous above, paler and white-pubescent on nerves 

 beneath, 4-14 cm. long, 5-18 cm. wide; lobes ovato-lanceolate, oblong, 

 obovato-cuneate, caudately acuminate, entire or bifid or trifid ; lateral 

 lobules deltoid or angustato-deltoid and obtuse or sharply pointed, smaller 

 and shorter than the mid-lobule ; petiole usually longer than the blade, 

 attaining about 19cm. in length. Flower Fruit 



Norn. Jap. Yaguruma-lcaye.de (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Mosashi : Mt, Takao (T. MaJcinol Nov. L903); Prov. 

 Musasiii: Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cultivated (7 T . Malcino ! June 

 1904). 



Acer japonicum Thunb. var. Heyhachii Matsum. 



Acer Heyhachii Matsumura in sched. herb. So. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 



A shrub. Leaves very deeply 9-13-parted, orbicular in outline, 5-12cm. 

 in each way, deeply cordate at base ; lobes narrowly long-attenuated and 

 entire below, the upper portion ovate or ovato-lanceolate acuminate, deeply 

 pinnato-ineised, the lacime deltoid-ovate or narrowly triangular -ovate, 

 sharply inciso-serrate and sharply pointed, thinly tomentose towards axils 

 of veins beneath and nearly glabrate above in the young one, the lowest 

 lobe smallest; petiole shorter than the blade, villoso -tomentose above. 

 Flower purple, about 8-10 mm. across; stamens much exserted, with 

 glabrous anthers; pistil tomentose. Fruit widely divaricate, wings oblong- 

 spathulate, about 2 cm. long. 



Noin. Jap. Maikuzyaku. 



/lab. Prov. Owa in: Nagoya, cult. (T.Mal-hml Aug. 1899); Prov. 

 Musasiii: Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult, (V. Mah'no\ May 1899, 

 Nov. 1899, June 26, 1900). 



Undoubtedly a garden variety. 



{To he continued.) 



