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length. Styles 1 or 2, long-exserted, thinly pilose towards the 

 base ; ovaries 1 or 2 to a flower, oblong-ellipsoid, glabrous. 

 Drupes 1 or 2 to a receptacle, with strict and pubescent pedicel, 

 1 cm. or a little more long ; putamen ovato-ellipsoid, about 

 7 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Yaye-higan. 



Hab. Prov. MusAsm : Tokyo, cultivated {T. Maldno ! April 

 12, 1893, flowers. May 1894, leaves and fruits, April 1899, 

 flowers). 



This may perhaps be a hybrid between Prunus subhirtella 

 Miq. and P. Itosakura var. ascendens Makino, with the leaves 

 showing an intermediate feature between the two. I have 

 proposed to dedicate this variety to Viscount Hayato Fukuba, 

 Director of the Naiyen-Ryo, Imperial Household Department. 



Prunus Persica (Linn.) Sieb. et Zucc. var. /5. vulgaris 

 (DC.) Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. G68. 



forma stellata Makino. 



Amygdalus Persica var. stellata Ann. Hort. et Bot. II. 

 (1859) p. 66, tab. 6. 



Amygdalus Persica var. monstrosa Sieb. ined. ex Maxim. 1. 

 c. p. 669. 



Petals numerous, stellately patent, narrow. 



Nom. Jap. Kiku-momo, Genji-garama. 



Hab. Japan. 



A garden form. Rare. 



forma praematura Makino. 



Shrubby, many branched. Flowers appear from the second 

 year after the seedling. 



Nom. Jap. Issai-to, Issai-momo. 



Hab. Japan. 



A garden form. Rare. 



Prunus triflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 38, et Fl. 

 Ind.'II. p. 501 (trifolia) ; Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burm. I. p. 434; 



