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Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 11. p. 315 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol XI. p. 

 678 ; Dippel, Handb. Laubliolzk. III. p. 635, fig. 260. 



Nom. Jap. Batan-kyo, Togari-sumomo, Yone-momo, Ikuri. 



Hab. ProY. Tosa : Sakawa, cultivated (T. Makino !) ; Prov. 

 MusASHi : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Makino !). 



Spiraea japonica Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 262. 



var. ibukiensis Makino, var. nov. 



A dwarf shrub, much branched ; branches erect ; branchlets 

 tenuous. Leaves small, very shortly petiolate, ovate, acute or 

 acutish at the apex, rounded-obtuse at the base, crenato-serrate 

 with mucronate teeth, scarcely lobed ; veins 3-5 on each side. 

 Corymb small. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-shitnotsuke (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Omi : Mt. Ibuki, summit (T. Makino !). 



This differs from forma alpina (Maxim.) Makino {Oyama- 

 shimotsuke) by its form of the leave ;. 



var. bullata (Maxim.) Makino. 



Spirsea bullata Maxim, in Act. Hort. Petrop. VI. p. 204. 



Nom Jap. Ko-shimotsuke. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Makino ! June 

 3, 1903) ; Prov. Mikawa : Kariya, cultivated (G. Nagura ! May 

 13, 1900). 



A mere garden variety ; it may have been derived from the 

 preceding var. ibukiensis Makino. 



{To be continued.) 



