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(pedicel very short). Calyx reddish-purple ; tube shortly 



campanulato-obconical ; segments ovato-orbicular, obtuse, con- 

 cave internally, much reflexed, a little longer than or equal to 

 the tube; nectary orange or orange-yellow. Petals orbiculate, 

 very shortly unguiculate. Stamens numerous, shorter than the 

 petals ; filaments white but then usually rosy at the base ; 

 anther yellow. Ovary 1, pubescent as is the base of the style; 

 style about equal to the stamens in height. Drupe large, 

 attaining about 5 cm. in diameter, orange-yellow and punctate 

 with brownish red. 



Nom. Jap. Bungo-ume, Higo-ume, Etchu-ume. 



Hah. Japan, cultivated (T. Makino ! ; T. Ehara !). 



A late-flowering variety. The iruit is the largest among 

 those of various forms of this species. The flowers, leaves 

 and fruit resemble those of Pranas Armeniaca Linn. var. Ansu 

 Maxim.; possibly it is a hybrid between ' Mume ' and 'Ansu', 

 exhibiting an intermediate form to them. 



Prunus (Cerasus) japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. -p. 201. 



var. multiplex (Scringe) Makino. 



Cerasus japonica [^. multiplex Scringe in DC. Prodr. 11. 

 (1825) p. 539. 



Prunus japonica var. fi. plen. Niwa sakura Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. 

 Jap. I. p. 172, tab. 90 III. 



Prunus japonica Lindl. Bot. Reg. tab. 27 ; Oudem. Neerl. 

 Plant. (1865) tab. 2 ; 111. Hortic. tab. 183 {Hore albo-pleno). 



Prunus japonica var. y. Maxim, in Mel Biol. XL p. 686 ; 

 Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. I. p. 87. 



Flowers rosy or white. 



Nom. Jap. Niwa-zakura. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated (T. Makino !). 



{To be continued.) 



