APRIL 190S.] MAKING.— OBSERV. ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 7X 



having a small fruit, or possibly its variety. The adult leaves 

 are coriaceous, and in the form and texture it resembles those 

 of Malus £oribunda Sieb. 



Prunus (Armeniaca) Mume Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. I. p. 

 29, tab. 11, et in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV. 2, p. 122; 

 Tuinbouw-Flora I. (1855) p. 1, tab. 1 {yar. praecocissima 

 rubiHora Sieb. et de Vriese) ; A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 386 ; Miq. 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 22 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 117 ; 

 Koch, Dendrol. I. (1869) p. 93 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XL p. 

 672 ; Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. III. p. 632 ; Schneid. 111. 

 Handb. Laubholzk. I. p. 637, fig. 349 a, et 350 m-o. 



Armeniaca Mume Sieb. Syn. PI. Oecon. Jap. p. 69, n. 367. 



var. microcarpa Makino, var. nov. 



Branches often tenuous ; branchlets deep green. Flowers 

 smaller, white, simple, turned downwards, 18—22 mm. across. 

 Calyx greenish-purpurascent. Petals 5, about 6—8 mm. wide. 

 Drupe small, globose, often numerous on branches, attaining 

 about l|cm. in diameter. 



Nom. Jap. Ko-ume, Shinano-ume, Koshu-hai. 



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



var. viridicalyx Makino, var. nov. 



Branchlets constantly deep green. Flowers white, simple 

 or double. Calyx constantly viridescent. 



Nom. Jap. Ryokagaku-bai, Ao-dziku. 



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



var. cryptopetala Makino, var. nov. 



Branchlets deep green. Calyx green and slightly pur- 

 purascent. Petals 5, minute, inconspicuous, equal to or a little 

 exceeding the calyx-segments in length. 



Nom. Jap. Tekken-bai. 



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



Rare. 



var. Bungo Makino, var. nov. 



Branches stout ; branchlets usually dark-purple. Leaves 

 larger. Flowers usually larger, 2i-4 cm. in diameter, usually 

 semidouble or sometimes simple, palish rose or rose, subsessile 



