520 ITO ET MATSUMURA : (253) 



B. discolor, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, V, p. 184 ; Walp. 

 Eepert. II, p. 206; Bunge, Enum. Pl. Oliin. Bor. p. 57. 



B. grandis, Dryand. in Trans. Linn. Soc. I (1791) p. 

 163 ; ^liq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 132 ; Franeli. et Sav. Enuni. 

 Pl. Jap. I, p. 176 ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fi. Jap. Farn. Nat. in 

 Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV, pt. 2 (1845) p. 167. 



B. obliqua, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 231 ; Banky, Ic. Ksempf. 

 t. 20 (non L.). 



B. sinensis, DC. Prodr. XV, pt. 1, p. 313. 

 Diploclinium Evansianum, LindL Veg. Kingd. ed. 1, p. 

 318, f. 220. 



Knesebeckia discolor, Klotzsch, " Begon. p. 44." 

 Insula Amami-Oshima, sec. Tashiro in MS. 

 Insula Utchina, sec. Tashiro in MS. 

 Archipelago Yema (sec. Tashiro in MS.): insula Iru- 

 muti (sec. S. Tanaha in sehed.) ; insuhi Yunakuni ad montem 

 Urabu-daki [8. Tanakal n. 398, 13 Junio 1891, folium 

 tantum). 



DiSTRiB. Japan, China and Java. 

 The form of the leaves in Tanaka's specimens a.grees ex- 

 actly with tliat of B. Evansiana, Andr., but it is impossible to 

 decide their sj)ecific identity without examining either flower or 

 fruit. 



Thc Ltichuan plant is distinguished from B. laciniata, Roxb. 

 var. Boirrinyiana, AIj)h. DC. in DC. Prodr. XV, pt. 1, p. 349 

 {B. Bowringiana, Champ.; Jjot. Mag. t. 5182) of Formosa {3Ia- 

 kino ! 1896) and Ilongkong, by the margin of its leaves not 

 being cut into 5-7 acute or acuminate lobes. 



