p. 484 ; Pers. Syn. PI. I. (1805) p. 450 ; Spreng. Sy^t. Yeg. 11. (1829) p. 266.. 



3Iespilu8 Sieboldi Bl. Bijdr. p. 1102, (1826); Wall), llepert. II. p. 54. 



Photinia Sieholdi G. Don. 



RaplLiolepiH japonica Sieb. et Zncc. PL Jap. I. (1835) p. 162, tab. 

 85, et in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV. 2, p. 130 ; Walp. Eepert. II. p. 

 57; C. Koch in Ann. Miis. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I. p. 250 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. 

 p. 229, excl. syn. Thunb. ; H. W. in Ann. Hort. et Bot. II. p. 25, cum 

 tab.; A. Gray in Perry's Exped. Jap. ]). 311, et Bot, Jap. p. 387; Decne. 

 Mem. Fam. Pomac. p. 133 ; Fraiicb. et Sav. Enum. PI. Ja]i. I. p. 142 ; 

 Kanitz Anthopli. Jap. p. 29 ; Hook. fil. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. sub tab. 

 5510 ; Bentb. Fl. Hongk. p. 108, in nota ; Maxim, in Mel Biol. IX. p. 181 ; 

 Engl, et Maxim, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. VI. p. 63; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 In Jonrn. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 264; Yatabe Iconogr. Fl. Jap. p. 89, tab. 

 25 ; Koebne Gatt. Pomac. p. 21, tab. 2, fig. 15, b ; Focke in Engl, et 

 Prantl Die Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 3, p. 25 ; Ito et Matsum. Tent. Fl. Lutch. 

 I. p. 191 ; Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. I. p. 76. 



rMpliiolepis ovata Hortul. ex Decne. 



Hab. Japan. 



Var. Mertensii (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino. 



RapMolepis Mertensii Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap, I. (1835) p. 164, et in 

 Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV. 2, p. 130 ; Walp. Kepert. II. p. 57. 



RapMolepis ? integerrima Hook, et Arn. Bot Beech. Voy. (1841) p. 

 263 ; Walp. 1. c. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 108, in nota. 



RapMolepis japonica var. integerrima Hook fil. in Cin-tis's Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 5510; Maxim, in ]\Iei. Biol. IX. p. 181; Ito et Matsum. Tent Fl. 

 Lutch. I. p. 192. 



Hah. Japan 



Var. minor Makino var. nov. 



Shrub, many-ramose, densely leaved. Branches erect or ascending, 

 terete, glabrous, but the young shoots thinly tonientose as are most young 

 leaves. Leaves sparse throughout branchlets above, patulous, approximate, 

 petioled, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, acutish-obtuse, acute and 

 slightly decurrent at the base, crenato-serrate or entire, coriaceous, shining 

 and deep-green above, paler and venose beneath, glabrous, but youngest ones 

 thinly tomentose as mentioned above, 2-5icm. long, 1-2 icm. broad, persist- 

 ent; petiole compressed, 4-8mm. long; stipules subulate, much shorter 

 than the petiole, deciduous. Panicle contracted ; flowers smaller. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, May 19, 1880; T. Maldno ! May 20, 1890, May 1896). 



