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Viola Bisseti var. ? ]\taxim. in litt. 



Acaulescent ; roots long, with rootlets. Leaves tufted, long-petioled, 

 ovato-lanceolate, or deltoid-lanceolate, but ovate in the inferior ones, acute 

 or obtuse, or attenuated above, auriculato-cordate with the obtuse bottom 

 at the base, depressed crenate, glabrous or thinly piloso-pubescent and often 

 albo-variegated along the nerves above, purple beneath, 2-5 cm. long, 

 1-2 cm. wide, but attaining about 8 cm. broad after anthesis ; lateral 

 veins 4-5, very loose ; petiole narrow, exalate, usually longer than the 

 blade, glabrous; stipules subulato- lanceolate or subulate -linear, adnate 

 to the petiole at the base, loosely glandular-subciliated-margined, mem- 

 branaceous. Peduncles 1 to several, exceeding the leaves, slender, gla- 

 brous ; bracts 2, placed at the middle of peduncle, opposite or subopposite, 

 linear, obtuse, 1 -nerved, glandular-denticulated at the base. Flowers rose- 

 violet, about 1-1| cm. across. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 3-nerved, 4-7^ mm. long ; l)asal auricles truncato-subsemiorbicular, larger 

 in those of the lower 2 sepals. Petals obovate to obova to - oblong^ 

 rounded or retuse at apex, beardless, 9-13 mm. long; calcar narrow, 

 straight or subarcuate, obtuse, longer than sepals, about 5-7 mm. long. 

 Projected portion of the connective fulvous, rounded-ovate, obtuse, mem- 

 branaceous ; anther- appendages filiform-linear, longer than the half of 

 calcar. Ovary ovoidal, glabrous ; style longer than the ovary, enlarged 

 above, geniculate at the base ; stigma deltoid, the beak very short. Capsule 

 glabrous, longer than the persistent calyx ; valves broadly lanceolate, acute, 

 hard, about 7-8 mm. long. Fl. April. 



Hob. Prov. Tosa: Sakawa {T. Makino\ 1884, 1885), Nanokawa 

 {K. Watanahe ! May 9, 1886 ; Id ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 April 18, 1888), Ushioe-yama (7?. Yatahe\ herb. ibid. Aug. 1, 1888); 

 Prov. Kii : Mt. Koya {M. Bliyoshi ! herb. ibid. Aug. 25, 1887) ; Prov. Awa 

 in Shikoku : Shimomyo-mura [li. Yatabe ! herb. ibid. July 25, 1888) ; 

 Prov. Yamato : Kasuga-yama {J. 31atsu7nura and S. Ohuho ! herb. ibid. 

 July 15, 1883); Prov. Idzu : Mt. Amagi {S. Okubol herb. ibid. June 12, 

 1883); Prov. Hyuga: Mt. Kirishima (7?, Yatabe and J. Matsumara\ herb, 

 ibid. Aug. 3, 1882); Prov. Echigo : Ideyu (i?. Yatabe and S. Ohubo\ 

 lierb. ibid. Aug. 1, 1887) ; Prov. Suo : Ouchi-mura {D. Nikai ! herb. ibid. 

 April 17, 1892); Prov. Omi : Mt. Suribari-toge (T. Mahinol April 1892). 



This species is common on mountains, hills, and forests in the middle 

 and southern Japan. 



