Viola (Nominiinm) Yatabei ]\rakino s]). nov. 



Viola pJialncrocarpa var. paUi(ht Yatabe, ex parte, in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, VI. (1892) p. 102. 



Viola flaccida Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIII. (1899) p. 242 

 (nomen). 



Acanlescent, flaccid ; roots fibrous ; irinovotions snliterraneaii, slender, 

 root-like. Leaves few to several, erect-patuloiis or spreading, ovate, obtuse, 

 auriculato-cordate with rounded lobes, shortly decurrent to the petiole, 

 erenato-serrate, membranaceous, green, about 2^-7^ cm. long, 2-.') cm. broad 

 in flower, but attaining about i:icm, long, 8i cm. wide after anthesis, 

 thinly pilose above and ciliated, hispid- pilose along nerves beneath ; veins 

 ^-Q on each side, lax ; petiole shorter or longer than the blade, jnlose, 

 attaining about 20 cm. in length after anthesis; stipules about 12-24 mm^ 

 long, thin, laxly papillose-margined, the lower half or more adnate to the 

 petiole, the free portion subulato-lanceolate to broadly linear, acuminate. 

 Peduncles few, shorter than the leaves, pilose ; bracts 2, ])laced at the 

 inframedium, opjiosite, or subopposite, erect, angustato-linear, obtuse-tipped, 

 very laxly [)apillose-glandular on margin, 10-17 mm. k^ig. Flower 20- 

 28 mm. long, white. Sepals lanceolate, or broadly lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, with ?> main nerves, viridescent, thinly pubescent dorsally, 7-10 mm. 

 long excepting the basal auricles ; auricles pilose, unequally pauci-laciniato- 

 dentate in those of the upper sei)al (attaining nearly 5 mm. in length) and 

 the lower 2 sepals (which are larger and 3-5 mm. long), but those of the 

 lateral 2 sepals smaller simple and deltoid-subulate. Petals 14-17 mm. 

 long, elliptical-ol)ovate, rounded and minutely erosulate at the apex, but 

 oblong and emarginate and purple-striped in the lower one, the lateral 

 ones bearded with white hairs in throat internally; calcar horizontal, 

 broadly oblong, rounded at apex, usually shorter than the sepals, G-8 mm. 

 long, 4-4i mm. wide. Connective-tip broadly ovate, obtuse ; anther- 

 appendages broadly linear, hardly arcuate at the apex, obtuse, two-thirds 

 or three-fourths as long as the calcar. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style 

 about equal to the ovary in length, clavate, glabrous ; stigma cuneato- 

 obovate, with an obtuse and very short beak. Capsule ovato-cylindrical, 

 acute, glabrous, 11-13 mm. long; valves lanceolate, or broadly lanceolate. 

 Seed brown. Fl. April. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Shimura {T. MaUno\ June 1888, May 1, 

 1891; S. Ikenol April 1888); Adzusawa (T. 3hUno\ April 14, 1894, 

 April 1895); Tokyo {U. Yatahe and J. Matsumura\ herb. Sc. Coll. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 24, 1878); Near Tokyo (Herb. ibid. April 



