31) 



^Ityahel liurb. ibid. Juno !), 1884), Ijctwoeii iSappuro aud Cliituse (Y. 

 TohahucJu ! herb. ibid. June 13, 1889). 



This species is fomid in the middle and nortlicrii Japan. It is 

 distinct from Viola pladacrocarpa Maxim. {= V. ConU'ii Eranch. et ISav.). 



Viola (Nomimium) multifida (Francli. et Sav.) Makino, non Mill, 

 nee Willd. 



Viola iucisa var. multifida Franch. et !Sav. Enuni. 1*1. Jap. 11. p. 284. 



Acanlescent. Leaves often many, ovate or broadly ovate, cordate with 

 subinvolute basal margins, subpalmato-pinnately deep-partite with closed or 

 narrow sinuses; segments few on each side, ovate to lanceolate, acuti^h, con- 

 tracted at the base in the lower ones, pauci-incisolobulate, the lobules and teeth 

 ovate to ovato-lanceolate and obtuse or acutish [)oiuted, minutely ciliated, 

 thinly pubescent above, pilose on nerves beneath, attaining about 8 cm. long, 

 5^^ cm, wide after anthesis, palmato-penninerved ; petiole usually longer than 

 the blade, very narrowly marginate above, piloso-pubescent, green shaded with 

 l)urple below as is the pedimcle, attaining about 1.3 cm. long after anthesis ; 

 stipules adnate below, subulate-linear, acuminate, loosely glanduloso-ciliated. 

 Peduncle thinly piloso-pubescent and then glabrate; bracts opposite, situated 

 below the middle portion or at the lower portion of peduncle, erect, subulato- 

 linear, acuminate, glanduloso-denticulate at base, lU-lG nun. long. Flower 

 pale lilac. Sepals ovato-lanceolate, acute, trinerved, (J-7 mm. long exclusive 

 of the basal auricles ; basal auricles of the lower 2 sepals longer and ob- 

 li(piely truncate and eroso-incised. 



Hah. Prov. ]\[usasiii : Tokyo, cult. {S. Fttrukaica\ 11)01 ; T. Makino \ 

 May 11)02). 



The leaves of this species resend)le those of the North-Anicrican 

 Vii)la palnuda Linn., but arc more dissected and lobes more ta|)ering. 



Viola (Nomimium) Savatieri Makino nom. nov. 



Viola incisa var. acuminata F'ranch. et Savat. J'jnum. PI. Ja[). I. 

 p. 41, et II. p. 248 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 720. 



Acanlescent. Leaves deltoid-lanceolate, subcordate or truncate at the 

 base, acuminate with an obtuse W\), irregularl\- inciso-serrate or irregularly 

 lobulalo-serrate with obtiise-tii)[ied teeth, thinly jjuberulent above, glabrous 

 or thinly puberuKait along nerves beneath, minutely ciliated, penninerved, 



