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about 3 cm. long, 1^-13 cm. wide, Uit attaining about 9 cm. long, 4 

 cm. wide after an thesis ; veins 4-5 on each side, loose, ascending ; 

 petiole narrowly winged above, glabra te above or [)nbescent, green above, 

 purple below; stipules adnate below, the free portion subulate -linear, 

 acuminate, loosely and minutely glanduloso-ciliated. Peduncle equalKng 

 or slightly exceeding the leaves in height, glabrous or pubescent below ; 

 bracts 2, erect, opposite or subopposite, angustato-linear, acute, thin, very 

 laxly glanduloso-ciliated at the base, 7-12 mm. long. Flower about l|cm. 

 across, violet. Sepals lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, with 3 main 

 nerves and laxly anastomosing veinlets, G-8 mm. long ; the basal auricles 

 rectangular or subsemiorbicular, truncate or subtruncate and ])iiuci-dentatc 

 or scarcely crenulate at tlie apex, about 2.^-3 mm. long, but that of the 

 superior sepal deltoid-lanceolate, and those of the lateral sepals minute and 

 deltoid. Petals narrowly ol)long, slightly attenuated below, rounded- 

 subretuse at the apex, the lateral ones slightly bearded, about 13-14 mm. 

 long, .5-^-G mm. broad ; calcar scarcely shorter than the sepals, oblong, 

 rounded at the end, straight, about 6 mm. long. Connective-tip oval- 

 orbicular; anther-appendages more or less arcuate, broadly linear below 

 but narrowly attenuated above, obtuse-tipped, three-fourths as long as the 

 calcar. Ovary ovate, acute, glabrous ; style equalling the ovary in length, 

 gradually enlarged above, glabrous, geuiculated at the base : stigma nar- 

 rowly obovate, beaked. Fl. April. 



Hah. Prov. ]\IusASiii : Mt. Mitsumine {A. Yasuda ! April 4, 181).")), 

 Tokyo, cult. {S. Furukau:a\ 1!)01 ; T. iMaJdno ! May 1902). 



The apex and teeth of leaves of the figure in linuma's Somoku- 

 D/>usctsn, XYII. fol. 57 recto, are too sharp. 



Viola Patrini DC. var. minor Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. 

 (1892) p. 50. 



Smaller. Leaves deltoid-lanceolate, acute, truncato-subcordate at the 

 base, crenato-serrate but depressed-crenate above, thin, glabrous, attaining 

 about 6 cm. long, 3 cm. broad after anthesis ; petiole very narrow, oxalate, 

 or very narrowly alate above, longer than the blade. Peduncles often 

 many, longer than or about equal to the leaves, gracile, filiform. Flowers 

 smaller, 10-12 mm. across, deep violet. Petals usually narrower. Capsule 

 about 7 mm. long. 



Jlab. Prov. Tosa: Sakawa {T. Makino I 1885, 1889); Prov. Iyo : 

 Uwazima (Z. Uincviura ! 1896). 



