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Viola (Nomimium) Boissieuana JMakiuo «[>. nov. 



Viola Selldrkii Maxim, iu litt. 1888 ; Makino in ]>ot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 II. p. 252, non Piirsh. 



Acaulescent, pygmreous. Roots loDg, with fine rootlets. Ehizome 

 erect, short or slender, inarticlilated, with a few small membranaceous scales 

 at the base. Leaves few to several, or sometimes many, erect, or erect- 

 patent, deltoid-ovate or deltoidly ovate-rounded, often kmate-ovate after 

 anthesis, obtuse or acuti.sli, auriculate-cordate witli a deep sinus and often 

 connivent lobes at the base, crenate-serrate with more or less concave- 

 margined teeth, membranaceous, glabrous, or sparsely pubescent with white 

 fine hairs above, 1-3.^ cm. long, l-2i cm. broad; veins loose, 3-4 on each 

 side ; })ctiole gracile, exalate, glabrous, usually longer than the blade, 1^- 

 ()J cm. long ; stipules subulate or linear, adnate to the petiole at the base, 

 thin, entire or iiauci-glandular-subserrulate. Peduncles erect, about 1-7, 

 exceeding the leaves in height, but shorter tliau leaves in those of the 

 cleistogainous flowers after the normal ilowers, slender, glabrous, bracteate iu 

 the middle or below it, 2-10 cm. long; bracteoles 2, approximate, linear, 

 3-5 mm. long. Flowers as in those of V. Maximoioicziana Makino in 

 size, form, and colour, but the sepals glabrous and not reiiexed, and the 

 lateral ones equalling the others in size, the petals sometimes broader, the 

 stigma subdeltoid with a short beak. Capsules as also in those of V. 

 Maxiviotokziana Makino. Fl. Ai)ril-June. 



Hah. Trov. Tosa : :\It. Yokogura (7^ Mali no \ 1SS4, 3Iay 1893), 

 Nagasaka-mura (Zi. Watanabc\ April 22, 1888), Xanokawa (/v'. Wataimle\ 

 May (j, 1889), Ushioe-yama in Kochi {II. Yatahc ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 1, 1888); Trov. lio : :\It. Ishidzuchi (//. Yatahc \ 

 herb. ibid. Aug. 9, 1888). 



Allied to Viola Sieholdi Maxim. I have named it iu honour of 

 Dr. XL de Boissieu, who made a valuable study on Japanese Violets. 



Viola Sieboldi Maxim, in ^b-1. Biol. IX. \>. 729 ; Franch. et Sav. 

 Enun). I'l. Ja[). II. p. G47 : 3takino in Bot. 3[ag., Tokyo, II. p. 252. 



Viola SWdrJdi Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 85, pro parte, ex Maxim. 1. c. 



? Viola variegata y. ircutiana Franch. et Sav. 1. c. p. 28G, excl. syn. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa: iSakawa {T. Makino \ 1885, .May 1889), Mine in 

 Ogawa-mura {T. Makino ! ]May 21, 1889), 3loriyania-mura (7v. IValanahc !), 

 Nanokawa (A^ IVatanahc ! herb. ^^c. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 17, 



