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Hah. Prov. TosA : Mt. Yokognra {T. 3[aldno\ 1S85, May G, 1889, 

 June 1893 ; T. Yoshinaga ! May 8, 1895), Nanokawa (K. IVatanahe !) 

 Mochii (K. Watanabe ! May 13, 1888), J\[t. Imano in Hata-gori (7'. Mal-ino ! 

 Aug. 7, 1887), Mt. Tebako {T. 3fal-ino\ Aug. 1885); Prov. Musasiii : 

 Mt. Takao (Herb. ! Sc. Coll Imp. Univ. Tokyo, April 30, 1899 ; T. 

 Makino ! May 1902) ; Prov. Idzu : Mt. Amagi (>9. Okuho ! June 9, 1883) ; 

 Prov. HiTAOHi : Mt. Tsukuba {T. 3Iakmo\ May 1900). 



This diti'er.s apparently from J^iola Selkirlxii PursU ; and R. Yatabe 

 erroneously identified it with V. serpens Wall, which have not yet been 

 found in Japan. 



Viola (Nomimium) Tokubuchiana Makino sp. nov. 



Acanlescent, small ; roots slender, with delicate rootlets. Tihizome 

 short, erect ; vaginre of the neck few, oval-ovate to oblong-ovate, often 

 tridentate at the apex, thinly membranaceous, pale, loosely glanduloso- 

 ciliated on margin, about 5-11 mm. long. Leaves few to many, erect 

 or erect patulous, ovate, deltoid-ovate, or narrowly subdeltoid-ovate, some- 

 times siibovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate with an acute or subobtuse 

 tip, deeply auricled with connivent ovate lobes, crenato-serrate, 2-5 cm. 

 long, lf-3|- cm. wide, membranaceous, flaccid, thinly piloso- pubescent and 

 albo-variegated along the nerves above, glabrous beneath ; petiole gracile, 

 exalate, usually longer than the blade, glabrous, or slightly piloso-pubescent 

 above, 2-7^ cm. long ; stipules viridescent, subulate to subulato-linear, 

 acuminate, thinly membranaceous, loosely glanduloso-ciliated-margined, ad- 

 nate more than the half below, but the superior ones adnate at the base. 

 Peduncles equal to or longer than the leaves, gracile, glabrous, 2^-6 cm. 

 long, bracteate below the middle ; bracteoles 2, approximate, linear, loosely 

 glanduloso-ciliated-margined below, about 5-8 mm. long. Flower 1-1 § 

 cm. across, light lilac. Sepals lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 thin, more or less hyaline-margined, with 3 main nerves, glabrous, but 

 sometimes ciliated, 6-8 mm. long ; basal auricles variable, entire and 

 deltoid, or square and dentate, or oblong- rectangular and subdentate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, or short, or long, or glabrous, or ciliated. Petals 

 obovato-oblong to narrowly oblong, attenuated at the base, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, beardless or slightly bearded ; calcar oblong, scarcely 

 curved, about equalling tlie sepals in length, a little broader towards tiie 

 rounded end, 5-8 mm. long, 2-1-4 mm. broad. Connective-tip ovato- 

 ronnded, often with a minute sulwuspidate tip ; ai>pendages broadly linear. 



