{K. Ncmoto\ May 20, 1894); Prov. Mutsf : Ut Hakkoda {T. Kimslnta 

 cnnim. K. Jo, June 24. 1902). 



Viola (Norairainm) Umemurae Makino sp. nov. 



Acaulescent, small ; roots few, divided from the end of the rhizome. 

 Rhizome short, erect ; neck-vaginse few, oval or broadly ovat<3, tridentate 

 at the apex, jiale, thinly memhranaceons. Leaves few, erect, ovato- 

 rotund, or rotund, sometimes subreniform, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 

 cordate with a rather wide or sometimes narrow sinus at the base, more or 

 less regularly crenate, thin, more or less firm in texture, glabrate, but 

 |)ulvereo-puberulent when A'oung, green (and slightly pale-variegated along 

 the nerves ?) above, paler and sometimes purplish beneath, l.')-2r) mm. 

 long, 14-21 mm. wide ; petiole gracile, exalate, longer than the blade, 

 2-6 cm. long, pulvereo-puberulent ; stipules small, subulato-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, adnate more, or less than the half below, thinly membranaceous, 

 laxly ])auci-glan(luloso-ciliated and ciliato-dentated on the margin, viridescent, 

 about 5-(j mm. long. Peduncle exceeding the leaves in height, gracile, 

 slender, i)ulvereo-])ul)erulent, densely puberulous under the flower, 6i-9 cm. 

 long, bracteate in the middle; bracteoles 2, approximate, linear, thin, 

 pauci-glanduloso-subciliated on the basal margin, 3-5 ram. long. Flower 

 small, about 1 cm. or more across, light violet. Sepals puberulent and 

 very minutely ciliated, lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, obtuse and thickish at 

 the apex, thin, with 3 main nerves and loose delicate veinlets, 4-G mm. long ; 

 basal auricles short, broadly semiorbicular or ovate or shortly oblong, entire, 

 very minutely ciliated. Petals o])ovato-oblong, attenuated below, rounded 

 at the apex, about 8-11 mm. long, the lateral ones densely bearded ; 

 calcar long, longer than the sepals, cylinderical, very obtuse at the end, 

 straight or scarcely arcuate, 7-8 mm. long, 2-21 mm. broad. Connective- 

 tip oval-ovate, obtuse; appendages filiform-linear, about 4^ mm. long. 

 Ovary broadly ovate, minutely puberulent ; style longer than the ovary, 

 enlarged above, geniculate at the base ; stigma obliquely truncate, dilated, 

 deltoid, slightly concave, with a short beak. Capsule oval, obtuse, gla- 

 brate, about 4-4i mm. long, equalling the persistent sepals in height. 



Hah. Prov. Iyo in Isl. Sliikoku : Koshiore-yama (Z. Umcuuira ! April 

 17, 1898). 



This comes nearest to Viola variegata Fiscli., but the shape of the 

 stigma is different from it. 



