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There are man}' .specimens before me, collected from various l(walities 

 of Jai»aii, l)nt I do not find Viohi varicgata Fisch. among them; V. 

 var)C(/nta of various authors as a Japanese plant is probably not correct. 



Viola (Nomimium) shikokiana Makino sp. nov. 



Acanlescent, stolon iferons ; stolons hypogfeous, elongate, filiform, with 

 delicate roots. Leaves few, long-petioled, rounded- ovate or ovate, very 

 shortly acuminate or acute with a calloso-obtuse or calloso-acutish tip, deeply 

 and subclosely auriculato-cordate at the base, crenato-serrate with a subcallose 

 tip, membranaceous, glabrous above, i)ilosnlate along the nerves beneath, 

 yellowish-viridescent when dried, I,]-") cm. long, ll-Sg cm. broad; veins 

 loose and arcuate upwards ; petiole gracile, elongate, exalate, glabrous, 

 3i-l6cm. long; stipules free, minute, subulate, thinly membranaceous, 

 glauduloso-margined, 1^-31 mm. long. Peduncles 1-2, exceeding the 

 leaves in height in flower, gracile, glabrous, bracteate in the middle ; 

 bracteoles 2, approximate, subulato- linear, glanduloso-margined, thin, 3-3i 

 mm. long. Flower about 1^-lA cm. across, white. Sepals lanceolate, 

 or narrowly lanceolate, subcalloso-subobtuse, green, hyaline-margined, gla- 

 lirous, 3-nerved, .VSi mm, long ; basal auricles very short, but larger and 

 deltoid with a ])roduccd end in those of the lower sepals. Petals nar- 

 rowly oblong, somewhat attenuated below, rounded or subretuse at the 

 apex, 9-11 mm. long, the lateral ones very slightly bearded, the lower 

 one shorter and violet-striped ; calcar short, shorter than the sepals, oval- 

 rounded. Connective-tip ovato-rounded ; appendages short and very 

 broad, rounded-obtuse, oblique, thickly margined. Ovary ovate, glabrous ; 

 stj^le scarcely longer than the ovary, enlarged above ; stigma obovate, with 

 a short beak. Cai)sule oblong, acute, glabrous. Fl. May. 



Bab. Prov. Tosa in Isl. Shikoku : Mt. Torigata (T. Mokino\ May 

 22, 1889), Tadzikawa {T. MaJdno ! May .5, 1893). 



This comes near to ]'"iola hlanda Willd., which have not yet been 

 found in Japan. 



Viola Keiskei Miq. 



a. typica j\bikino. 



Viohi Keifilici Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 85; Eranch. et Sav. Ennm. PI. 



