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Jai.. I. p. 4-2, et 11. p. -286 ; Maxim, ia Mel. Bu-l. IX. p. 734; Boissieii 

 ill ]3u]l. Soc. bot. France XLVII. p. 322. 



Leaves glabrous. Petals white! as is ;?. Okuboi, but darkish-yellow 

 when dried, the lower one often violet-striped. 



Hob. Prov. MusASHi : Tokyo {J. Matsumura ! herb. 8c. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, April IS, 1879; T. Mahmol April I, 1890), Shimura (T. 

 Blaldno ! ]\Iarcli 30, 1890) ; Prov. Shimoosa : KOnodai {B. Yatahc and J. 

 Matsumura \ herb. ibid. April IS, 1879); Prov. Idzu: Near Hirai (;S'. 

 Okubo ! herb. ibid.). 



,9. Okuboi Makino var. nov. 



Leaves s[»arsely pubescent. l*eduncles sometimes reddish. 



Hah. I'rov. Tosa : Nanokawa {T. AlaJcinol Nov. ]884), tSliimonanu- 

 kawa (A'. Waianahe\ A])ril 13, ISSS), Mt. Yokogura {T. jl/aJciuol 1885; 

 T. Yonhimujal May 189.5), Punato {T. Makino \ Nov. 188o), Mt. Kuislii 

 {T. Jfal-ino\ Oct. 7, 1892), Mt. Kuishi in Tadzikawa-mura (T. Makino \ 

 May G, 1893); Prov. Ml-sa81ii : Tokyo {J. 3Iat.sumura I herb. Sc. Coll. Lnp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, A[)ril 14, 1880; T. Makino I April 18!)3, Sept. 13, J 893), 

 Ad/Aisawa {T. Makino I April 14, 1894), Nobitunie (T. 3Iakino\ May 13, 

 1894), Mt. Mitake (.S'. Matsuda ! herb. ibid. May 1.3, 1900), Mt. Takao 

 {T. Makino \ June 1902); Prov. Sagami : Mt. Oyama (aS'. 3Iatsuda\ 

 herb. ibid. I\Iay 18, 1900); Prov. Awa (^LOsiiO) : Mt. Kiyosunii (,V. 

 Okuboi herb. ibid. June 18, 1882); Prov. Id/u: Near Ilabu-mura in 

 Isl. Oshima {S. Okubo ! herb. ibid. April 17, 1887). 



Viola Bisseti j\Ia\-ini. in ]];ill. Soc. Nat. Mo^c. 1879, [«. .■), ct in liLl. 

 1888; Makino in Lot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. [>. TjO. 



riola vaijinata var. aiKjusli/biia Yatabe in herl). So. Coll. I nip. 

 Univ. Tokyo, et in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, V. p. 319. 



Acaulescent ; roots long, often thickish, with delicate rootlets. Rhi- 

 zome li-8 cm. long, attaining about 5 mm. across, erect, or oblicpie, or 

 repent, sometimes branched, articulated, hard, the internode sometimes 

 more or less elongated; vaginju of the neck chestnut-coloured, ovato-subu- 

 late or deltoid-subulate, acuminate, membranaceous, minutely «-landuloso- 

 ciliated, i-l|cm. long. Leaves few, long-petioled, deltoid-lanceolate 

 and shallowly cordate at the base and 21-8 cm. long, 11-3 cu). wide in 

 lluwer, but after anthcsis develoi>ing further and becomiu"-- subdeltoid- 

 lanceolatc or deltoidly broad-lanceolate prolonged-ovate in fonn, attainino" 



