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about 12 cm. long, and 5 cm. broad in size, deeply auriculate with ovate of 

 elliptical lobes and the opened or the nearly connivent sinus at the base, 

 depressingly crenato-serrate, acuminate with an obtuse or acutish tip, membra- 

 naceous, green and sometimes subalbovariegated along nerves above, paler 

 beneath, subtilely thin -pubescent, with loose veins ; petiole usually longer 

 than the blade, 3^-27 cm. long, but 2-11 cm. long in flower, glabrous or 

 thinly pubescent above ; stipules free or adnate half below, suljulate or 

 subulato-linear, acuminate, membranaceous, chestnut-coloured, minutely 

 glanduloso-ciliated, about 5-10 mm. long. Peduncles 1-2, erect, longer 

 or shorter than leaves, 3i-13 cm. high, glabrous, bracteate in the middle or 

 below it or rarely above it ; bracteoles 2, approximate, subulate, acuminate, 

 membranaceous, glandular-ciliated-margiucd below, .3-9 mm. long. Flowers 

 large, I5-2J cm. across, light lilac. Sepals lanceolate, or ovato-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, glabrous, G-10 nun. long, the main nerves 3, often with delicate 

 vienlets ; basal auricles subtruncate and dentato-incised, the largest one about 

 31 mm. long. Petals obovate to oblong, rounded or retuse at the ai)ex, 

 11-17 mm. long, beardless, the lowest one often a little broader; calcar 

 short and wide, rounded, scrotiform, shorter than the sei)als, 3-G mm. long, 

 4-G mm. broad. Connective- tip rounded-ovate ; appendages short, ovato- 

 falcate, obtuse, turned downwards, thicker towards the end, 2-3 mm. long. 

 Ovary ovate, acute, glabrous ; style eijual to or longer than the ovary in 

 length, gradually enlarged above, glabrous, slightly exserted from anthers ; 

 stigma obovate, concave, the beak produced. Capsule ellii)tical, acute, 

 glabrous, 10-14 mm. long. tSecds obovoid, smooth, 2 mm. across. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Mt. Yokogura {T. MaUno\ May 1893), Nanokawa 

 {T. JIid-ino\ Nov. 1881; K. Watanabc\ herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 April 17, 1890) ; Prov. HrrACiii : I\It. Tsukuba (^Z: Mildno ! April 5, 1894 ; 

 C. Owataril herb. ibid. April 12, 1895); Prov. Musasui : Mt. Takao (T. 

 Maldnol July 1.3, 1890), Mt. Kosui-zan in Kaminariki-mura {T. Maldno\ 

 April 1895), Kaminaguri-mura {T. Ilakino ! April 5, 1895), Otaki in Clii- 

 chibu {It. Yalahc and J. 3/afsumura ! herb, ibid.), Mt. Odake (J. Maisu- 

 viimi, Y. Yahe, and S. AFatsudal herb. ibid. May 15, 1900); Prov. Idzu: 

 Mt. Amagi {S. Okubo\ herb. ibid. June 12, 1883, April 4, 1887); Prov. 

 IsE : Mt. Asama {Z. Umemura ! May 7, 21, 1893). 



This species is allied to Viola vaginata Maxim., but the shape of 

 leaves is different. 



Viola (Nominiium) MatsumurSB Makino sp. nov, 



