41) 



Acaulescent; routs long, tliickisli. llhizome erect, or ob]i(iue, articu- 

 lated, hard, attaining about 4 cm, or more in length and about 4 mm. 

 in diameter ; vaginiu of the neck ovate to ovato-subulate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, membranaceous, minutely glanduloso-ciliated on tlie margin, .shorter 

 than the sti})ules, chestnut-coloured. Leaves o-."), erect or ascending, 

 long-petioled, subrenilbnn-cordate, suddenly short-acuminate with au acute 

 or acutish tip, auricled with large and oval lobes and a deep not wide 

 sinus, crenato-serrate, thickly membranaceous, thinly pubescent above, 

 pilosulo-pubeseent beneath, concolorous, with loose veins, about 5-10 cm. 

 long, .5-9icm. wide, but smaller in size and the basal lobes involute in 

 flower ; petiole longer than the blade, exalate, glabrous, but puberulent 

 above, 1)-1G cm. long, but 7-13 cm. long in ilower ; stipules pale, free, 

 subulato-lanceolate, acuminate, very thinly membranaceous, very delicately 

 loose-veined, minutely glanduloso-ciliated, 7-11 mm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, 

 reduncles erect, e([ualling the leaves in length in Ilower, but shorter in 

 those of cleistoganious ilowers, glabrous, Ijracteate above the middle ; brac- 

 teoles 2, ap[)roximate, subulate, acuminate, thin, glanduloso-subciliated- 

 margined below, .'j-S mm, long. Flower large, about 2-2Jcm. across, 

 light lilac. >^epals ol)long, obtuse, thin, glabrous, with 3 main nerves 

 and loose delicate veinlets, S-!) mm. long, 2i-3J mm, broad ; basal auricles 

 subrectangular, truncate often with more or less sinuate margin, glabrous, 

 about 2-3 mm. long, but smaller and obtuse narrow-oblong in the lateral 

 ones. Petals obovate or Ijroadly obovate, attenuated at the base, round- 

 ed or sometimes subretuse at the apex, about l.j nun, long, the lateral 

 ones slightly bearded; calcar short, scrotiform, shorter than sepals, 3i-4mm. 

 long, 3^-5 mm. wide. Connective-tip broadly ovate, oljtuse ; appendages 

 lunato-faleate, obtuse, curved downwards, 2i-3 nun. lung. Ovary ovate, 

 gradually acute ; style slightly longer than the ovary ; stiguja obovato- 

 deltoid, concave, the beak distinctly protruded. Capsule large, nutant, 

 elliptical, acute, glabrous, about l|-l-|cm. long. h^eeds obovoid, smooth, 

 3 mm. long, 2 mm. across. 



Hah. Prov, MusAsiir : Chichibu [li. Yatabe and J. jlfatsumiira ! lierb. 

 Sc. Coll. Imi». Univ. Tokyo, April 23, 1878), Akiyama in Chichibu (//. 

 Sakurai ! herb. Imp, Mus. May 1884), Mt. Mitsumine in Chichibu {T. 

 MaJdno\ July 18, 1888); Prov. Shimotsuke : Mt. mkVo {T. 31aldno\ 

 Aug. 1884), 



Very closely allied to Viola vajluula Maxim., hut dill'ers from it by 

 its pale stipules, bearded petals, and entire or subsinuate-truncate-margined 

 calyx-appendages. The leaves of V. va(jlnala Maxim, are entirely glabrous 



