50 



on the upper surface, while thote of my species ure hairy on both sur- 

 faces. 



Viola Raddeana Kegel PI. lUickl. L pi). 218, 2."3(J, tab. 7, fig. 1-5; 

 Maxiu]. in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 747; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Hoc. XXIII. p. 

 54; Korshinsky in Act. Hort. Petrop. XII. p. 311; Palib. Consp. VI 

 Korea3 I. p. 35. 



Viola Raddeana var. Japonica Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. p. 50. 



Viola deltoidea Yatahe in herb. t^c. Coll. Innp. Univ. Tokyo, et in 

 Bot. ]\Iag., Tokyo, V. p. 318. 



Caulescent. Iliiizome short. Stems 1-6, erect, foliose, slender, 

 llexuous, glabrous; (lark-})urple towards the base, the largest one attaining 

 about 12;^ decim. in height and 3.1 mm. in diameter after anthesis. 

 Leaves alternate, erect, petiolate, deltoid-lanceolate, acuminate with a 

 calloso-acutisii tip, trimcato-subcordate and subsagittate at tl)e base, coarsely 

 depressed-crenate, glabrous, thin, with loose veins, 3i-ll cm. long, 1-4 cm. 

 across ; petiole shorter than the blade, narrowly winged above, 2-5 cm. 

 long ; stipules foliaceous, free, erect, longer or shorter than the petiole, 

 broadly linear, acute, one-laciniato-dentate and laxly obscurely crenato- 

 serrate, thin, longitudinally 3-nerved, attaining about 6 cm. long. Pe- 

 duncle axillary, shorter than the leaves, gracile, glabrous, about 6-10 cm. 

 long, bracteate above the middle ; bracteoles 2, approximate, subulato- 

 linear, 4-7 mm. long. Flowers small, 9-12 mm, across, pale-cjoruleo- 

 violascent. fSepals lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 3-nerved, .5-8 mm. 

 long ; basal auricles very short, truncato-subdentate. Petals oblong, 

 attenuated below, rounded-obtuse at the apex, 7-10 nnn. long, the lateral 

 ones beardless and furnished with a callus at the lower portion, the lower 

 one shorter than the others, concave, violet-striped ; calcar short, semi- 

 orbicular, slightly protruded ])ehind l)eyond the sepals, minutely pubescent 

 within. Connective-tip ovato-deltoid, obtuse ; appendages lamelliform, 

 subrectangular, longitudinally adherent to nearly the whole length of the 

 anther-cells, the (juter margin thickish and parallel to the anther-cells. 

 Ovary ovate, glabrous ; style narrow, equalUng the ovay in length ; stigma 

 capitato-deltoid, with a very short beak. Capsule oblong, acute, 10-13 

 nmi. long, glabrous, with coriaceous car[)els. Seeds obovoid, smooth, 

 darkish when matured. 



Hah. Prov. Musasiii : Toda-hara {T. Makhiol June 24, 1888, May 



