88 



Chloranthus japoniciis Siek (1829); Solms in DC. Prod r. XVl. 1, 

 p. 476; Hance in Jonrn. Bof. (1878) p. 14; Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. (1879) p. .57 ; Francb. et Sav. Einim. PI. Jap. I. p. 444 ; Francli. 

 PI. David. I. p. 258 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 

 368; Korsb. in Act. Hort. Pctrop. XII. p. 348; Diels in Engler's Bot. 

 Jabrb. XXIX. p. 273. 



Nigrina japonica Makino inedit. 



'fricercandra quadrifolia A. Gray in Perry's Exped. Jap. II. (1857) 

 p. 318, et iu Mem. Amer. Acad. n. p. VI. (1859) p. 405; Miq. in Ann. 

 Mus. Bot. Liigd.-Bat. III. p. 130, et Pro]. Fl. Jap. p. 294. 



Cldoraidlms serraius var. quadrifolia Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat., 

 Fl. Jap. (1870) p. 83. 



Chloranthus japonicus /9. minor Sieb. berb. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 130. 



Chloranthus macranthera Scbult. fi!. in berb. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd.-Bat. III. p. 130. 



Chloranthus monostachijus Hoffm. et Scbult. Norn, indig. PI. Jap. 

 (1853) p. 27, et ed. nov. (1864) p. 14, non Pv. Br. 



Chloranthus mandshuricus Piupr. Dec. Pi. Amur. tab. 2 ; Maxim 

 Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 463 ; Kegel Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 151 ; Bretscbn. Hist. 

 Eur. Bot. Disc, in Cbina p. 615. 



Nom. Jap. Hitori-shidzuka. 



Hab. Japan, widely distributed. 



Akebia quinata Decne. forma viridiflora Makino. 



Peduncle and pedicels viridescent ; scaly bracts pale. Male flower : 

 sepals yellowish - viridescent ; stamens pale; rudimentary ovaries pale. 

 Female flower : sepals similar to tbose of the male flower in colour ; ovaries 

 about 9-12, viridescent ; stigma truncate, minutely concave ; rudimentary 

 stamens yellowisb. Fl. April. 



Nom. Jap. Awo-ahebi (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Owari : Nagoya, cult. {T. Mahino\ April 1902, from the 

 garden of Y. Kume). 



Sisymbrium (Velarum) officinale Scop.; Smith Engl. Bot. tab. 725; 

 Lam. et DC. FI. Fr. ed. 3, IV. p. 672; DC. Syst. II. p. 459, et Prodr 



