Nobitome (S. Okuho ! herb. ibid. Sept. 29, 1882) ; Piov. Iyo : Furnkawa 

 {K. Watanabel herb. ibid. Sept. 24, 1891); Prov. Suo: Yamagnchi (Z>. 

 Nikail herb. ibid. Oct. 16, 1892). 



Gleditschia horrida (Thnub.) Maldno, non AVilld. 



Fagara horrida Tluinb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. (1794) p. 329 ; 

 Willd. Sp. PI. I. (1797) p. 667 ; Pers. Sjn. PI. I. (180.5) p. 144 ; Roem. 

 et Schnlt. Syst. Veg. III. (1818) p. 297, Mant. (1827) p. 22.5 ; Siel). et 

 Ziicc. in Abhandl. Akad. Mnench. IV. 2, (1846) p. 121. 



Zantlioxylum horridum DC. Prodr. I. (1824) p. 728. 



Gleditschia japonica Miq. Ann. Mn?. Bot. Lugd.-Bot. III. (1867) p. 

 54, et Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 242 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. (187.5) 

 p. 114, et II. (1879) p. 327 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 4.52 (1886) ; 

 H. de BoisP. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VI. (1898) p. 679. 



Cwsalpiniodes japonicum 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. I. (1891) p. 167. 



Fagara folioUs incBquilateris integris Thnnb. Fl. Jap. (1784) PI. 

 Ohse. p. 350, n. 3. 



Nom. Jap. Saikachi. 



Hah. Japan, planted and snbspontaneons. 



Alsine Jooi Makino, sp. nov. 



Small perennial, compactly tnfted ; roots fibrous. Stems gracile, 

 many-branched, densely covered with died old leaves, but provided with 

 living leaves towards the top of the ascending branches. Leaves dense, 

 subrigidly herbaceous, opposite with the connate bases, spreading, often 

 recurved, subulato-linear, acute, thick but thiner at the base, glabrous but 

 setoso-ciliated, hyaline-margined often excepting the apex, plane or often 

 somewhat concave above, convex beneath, 3-nerved but invisible superficially, 

 6-12 mm. long, l-2inmi. wide. Flower erect, campanulate, rounded- 

 obtuse at the base, about 8 mm. long, shortly pedicellate, 2-bracteate ; 

 pedicel about 4i-5mm. long, glanduloso-pubescent ; bracts opposite, situated 

 above the middle of the pedicel, foliaceous, ascending, oblong-lanceolate, 

 concave, other characters as in the leaves. Calyx deeply 5-parted ; lubes 

 oblong or ovato-lanceolate, obtuse or acutish at the apex, entire, thickish 

 and green, but hyaline on the margin, ciliated below, glanduloso-pube<sceiit 

 below externally, glabrous internally, with 3 main nerves accompanied by 



