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In those two forms, the coroUa-tiihe may be either longer or shorter 

 than lobes, and the flower is also variable in size. The flower with the 

 long-corolla-tube very closely resembles that of Tsusiaphyllum TanaJcce 

 Maxim. 



f^. trinerve (Franch.) Makino. 



Leaves usually larger, trinerved. Corolla-lobes 4-5, longer than the 

 tube ; tube short. Stamens 4-5. 



a. pentamerum Makino. 



Jihododendron trinerve Franch. in herb. Mus. Par. ex Boissieu in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. V. (1897) p. 920. 

 Corolla-lobes 5. 

 Hah. Japan. 



b. tetramerum IMakino. 

 Corolla-lo])es 4. Stamens 4. 

 Hah. Japan. 



Melia japonica G. Don ; Walp. Repert. Y. p. 373, et Ann. IV. p. 336. 

 Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 212 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 75 ; Cas. 

 DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. I. p. 456 ; Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 (1879), p. 7, et PI. Chin. Potan. p. 96. 



Melia Azedarach var. siihtripinnata Miq. 1. c. ; Franch. et Sav. 1. c. 



var. semperflorens Makino var. nov. 



Shrubby ; trunk slender, erect, reaching to a height of about 2 m. or 

 more, shortly branched above. Leaves bipinnate, but in flowering branch- 

 lets often simply pinnate and smaller or sometimes only ternate ; leaflet 

 ovate, irregularly coarsely serrato-dentate. Panicles .3-10 cm. long including 

 the peduncle, sparse on new branches of this year, axillary, several-many- 

 flowered. Flower about 17 ram. across, lilac. Stamens deep purple. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. {T. Mahinol July 20, 1903). 



Gentiana Kawakamii Makino. 



Gentiana nipponica var. Kaioahamii Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XVIL (1903) J). 212. 



Corolla-lobes often very minutely denticulate ; plaits inclined inwards 

 and closing the throat, somewhat contorted. 



