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obUi.se and .siibcallohc puiiit, triiiervcd without veiulct, oiiu of lateral veins 

 disappears before reaching the apex. lliidiinentary petals and stamens 

 minute and setaceous. Pistil slightly exserted ; ovary gloLosc, longer than 

 the calyx-ttdje, free, glabrous, 2-3-locular ; ovule solitary in each loculament ; 

 style erect, 2-3-fid, arms shorter than the main portion, patent-arcuate, 

 with the oblong stigma. Fruit globose, rauticous, black when mature, 

 Kacculent, about 7-8 mm. across, usually with 2 ])yren;v3, girt with a [)er- 

 sistent plane calyx-tube at the base ; i)yrena broadly oblong, black, smooth, 

 indehiscent, thin but cartilaginous, 5-5,^ mm. long. Seed adherent to 

 pyren;i3, ovato-elliptical, with a thin testa, thinly but densely O[)aquc-nigro- 

 furfuraceous, deeply sulcate dorsally, the groove close pedicel 4-10 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Kurotsahara, Nahekdzi, Okuroumemodoki, Ushikoroshi (alter 

 Keisuke Ito). 



Prov. i\Iu.sASHi : Tokycj (Herb.! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 'J'okyo), J]ot. 

 Gard. Koishikawa in Tokyo, cult. (Herb.! ibid. JMay 18, 1880 ; T. Makino ! 

 June 181iG), Near Katayama (//. Yatahe and J. 3Iatsumura ! herb. ibid. 

 May 5, 1881), Shimura (T. Nakino ! 1888, iSept. 7, 1893, May 22, 1«!)S, Oct. 

 30, 1898), NcarHachiozi {T. jl/akiuo\ Oct. 28, 189'J), Near Ivami-kunugida 

 (T. Makino I June 1901), Near Asagawa {T. Makino \ May 1902), Shinio- 

 shakushii (7'. iV«7a/^o! May 20, 1900); Prov. Shinano : Mt. Wada-toge {It. 

 Yatahe and J. Matsum.wra\ herb. ibid. July 23, 1880), Mt. Togakushi {IL 

 Yatahe and J. Matsumural herb. ibid. July 10, 1884); Prov. Muisu: 

 Pukuoka {11. Yatahel herb. ibid. Aug. 20. 1878). 



Common in middle and nortiiern Japan. It dil'feres from the ty[)e 

 by narrower leaves and cons[)icuous reticidatious of veinlets. 



Lotus corniculatus Linn. var. japonicus lugel ' Ind. Sem. Ih.rt. 

 Petrol). (1864) ]). 23'; Pranch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 97; Palib. 

 Consp. PI. Kor. 1. }). Gl. 



Lotus corniculatus Thunb. PI. Jap. [>. 291 ; A. Gray Pot. Ja[t. p. 

 l^Sr); i\Ii.|. Prol. PI. Jap. j). 231. 



forma a. concolor Makino. 



('orolla entireb' yellow. 



Hah. Ja[)an, common. 



forma b. versicolor Makino. 



Corolla at first yellow and then turning to scarlet. 



Ilah. Prov. MusASiii : Near Tokyo (T. Makino \ June 1904); Prov. 



