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obovato -oblong, rounded-obtuse at apex, narrowed towards the base, verj' 

 loosely nigro-punctate on margin above and externally, several-nerved. Sta- 

 mens numerous, triadelphous, erect-patent, slightly shorter than petals, yel- 

 low ; filament filiform ; anther minute, didymous, with a black tubercle at 

 the apex. Pistil equal to stamens in height ; ovary conico-ovoid, 3-locular, 

 many-ovuled ; styles 3, as long as the ovary, erect-patent, filiform ; stigma 

 punctate, purpurascent ; ovules oblong. Capsule narrowly conical, tapering 

 above, about 7-10 mm. long, 2^-5 mm. across, thinly carpellary, 3-sulcate, 

 longer than the persistent calyx, with persistent styles, finely striato-nervate, 

 3-locular, many-seeded. Seed cylindrical-oblong, straight or somewhat arc- 

 uate, minutely and obscurely trabeculate, yellowish-brown, about fmm. 

 long. Flowers in July. 



Hah. Prov. Shimotsuke : Mt. Nikko {T. 3Ia7cino\ July 17, 1900, Aug. 

 29, 1901, Sept. 14, 1901, Aug. 1903); Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cultivated 

 from Nikko (T. MaJcmo ! July 1904). 



Hypericum erectum Thunb. var. caespitosum Makino var. nov. 



Suffruticous, attaining about 40 cm. in height, glabrous. Stems cf\3S- 

 pitose, erect or ascending, slender, reddish-purple, castaneo-purple, or fusco- 

 rufo-castaneous when dried. Leaves ovato-Ianceolate or angustato-oblong, 

 attaining 27 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, minutely and disparsedly nigro-punc- 

 tate, rounded to subcordate at base, obtuse to retuse at apex, green above, 

 subglaucous beneath. Flowers laxly disposed, about 1 cm. across, yellow. 

 Capsule ovoid-conical, tapering above, about 8 mm. long. Seeds oblong, 

 about § mm. long, minutely trabeculate, yellowish-brown. 



Hah. Prov. Suruqa : Mt. Fuzi (/?. Yatabe and J. Matsumura ! herb. 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 2.5, 1881; T. 3Ialcino\ Aug. 15, 1899); 

 Prov. Shimotsuke ; Nikko (T. Malcino ! Aug. 1903). 



This differs from the type by its numerous stems. 



Aster trinervius Pioxb. var. viscidulus Makino var. nov. 



Aster Dlaachii Maxim in litt. non Kegel. 



Perennial, attaining about .5 decim. in height ; roots dense, fibrous.- 

 Stem solitary or few-fasciculate, simple, erect, slender, fiexuous, striate, 

 pubescent ; internodes shorter than leaves. Leaves sparse on stem 

 throughout excepting the base, erect-patent or spreading, sessile, lanceolate. 



