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purascent when recent beneath, loosely reticulated ; petiole erect-patent, 

 slightly shorter than the blade, ciliated on front margins (which are often 

 purpurascent when recent), straight, 8-11 mm. long. Pedicel erect, longer 

 than the involucral leaves, gracile, filiform, pubescent with ascending- 

 adpressed pale hairs throughout (hairs denser under the flower), 3-4 cm. 

 long. Flower 16-18 mm. across, white. Sepals 5, patent, oblong to 

 ovato-oblong, obtuse, membranaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, delicately 

 veined, deciduous, 9-10 mm. long, .5-6 ram. broad. Stamens numerous, 

 shorter than sepals ; filament filiform ; anther oblong, yellowish. Carpels 

 several, sessile, pubescent with silvary erect-patent hairs, elliptical, tapering 

 above into a short and often slightly curved glabrous style. 



Nom. Jap. Hiroha-himeichige (T. Makino). 



Hah. Prov. Kitami : Soya {U. Fauriel n. 9647, May 19, 1893); 

 Prov. IsHiKARi : Asahigawa {Shin-ya ltd ! comm. Sei Igarashi n. 7, May 

 1905). 



This differs from the type by the broader leaves and larger flowers. 



Viola chserophylloides (Kegel) Makino var. Sieboldiana (Maxim.) 

 Makino. 



Viola pinnata var. Sieboldiana Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 718 ; 

 Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 646. 



Viola Sieboldiana Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIX. p. 144 (Jap.). 



Nom. Jap. Higo-suvnire. 



Hah. Southern and Middle Japan, mountains. 



Viola (Dischidium) crassa Makino. 



Viola lifiora var. crassifolia IMakino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVI. 

 (1902) p. 139. 



Leaves sometimes much reniform, tnmcate or emarginato-truncate at 

 the apex, attaining SJcm. in width, 3 cm. in length. Seed obovoid- 

 ellipsoid,^ sooty, 2^ mm. long. 



Hab. Prov. Kikuchu : Mt. Iwate {G. Toba ! n. 63, Aug. 12, 1904), 



Fotentilla 3Iatsuo7cana Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XVI. (1902) p. 

 l61.=Potentilla nivea Linn. Sp. PI. p. 499 ; Rich t. Cod. n. 3799; 

 Houtt. Linn. Ffl.-Syst. VII. p. 165; Poir. Enc. Bot. V. p. 600; Willd. 



