14 THE JOURNAL OF JAPANESE BOTANY. [Toi, iii. No. 4. 



Saxifntrja Wafanabei Yatabe in Bot. 'Slag., Tokyo, VI. (1892), p. 4?>, tab. 2, 

 et Iconogr. Fl. Jap. I. 3, p. 179, tab. 44. 



Suxifraga tellinioides vnr. Watannbei Makiso h\ Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. (1901), 

 p. 12, XVII. (1903), p. 115. 



Nom. Jap. Watan'^be-sd, Momidzi-yrwntds'). 



Hdb. Prov. TOSA, shady mountains. 



Castanea crenata Steb. et Zucc. forma gigantea Makixo, nov. f. 

 Nuts very large. 

 Nom. Jap. T<imb'i-gvri. 

 Hab. JAPAX. 



var. pleiocarpa Makixo, nov. var. (Fig. I.) 



Nuts usually 7 or rai-ely 8 in each i)rickly cupule. which dehiscent early, 

 small in size. 



Nom. Jap. H'lko-rfurl. 



Hab. Prov. ?tIUSASHI: Oidzumi (T, 3Iakino!). 



Very rare! 



FIl:. I. ('iistanea rrenata SIEB. ET ZrCC. vav. pleiocarpa MAKINO. 



var. femina Makixo, var. nov. 



Catkins all pistillate-tiowered, -without any staminate flower. 

 Nom. Jap. Yutsvibuf<n-i]xiri. 



Hdb. Prov. SHINANO: Kwannonzawa in Wadatoge (Keizo Koxo! July.l8, 

 1924). 



