2 THE JOURNAL OF JAPANESE BOTAXY, tvoi. in. Xo. i. 



Flower white. Otherwise as in the type. 



Xom. Jap. Shirohana-hirugao- 



Hab. Prov. KII : Koya, wild (T. Making ! 1920.). 



Oxalis comiculata, Lrsx. var. rubrifolia Makixo, nov. var. 



Perennial, smaller than the type. Stem slender, filiform, spreading, de- 

 cumbent, radicant, loosely ramose, thinly pubescent. Leaves petiolate, reddish- 

 purple ; petiole thinly pubescent ; leaflets obcordate with a rather deep sinus 

 at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, thinly ciliated. Peduncle axillary, 

 longer or shorter than leaves. Flowers pedicellate, few, sulj-umbellate, yellow, 

 but red at the throat ; pedicel with subulate ciliated small l^ract at the base. 

 Capsule 8-15 mm. long, erect, with reflexed pedicel, puberulent. 



Xom. Jap. Aka-katdbami. 



H(tb. JAPAX, common. 



It differs from var. tropaeoloides Makixo (0. c. var. atropurpurea Planch. ; 

 0. c. var. rubra Hort.) by the more slender stem, smaller and deeper coloured 

 leaves, and the smaller and red-eyed flower. For the latter variety I pro- 

 posed the new Japanese name Usuaka-katabami. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea, Sieb, et Zucc. forma angustifolia Makixo, 

 nov. f. 



Leaves angustate, narrowly linear, ly-3cm. long, 1-1 J mm. wide, sharply 

 tapering at the apex. 



Nom. Jap. Hosoba-inugaya (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. MTSASHI : Tokyo, ciüt. 'T. :Makixo !). 



Stellaria media (Lixx.) Cyk. var. minor ^NIakixo, nov. var. 



IVronnial, diffuse, many-stemmed ; tap-root very slender, white, with 

 slender branch-roots and fine many rootlets. Stems loosely dichotomously 

 branched, attaining about 6 decim. in long and 2j mm. iu diameter, flaccidly 

 her'Daceous, green, often shaded with dark-purple towards the sun, terete, 

 smooth, marked with a pubescent (hairs white and reflexed-subadpressed) 

 line in each internode alternately, patently pubescent in nodes, more or less 

 geniculate and more slender towards the base ; internode about 12 cm. long 

 in the longest one. Leaves opposite, spreading, petiolate, but sessile in the 

 superior ones, oval-ovate to elliptical-ovate or ovate, very acute at the apex, 

 obtuse or acute at the base, entire, flaccid-herbaceous, glabrous, deep green 

 above, light green beneath, 4-22 mm. long, 2-13 mm. wide ; jietiole long or 

 short, broad in the superior ones, loosely and spreadingly ciliated, shallowly 

 canaliculate in front, attaining about 1 cm. long ; midrib more or less prom- 

 inent beneath, impressed above ; veins loose, erect-patent, inconspicuous. 

 Dichasial cyme with erect-patent branches, bracteate ; bracts leaf-like, opposite, 

 sessile, ovato-eUiptical or ovate, very acute. Flowers pedicellate, 5-6 mm. 

 across, white ; pedicel gracile, green and often shaded with dai'k-purple, erect 

 \, %wer but reflexed and lengthened in young fruit, then again erect and 

 u ^ 1-2 cm. long in the mature fruit, pubescent in the inner side with white 



