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EDITED BY "■ 



T. MAKING. 



LECTL'REH O"^ BOTAN^' IN THE SCIENCE CO'-LEGE 

 IVPERIAL LNlVERSiTY OF TOKVO. 



Vol. I. 



NoYember 18, 1917. 



(SEPTEMBER NUMBER.") 



No. 9. 



Published by the SHOKUBUTsr-KENKYc-Z.vssHi-SHA. 

 ^No. 3. Tosaki-mnchi, Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Tomitarö Makino : — A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Flora of Japan. 



(Continued fron\ p. 2S.) 29 



AKTICLES IN JAPANESE (213) 



A Contribution to the Knowledge of the 

 Flora of Japan. 



{Conibmed from p. 2S.) 



By 

 Touiitaro Makiuo. 



• Clerodendron trichotomum Thob. Fl. Jap. p. 256. 



Yar. esculentum Masino, nov. rar. 



Leaves usually subcordate at the base, often elongato-acuminate. 

 Cyme usually more or less contracted. Calyx-segments narrower, 

 ovato-lanceolate, short-acuminate. 



Nom. Jap. Shoro-kasagina, Juro-lusagina. 



Hab. Prov. TOSA, southern (T. Muaxo !) ; Prov. OSOU (Z. 

 T-ASHiRoI; T. !M\KixoI). 



Leaves are less fetid and young leaves are edible. 



Raphanus satlYus Linn. Sp. PI, p. 669. 



Yar. gigantissimus ^Maktno, nov. var. Fig. .3. 



Root very large, about 4-5 decim. across, globose, depressed- 

 globose, obovato-globose, or globoso-fusiform, white. Leaves many, 

 tufted, erect, long, deeply pinnato-parted, firm in texture, deep-green. 



