Ji.r 30. 1917.] THE JOUBXAL OF JAFANESE BOl'AXY. yj 



Hh. JA-PAX, veiy common. 



a. semiplenas ^Makixo, 1. c. 



Flower semidouble with 10 or more petals. 



Nom.. Jap. Hin-me-umanoashigata. 



Eib. JAPAN, rare. 



forma pleniflorus ^M^kino, 1. c. 



Flower entirely double. 



Xom. Jap. Kimfo-ge. 



Eib. JAPAX, rare. 



a. albidus !Maexso, 1. c. 



Petals albescent. 



Nom. Jap. Gimpo-ge. 



Eib. JAPAN, very rare. 



forma duplex AIaecno, 1. c. 



Flower duplex. 



Nom. Jap. Danzairi-l'impoge. 



Eab. JAPAN, very rare. 



Cassia mimosoides Lixx. Sp. PI. p. 379. 



Yar. nomame (Sieb.) ^VLvktso, nov. comb. 



Sooji nomams Sieb, in Verb. Bat. Genoot. XII. ^1830), p. 50. 



Cass'a mimosoidss ilig. Prol. FL Jap. p. 242 ; Fra>;ch. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 115, non Ln^x. 



C'assii mimosoides var. dimidiafa ^Iatsuu. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XTI. (1902), p. 100, non Koxb. 



Cassi2 procumhens Thttnb. Fl. Jap. p. 179, non Lrsx. 



Annual. Stem herbaceous but hard, slender, terete, pubescent 

 with curved adpressed antrorse hairs, ramose or simple, erect or 

 subdiffuse. Leaves attaining about 8 cm. long, 2 cm. wide ; leaflets 

 multijugate, 3-10 mm. long, l-2i mm. wide. Flower small, pedicel- 

 late, about 7-8 mm. across, yellow, 1-2 and supra-axillary ; pedicel 

 sHghtly shorter or longer than the flower, with subulate bracts 

 below and above. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent dorsal- 

 ly. Petals 5, sHghtly exceeding the sepals. Stamens 4, included. 

 Ovary densely pubescent. Legume adpressedly pubescent. 



Nom. Jap. A'.ncara-L-etsumei, Xemu-cha, No-mam?, ^ishi-mame. 



Eib. JAPAN, widely spreading. 



Auknba japonica TmxB. Fl. Jap. p. 64, tab. 12-13. 

 forma Yiridiflora MiKixo, nov. 

 Flower entirely light green. 

 Nom. Jap. Aobmi-aok-i (nov.). 



