Aprü 10. uir-i r. MAKTXO.^COXTmB. TO FLORA OF JAP AX. 13 



Hdb. Prov. BIZEX: Tataka-yama (Tororzi Watanabe! Januarr 

 1915). 



Maehlenbergia hakonensls THliCK. 1 il^xixo, nor. comb. fi^omc^l 



J/.-. uV*i6er<^i'J^;ia:o*ie/i.^i5 Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. (1899).^ ^ c. 

 p. 047; MATsm. Ind. PL Jap. IE. 1 (1905 j, p. 67. 



}som. Jap. Tachi-nezamigaya. 



Hib. JAPAN. 



This is found on Mils and mountains, while M. jjponica Sxeud. 

 grows in hill-foot and fields. 



Muehlenbergia ramosa (Hacx.i 3JL\xrso, nov. comb. 



Maehlenbergia ^ramosi Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. (1S99), p. tpf^'e^ 

 647; ]\lAisrM. Ind. PI. Jap. IL 1 (1905). p. 67. - -^^ 



;Nom. Jap. Kidichi-wj-nezumigiyj. 

 Eab. JAPAN'. 



DierYÜla Maximo wiczii iS. M:ose) IMakixo, nov. comb. 



DierisUh Middendormma vir. Maximoiriczii S. Moore in Joum. 

 Bot. (1S7S), p. 129; mTkixo in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XII. (1898), p. 

 343 (Jap.); Matsoj. Ind. PI. Jap. IL 2 (1912), p. 598. 



Shrub. Flowers yellow, sub-sessüe, axillary on foliiferous 

 branchlets of this year and often bloate at the top of them, 

 provided with small linear bracts at the base. Leaves membrana- 

 ceous, thinly pubescent, but hairs dense on the midrib. Calyx 

 spathaceous, 5-fid, thinly pubescent. CoroUa about 4— 4i cm. long, 

 suddenly elongato-tubulate below. Anthers connivent. Style 

 slightly shorter than the corolla. Capsule cylindrical, very shortly 

 stipitate, about 2 cm. long, often arcuate. Seed ellipsoid, winged; 

 wing oblong, obtuse at both ends, 2-2i mm. long. 



Xom. Jap. JCtbini-idsugi. 



Erb. Prov. SKLMOTSCKE: Xikio {Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo. May IS, 1SS9; T. Makdco : June 1901); Prov. IWASHIRO: 

 Mt. Bandai in Aidzu (G. Xakahaea ! herb. ibid. June 4, 1904 », Tsu- 

 chiyu-toge in Mt. Adzuma ( G. Nakahaba 1 herb. ibid. I^Liy 19, 1904), 

 3Liku-no-vu in Vole. Adzum:^ (G. KomzuMi ! herb. ibid.). 



This species resembles superficially DierviUa Middendorffiini 

 C.\fiR. {=Weigela Ilidd^'ndorßana TRAxnx.^ Calypfros'ignu Jliddendorf- 

 ninum Tractv. et 31et.), but differs from the latter which has 

 the 2-several-flowered pedicellate cvme, deeply parted ealvx, corolla 

 with a short lower tube, sub fusiform capsule, and acuminately winged 

 seed (wing narrow-lanceolate, 7-8 mm. long). 



