April 5, 1915.] T. MAKIXO.—COXriUB. TO FLORA OF JAPAX. 3 



Nom. Jap. Kb-ltimi^iilsuc/i (nov.), Ao-hinieutsugi. 



Hab. Prov. MIKAWA* (G. Nagura! 1902);' Prov. BITCHU (Z. 

 YoSHiNol 1907); Prov. MUSASHI (T. Makixo! 1914). 



The flower of this species is the smallest among the Japanese 

 species oi" Deutzia, and the flowering time is a little earlier than 

 that of JJeutzia gracilis Sieb, et Ztcc. 



Äster trinervius Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 61, et Fl. Ind. HI. p. 433. 



Yar. Harai 3Iakixo, nov. var. 



Perennial, about 7 decini. high, ramose; stem and branches 

 st ender, terete, slightly striate, glabrate, virid-purple ; branches erect- 

 patent, foliiferous throughout, ramulose and puberulent above. 

 Leaves olilong-lanceolate or lanceolate, very shortly petiolate, very 

 acuniinate, cmieate or attenuated-cuneate at the base, remotely 

 mucronato-dentate, rigid when dried, scabrous or scabro-hispidulous 

 and green above, paler and thinly pubescent on the midrib and 

 veins beneath, scabro-ciliated, triplinerved below, attaining about 

 14 cm. long and 2| cm. broad, the upper ones gradually smaller. 

 Heads peduncled, numerous, loosely corymbosely disposed, not 

 large, aliout I5-2 cm. in diameter, mainly violascent, or white, 

 peduncled gracile, often with a bract; bract minute, attenuated 

 below. Involucral-scales imbiücatsd, obtuse at the apex, ciliated, 

 1-nerved; lower ones shorter, oblong or oblong-subspathulate, dark- 

 purple, or dark-purple above; inner ones oblong-linear, dark-purple 

 towards the apex, the iunei'most one about 3| mm. long. Ligule 

 narrowly oblong. Pappus shorter than the yellow tubular flowers, 

 pale. Ovary hispidulous with antrorsely subadpressed pale bairs. 



Nom. Jap. Sagami-gibu (nov.). 



Hob. Prov. SAGAMI: Kurokura (T. Haev! Sept. 21, 1915; K. 

 His.^rcHi! Sept. 21, 1915). 



This variety grows mostly in shady places, and it is much taller 

 than other members of Japanese varieties of this species; bearing 

 slender branches, glabrate purple stem, glabrous leaves and mainly 

 violascent ligules. I have named this variety in honour of Mr. Tora- 

 xosuKE Har V, who collected it first and kindly sent me the specimen. 



Ligustram Hisauchii Making, nov. sp. 



A semi-sempervirent shrub, attaining about 2| m. in height, 

 many-branched; branches erect-patent or spreading, terete, glabrous, 

 cinereo-uinber. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovato-oval, elliptical, ovato- 

 elliptical, elliptical-oblong, ovato-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse or acute sometimes rounded and usually shortly 

 decurrent at the base, acute or shortlv acuminate sometunes obtuse 



