1 72 s a; . X üg-fl: iii iü ffi I'n ri% '1} V 1 1. 



confounded. Mr. Greatrex made a careful stud/ of ihz plant, and we have a 

 pleasure to note here some of his observations. Co;ii,jared with V. va^inata, the 

 vagina in the present species are not so largj and pi'ominent, the rootstock more 

 slender, and coarsely crenato-dentate leaves usually four or five preceding from 

 the tip of the rootstock. The f^o^vers are purple mauve in colour and odourless; 

 and the sepals are broad and obtuse, brownish in colour, with rounded and almost 

 entire appendages. 



89. Viola rostrata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. p. 174; DC. Prodr. I. p. 298; 

 Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. II. p. 455 ; Boiss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. XLVII. p. 322; 

 Makino, Bot. Mag. Tokyo, XVI. p. 137; Matsuni. Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2. p. 378. 



NoM. Jap. Nagao-sunure. 



H.\B. Hokkaido. Prov. Oshinia : Kamiiso Mill, in open situations (F. C. 

 Greatrex! n. 438. May i, 1916). 



DisTRiB. Northern Honshu, Hokkaido and North America. 

 New to the Flora of Hokkaido. 



90. Sium Nilisi L. Cod. 2025; Maxim. Mel. Biol. IX. p. 18; Fr. et Sav. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. I. p, iSi; Yabe, Rev. Umbell. Jap. p. 52; Boiss. Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. ser. 2. III. (1933) p. 954; Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2. p. 444. 



NoM. Jap. Mukago-niujin. 



Hab. Hokkaido. Prov. Oshima : Plain near Hakodate (Faurie, n. 5758. July 

 27, 1890) ; marshes near the sea, north of Hakodate (F. C. Greatre.x: ! 11. 564. Aug. 

 18, 1916). 



DiSTKiB. Southern Hokkaido, Honshu and KiushO. 



91. Helwingia japonica Dietrich, Nacht. Gut. Lex. III. p. 663; DC. 

 Prodr. XVI. 2. p. oSo; Fr. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 195 ; C. K. Sehn. Handb. 

 Laubholzk. II. p. 434; Matsum. Ind. PL Jap. II. 2. p. 4+7; VVangerin, in Engl. 

 Pflreich. IV. 229. p. 35 ; Rehder, PI. Wils. II. p. 570. 



Osyris japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 3 t. 



Helwingia rusciflora Willd. Spec. PI. IV. p. 716; M:q. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 209; 

 Hayata, Fl. Montana Formos. p. 104. 

 NoM. Jap. Haiia-ikada. 



