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Abelia serrata, Sieb. & Zuoc. Fl. Jap. 1, p. 76, t. 34. Simoda. A small shrub, in dry- 

 woods. 



Weigela Japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 90, t. 16. Diervilla versicolor and D. grandi- 

 flora, Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap., p. 71, 74, t. 31, 33. Simoda, in woods. "A low bush," and (a 

 smaller-leaved form) " a bushy tree." " Flowers white, then reddish, very ornamental." Sie- 

 bold and Zuccarini have evidently admitted too many species ; indeed, the two of Thunberg seem 

 to be essentially the same. The present collection exhibits a variety of forms, (all with the foli- 

 age glabrous, or nearly so), but evidently all belong to one species. The genus Weigela appears 

 to be very well distinguished from Diervilla. 



Lonicera Japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 89. L. Chinensis, Wats.; DC. Prodr., p. 333. 

 Simoda. A species long well-known in cultivation. 



Lonicera (Xylosteum) Morrowi (n. sp.) ; erecta, molliter tomentosa; foliis oblongis basi rotun- 

 data vel subcordata supra pubescentibus subtus canescenti-tomentosis ; pedunculis folio dimidio 

 brevioribus flores longitudine asquantibus ; bracteis lanceolatis vel spathulatis ovariis plerumque 

 discretis duplo quadruplove longioribus ; corolla ultra medium fissa basi hinc gibbosa ; filamentis 

 basi styloque hirsutis. — Hakodadi, on hill-sides. Whole plant soft-downy, except the upper 

 surface of the leaves. These are about an inch and a half long, by three-fourths of an inch in 

 width, and on petioles a line and a half long. Corolla whitish ? somewhat pubescent ; the 

 lobes narrowly oblong. Bracts variable in size, sometimes five lines long, foliaceous. The 

 pubescence, and especially the long peduncles, must distinguish this from L. brachypoda, DO. 

 The specific name is a deserved compliment to one of the collectors. 



Sambucus pubens, Michx. Fl. 1, p. 181. Hakodadi. To all appearance the same as the North 

 American species, which extends from New England to the Eussian islands on the northwest 

 coast. There is also an imperfect narrow-leaved specimen, which is perhaps referable to S. 

 racemosa. 



Viburnum erosum, Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 124? Simoda. A species allied to the pubescent 

 forms of our V. dentatum and V. pubescens. Leaves varying from oblong to obovate and 

 orbicular. 



Viburnum plicatum, Thunb. in Linn. Trans. V. dentatum and V. tomentosum, Thunb. Fl. 

 Jap., p. 123. V. plicatum (floribus omnibus sterilibus difformibus) and V. tomentosum, Sieb. 

 & Zucc. Fl. Jap., 81, t. 37,38. V. lantanoides, Michx. Hakodadi. "A bush fifteen feet 

 high." The specimens accord perfectly with the V. lantanoides (but which is seldom so tall) of 

 our own cooler woods, a species which does not extend westward beyond the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains and Canada. V. plicatum, Thunb. (excl. syn. Kcernpf.) is plainly merely the Guelder- 

 Kose state of V. tomentosum. But the name is preferable, since the plant is not at all tomen- 

 tose, excepting a caducous stellular tomentum on very young parts ; indeed Michaux's name is 

 much the best one, but is the latest. This adds another to the interesting list of species pecu- 

 liar to Eastern North America and to the Chino-Japanese region. 



Asperula odorata, Linn. Hakcdadi. Not before enumerated as a Japanese plant. Probably 

 introduced? 



Galium Aparine, Linn. Simoda, on walls. A very wide-spread species, not before recorded 

 from Japan. 



Galium trachtspermum : caule debili lasvissimo ; foliis quaternis ovalibus seu oblongis sub- 

 acutis uninerviis (basi tantum trinerviis) glabriusculis marginibus costaque longiuscule ciliatis ; 

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