THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [vol. xxi. No. 243. 



"■Clematis tubulosa Turcz. ex Decnc. I.e. p. 204, tab. 9. 



Clematis he rae lea? folia var. speciosa Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, VI. (1S92) pp. 50, 170. 



Stem ligneous; branches angulato-striate, pubescent or then 

 more or less glabrate. Leaves large, long-petiolate, trisected, 

 coarsely depressed-crenato-dentate with an apiculate point, 

 coriaceo-chartaceous, dispersedly puberulent above, piloso-pubes- 

 cent on nerves beneath; terminal segment long-petiolate, oval- 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate, cuneato- or truncato-rounded, 

 or subcordato-truncate at the base, sometimes trilobed ; lateral 

 segments smaller and short-petiolate, ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate, subcordato- or cuneato-truncate at the base, oblique 

 in form. Panicle shorter than the leaves; peduncle tomentoso- 

 pubeseent ; bracts small, sericeo-tomentose. Flowers pedicellate, 

 caeruleo-violaceous, about 2-2 J cm. long; pedicels shorter or 

 longer than the flowers, pubescent. Sepals 4, angustate, strong- 

 I3' reflexed above, sericeous externally. Stamens shorter than 

 half the length of the sepals. Flowers October. 



Xom. Jap. O-kusabotan. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa in Shikoku (T. Makinol K. Watanabel). 



In Japan this is not yet known from any locality outside 

 of Tosa. 



(To be continued.) 



