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Norn. Jap. Murasaki-sarusuberi. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. (T. Makino !) ; Prov. 

 Shimoosa : Mama, cult. (T. Makino I). 



An intermediate species between Lagerstrcemia indica Linn, 

 and L. subcostata Koehne, and possibly is a hybrid between 

 them. Probably it was introduced from China. 



Swertia bimaculata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Clarke in Jouru. 

 Linn. Soc. XIV. p. 449, et in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. p. 123. 



var. impunctata Makino, var. nov. 



Corolla impunctate but with 2 glands. Otherwise as in the 

 type. 



Nom. Jap. Funashi-akebonoso (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Rikuch u : Tengu-mori in Yanagawa-mura (T. 

 Someya ! Sept. 29, 1907). 



Glaucidium palmatum Sieb. et Zucc in Abh. Akad. 

 Munch. IV. 2, p. 184, tab. 1, fig. B. 



var. leucanthum Makino, var. nov. 



Flower white. Otherwise as in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Shirob ana-shir -aneaoi (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Rikuchu : Yonai (G. Yamada ! May 19, 1904), 

 Kawamata (0. Yamada ! May 29, 1908). 



Chenopodium album Linn. Cod. n. 1803. 



var. centrorubrum Makino, var. nov. 



Stem erect, ramose, often very stout and woody, attaining 

 2 m. or more in height. Young leaves rubrofurfuraceous but 

 turned to green in adult ones. 



Nom. Jap. Akaza. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, IV. fol. recto. 



Hab. Japan, usually cultivated. 



var. purpurascens (Jacq. ?) Makino. 



Plant purple in recent. Stem erect, ramose ; branches 

 directed upwards. Leaves dense, long-petiolate, subrhombeo- 

 ovate to subrhombeo-lanceolate, cuneate towards the base, 

 coarsely sinuato-dentate, the superior ones angustate and some- 



