Jan. low.] MAKING.— OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA. 19 



stigma not thick, obliquely truneato-subemarginate. Fruit 

 indehiseent, drupaceous, globose, shortly tapering above, shortly 

 beaked with the base of style, smooth, glabrous, about 1J-1§ 

 cm. across, epicarp at length become separated from the meso- 

 carp, membranaceous, amber-coloured, mesocarp more or less 

 several-ridged longitudinally above with obtuse or acute mar- 

 gins, corky, pale-drab ; pyrenae osseous, 6—8, occupied above 

 the middle of the fruit. Seed small, pendulous, cylindrical, 

 linear- oblong, smooth, often very slightly complanate laterally, 

 ocbroleucous, about 3 mm. long; embryo cylindrical, placed in 

 the axis of a scanty and fleshy albumen ; cotyledons semi-cyl- 

 indrical, obtuse, somewhat longer than the hypocotyl ; hypo- 

 cotyl superior. Flowers in January -April. 



Nom. Jap. Hama-dzyncho, Hama-rincho, Hama-henkei, Mo- 

 ku-henkei, Kingyo-shiha. 



Hah. Prov. Hizen : Fukaye-jima [Z, Tashirol; T. Makinol; 

 S, Furukawa !), 



Distrib. China, 



My thanks are due to the kindness of Mr. Z, Tashiro, who 

 supplied to me the valuable materials. 



Explanation of Plate I.— 1. Floriferous branch. 2. A flower- 

 cluster. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. A part of calyx. 5. Stamen, 

 dorsal view. 6. Do, front view, 7, Young stamen, front view. 

 8. Do, dorsal view. 9. Pistil with receptacle. 10. Ovary, vertical 

 section, with receptacle, calyx and base of style. 11, 12. Ovaries, 

 cross section. 13. Do, stage after anthesis. 14. Ovale. 15. Drupe 

 fully matured. 16. Do, free from outer coat. 17. Outer coat of drupe. 

 18. Drupe, vertical section. 19, 20 and 21. Do, cross section. 22, 

 23. Seeds. 24. Do, vertical section. 25. Embryo, vertical section. 

 26. Leaf with dentate margins. 27. Cross section oi blade. 28. 

 Trunk, nine years old. 29. Cross section of branchlet. 1, 15, 16, 17, 

 26, 27 and 28 nat. size ; others magnified. 



Solanum Dulcamara Linn. Cod. n. 1459. 

 var. heterophyllum Makino, var. nov. 

 ? Solanum Dulcamara p. ovatum Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. 

 Jap. I. p. 339, non Dunal. 



Stem scandent, glabrous or thinly pubescent in young 



