march, mo.] TAKEDA.— NOT UL^E AD PLANTAS NOVAS. 63 



bulbosa DC. pcdicellis fructiferis quam bracteas valde longioribus, 

 capsnla parvi ovalique satis dignoscitur. 



3. Silene Keiskei Miq. Prolus. Fl. Japon. p. 9. 



Syn. Silene Maximo wicziana Rohrb. in Linnaea, xxxvi 

 (1870), p. 680.— Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 1888, p. 720.— Williams, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxn (1896), p. 100. 



Silene repens Rohrb. I.e. p. 686 —Williams, I.e. p. 161, 

 quoad plantam japonicam, nee Patrin. 



Forma a. minor Maxim. I.e.— Williams, I.e. 



Icon. Japon. Iinuma, Somoku Dzusetsu viii, n. 36. 



Nom. Japon. : Biranji. 



Hab. Nippon : in decliviis saxosis prope Uchinotoyarna, tractus 

 Nikko (H. Takeda ! 7. IX. 1904) ; in regione alpina montis Howozan, 

 prov. Kai (M. Tsujimoto ! 13. VIII. 1906 ; H. Tateda ! 26, VIII. 

 1906); in monte Komagatake, prov. Kai (H. Takeda! 26. VII. 1907). 



Lusus albescens Takeda. 



Flore albido. 



Nom. Japon. : Shirobana-biranji. 



Hab. Nippon : in regione alpina montis Howozan, prov. Kai (M. 

 Tsujimoto ! 13. VIII. 1906 ; H- Takeda ! 26. VIII. 1906). 



Forma b. major Maxim. I.e.— Williams, I.e. 



Nom. Japon. : O-biranji. 



Hab. Nippon : in monte Komagatake, prov. Kai (H. Takeda ! 13. 

 VIII. 1903 ; 28. VIII. 1906) ; in rupibus humidis circa Aokiyu, prov. 

 Kai (H. Takeda ! 25. VIII. 1906) ; in locis saxosis montis Gongendake, 

 prov. Kai (S. Katahira ! et H. Takeda ! 9. VIII. 1905). 



Since Rohrbach took Silene Keiskei Miq. for S. repens 

 Patr. many botanists have adopted his nomenclature without 

 investigation, but though Miguel's original description is not 

 detailed, it is obvious, that his plant is nothing but our Biranji. 

 The difference between Biranji and 5. repens Patr. is satisfacto- 

 rily described by Maximowicz and Williams. 



The flowers of the Silene Keiskei are more or less variable 

 in size. The largest flower measures 4 cm in diameter and 

 the smallest less than 2 cm. The lamina varies from 7 to 17 

 to 20 mm in length and respectively from 5 to 12 to 17 mm in 

 breadth. Very rarely it occurs undivided with only eroded 



