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Dwarf, attaining about 14 cm. in height. Stem laxly 

 ramose from near the base, with the angustate cauline leaves. 

 -Leaves tufted, fimbriato-dentate. Heads long-peduncled, about 

 lf-2cm. across ; florets about 8-11, yellow. Involucre usually 

 nigrescent, about 9mm. long ; scales 7—8, linear, the inner ones 

 scarious on margin. 



Nom. Jap. Takane-nigana. 



Hah. Japan, alpine mountains. 



ft. albiflora Makino. 



Lactuca Thunhergii var. /3. albiflora Makino, 1. c. XII. 

 (1898), p. 48. 



Nom. Jap. Shirohana-nigana. 



Hab. Japan, not uncommon. 



Saussurea sikokiana Makino, nom. nov. 



Saussttrea Tanakas var. robusta Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XII. (1898), p. 74. 



Nom. Jap. O-tohiren. 



Hab. Shxkoku, high mountains (T. Makino \; R. Yatabel; 

 S. Yano ! ; Z. Umemura I). 



Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Makino, nom. nov. 



Glycine sinensis Sims, Bot. Mag. tab. 2083 (1819) ; Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. tab. 650. 



Wistaria chinensis DC. Prodr. II. (1825), p. 390. 



This species is hitherto found neither wild nor cultivated in 

 Japan ; Siebold et Zuccarini's Wistaria sinensis (chinensis) is not 

 DeCandolle's W. chinensis, but W. fiorihunda (Willd.) DC, a 

 native ! of Japan, bearing the vulgal name of Fudzi. 



var. brachyfootrys (Sieb. et Zucc.) Makino. 



Wistaria brachybotrys Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. I. (1826), p 

 92, tab. 45; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 232; Franch. et Sav. Enum 

 PI. Jap. I. p. 98 ; Planchon in Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, IX 

 (1853-54), p. 61, tab. 880; Dippel, Laubholzk. III. p. 696, fig 

 270 ; Maxim. Fl. As. Orient. Fragm. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc 

 (1879), p. 9 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 

 161. 



