april i9io.] MAKINO.-OBSERV. ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 77 



Kraunhia brachybotrys Green, 'Pittonia, II. (1891), p. 175.' 



Phaseolodes brachybotrys 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL I. (1891), 

 p. 201. 



Jamma Fudsi Ksempf. Amoen. Exot. p. 857. 



Flowers violaceous. 



Nom. Jap. Yama-fudzi. 



Hab. Jrtpan, spontaneous and cultivated. 



forma albiflora Makino. 



Milletia Roribunda var. brachybotrys Matsum. Consp. Le- 

 gum. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XYI. (1902), p. 46. 



Flowers white. 



Nom. Jap. Shira-fudzi. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated (rarely wild ?). 



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Khododendron indicum (Linn.) Sweet, var. r- mac- 

 ranthum (Don) Maxim. Rhod. As. Orient, p. 39. 



subvar. genuinum Maxim. 1. c. 



Nom. Jap. Marub a- satsuki (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Hizen : Isl. Fukuye-jima, spontaneous ! (T. Ma- 

 kino I Sept. 1908). 



This variety is found wildly in the island of Fukuye, while 

 it is in cultivation in other places of Japan. Some garden 



forms come under this, and the following form is one of them. 



forma Tamurai Makino. 



Rhododendron indicum var. Tamurai Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XVIII. (1904), p. 102 cum fig. 



Nom. Jap. Fuyb-ho. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



subvar. lateriticum (Planch.) Maxim. 1. c. 



Nom. Jap. Satsuki. 



Hab. Prov. K11, spontaneous ! (M. Ishikawa !) ; Prov. 

 Osumi : Yaku-shima, spontaneous ! (T. Makino ! Sept. 1909) ; 

 Prov. Tosa : Sakawa, cultivated (T. Makino !) ; Prov. Mu- 

 sashi : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Makino I). 



This is commonly cultivated in gardens, and grows spon- 

 taneously in the provinces of Kii (coll. M. Ishikawa) and 

 Yamato (after K. Naganuma), and the island of Yaku-shima. 



