138 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Vo i. xxiv. No. 282. 



6-llmm. across ; stigma sessile, 3, revoluto-ohtong, dark-purple, 

 stigmatose ventrally. Ovules man}^ rounded. Berry globose, 

 with the persistent stigmas at the top, about 8-20mm. in 

 diameter. 



Nom. Jap. Enrei-so, Tachi-aoi. 



Hah. Northern, central and southern Japan, mountains. 



Icon. Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, VII. fol. 83 recto. - 



Trillium Tschonoskii Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. 863 

 (1883) ; Yatabe in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VII. (1893) p. 175, tab. 



7. 



Petals white, often slightly longer than the viridescent 

 sepals. Stamens entirely pale-yellowish, shorter than the ovary. 

 Ovary ovoid-conical, acutely 6-angulate and 6-sulcate; stigmas 

 3, oblong, divergent-recurved, pale. 



Nom. Jap. Shirohana-enreiso. 



Hah. Central and northern Japan, mountains. 



var. cryptopetalum Makino, var. nov. 



Trillium Swallii Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XI. p. 862 (1883), 

 pro parte. 



Petals much smaller than the sepals, ovate, acuminate. 



Hah. Central and northern Japan, mountains. 



Coptis quinquefolia Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 195. (Fig. 

 XIV. 2, 2', mag.) 



var. /5. trifoliolata Makino, var. nov. (Fig. XIV. 1, 1', 

 1." mag.) 



Leaflets 3. Flower, fruit and others as in the type. 



Rhizome repent or ascending, slender or wiry, with fibrous 

 delicate roots. Leaves tufted, long-petiolate, trifoliolate, 

 glabrous, but minutely puberulent in the lower portion of the 

 midrib, 2— 3cm. long, 2 J— 5cm. wide in outline, chartaceo-coria- 

 ceous, with delicate prominent nervation when dried ; leaflets 

 obovate or oval-obovate, cuneate below, often 3-lobate, obtuse- 

 ly or acutely serrate with a mucro at the point, the lateral 

 leaflets somewhat oblique in form and often slightly broader 

 than the terminal one ; petiole wiry, green, 2J-10cm. long. 





