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than the filament and §— § as long as it. Ovary conico-ovoid ; 

 style thick and very short ; stigma 8-9-stellate, subentire or 

 subrepand on margin, concave in centre, 3J-6mm. in diameter. 

 Berry globose, shortly beaked with a persistent style. Seeds 

 obovoid-sphasrical, smooth, shining, umber, 4mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-kohone, 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. ? (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, July 10, 1879) ; Prov. Iwashiro : Near Shiokawa 

 in Aidzu (/. Matsumural herb. ibid. Aug. 1879); Prov. Totomi: 

 Hamamatsu (Herb.! ibid.); Prov. Mikawa': Near Toyohashi 

 (T. Makino ! Oct. 25, 1893). 



forma rubrotinctum (Casp.) Makino. 



Nuphar japonicum var. I. crenatum 2. rubrotinctum Casp. 



I. e. p. 254, tab. VIII. fig. I-V. 



Flower at first yellow then reddish. 

 Nom. Jap. Beni-kbhone. 

 Hab. Japan. 



Astilbe japonica (Morr. et Decne.j Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. 

 p. 270. 



Hoteia japonica Morr. et Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 me ser. 



II. p. 316, tab. 11. 



var. angustifoliolata Makino, var. nov. 



Leaflets angustate. 



Nom. Jap. Hosoba-no-awamorishoma (nov.). 



Hab. Japan, central (Z. Umemura !). 



Icon, linuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, X. fol. 18 verso. 



Potentilla Yokusaiana Makino, sp. nov. 



Perennial, stoloniferous ; stolons slender, horizontally repent, 

 loosely foliiferous, thinly piloso-pubescent ; roots fibrous, not 

 thick. Leaves long-petiolate, usually simply ternate, but some- 

 times mixed with the pinnate ones bearing a lateral leaflet 

 (or a pair ?) ; leaflets extremely shortly petiolulate, usually 

 simply or rarely duplicately laciniato-serrate with ovato-subu- 

 late sharply pointed teeth, thinly adpressedly piloso-pubescent 

 on both surfaces (pubes denser on the nerves beneath), thinly 



