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Spiraea nipponica Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 455 (1886) ; Schneid. 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 Ser. V. (1905) p. 343. 



Spircea bracteata Zabel ' in Gartenzeitg. III. p. 20, cum fig. (1886) ' ; 

 Maxim, in Mel Biol. XII. p. 934, non Bafin. 



forma typica Makino. 



Leaves attaining 18 mm. long, 10 mm. broad, elliptico-obovate to 

 oblong-obovate, 5-3-crenato-dentate at the apex, but often entire in those 

 of the base of branchlets. 



Hab. Middle Japan; mountains. 



forma rotundifolia (Nicholson) Makino. 



Spircea media var. rotundifolia Nichols, in Gard. Chron. (1885) I. 

 p. 283, fig. 56, et Diet, Gard. III. p. 477. 



Spircea bracteata Hook. fil. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. tab. 7429 (1895). 



Leaves attaining 30 mm. long, 20 mm. broad, elliptical-obovate, 7-3- 

 crenate at the apex, but often entire in those of the base of branchlets. 

 Corymb and flower somewhat larger than the type. 



Hab. On the hills of northern Japan. 



var. /9. tosaensis (Yatabe) Makino. 



Spircea tosaensis Yatabe in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. (1892) p. 6. 



Spircea bracteata var. tosaensis Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIII. 

 (1899) p. Ill, edit, separat. p. 29. 



Leaves attaining 40 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, oblong-linear or oblanceo- 

 lato-linear, 3-5 or sometimes more crenato-dentate at the apex, but often 

 entire in those of the base of branchlets. Corymb and flower slightly 

 smaller than those of the forma rotundifolia. Disk yellowish. 



Hab. Prov. Tosa (T. Malzino\\ K. Watanabel); Prov. Awa in Shikoku: 

 Tairyuji-san in Naka-gori (D. Nikai ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 Aug. 7, 1905, with a local name Mojihagi). 



A remarkable plant by having the characteristic leaves; it is by no 

 means a valid species but a variety. 



Pertya hybrida Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900) p. 144. 



Macroclinidium robustum x Pertya ovata Makino in Bot. Mag., To- 

 kyo, XII. (1898) p. 194. 



Perennial, attaining about 60 cm. in height. Rhizome thick, ligneous, 

 strongly rooting. Stem erect, slender, terete, subflexuous, fastigiately 

 ramose towards the top or in the upper half, foliiferous except in the 





