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(Z. Tashiro ! May 15, 1909); Prov. BUNGO : Mt. Kuju 

 (T. Makino ! Aug. 1911). 



Oxalis corniculata Linn. var. tropaeoloides (Schla- 

 chter) Makino. 



Oxalis tropaeoloides Schlachter in hort. ex Planch, in 

 Van Houtte, Fl. des Serres, XII. (1857), p. 47. 



Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea Planch, in Van 

 Houtte, 1. c. tab. 1205 ; Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hortic. III. 

 (1910), p. 1182. 



Oxalis corniculata var. rubra Nichols. 111. Diet. Gard. II. p. 

 540. 



Nom. Jap. Aka-katabami. 



Hab. JAPAN. 



Common. The intermediate form between the type and 

 this variety frequently occurs in Japan. 



Buxus japonica Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XVI. 1. 

 (1869), p. 20. 



Buxus sempervirens var. japonica Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, IX. (1895), p. 281, et XV. (1901), p. 169. 



Buxus sempervirens b. suffruticosa Sieb. Syn. PI. Oeconom. 

 Jap. in Verh. Batav. Gen. XII. (1830), p. 30. 



Buxus sempervirens (lapsu typogr. virens) Thunb. Fl. Jap. 

 (1784), p. 77, non Linn. 



Nom. Jap. Asama-tsuge, Tsuge, Hon-tsuge. 



Hab. JAPAN, spontaneous and cultivated. 



forma rubra Makino, nov. 



Buxus sempervirens var. japonica forma rubra Makino 

 in Sched. herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 



Small shrub. Leaves oval to oblong, coriaceous, 3-12 

 mm. long, 2— 1\ mm. wide, orange-coloured ; veins close, finely 

 prominent above when dry, invisible beneath. Flower smaller. 



Nom. Jap. Sangoju-tsuge. 



Hab. JAPAN, cultivated. 



A garden form. 



