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Stem green, striate, and puberulent. Leades usually pin- 

 natifid. Branches slender. 



Nov. Jap. Yugagiku. 



Hab. JAPAN. 



forma robust us Makino, no v. 



Much taller, attaining about 2 m. in height. Heads 3-3^ 

 cm. in diameter. 



Nov. Jap. O-yiigagiku (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. BUNGO : Near Kuju (T. Makino ! Aug. 29, 

 1911). 



var. hortensis Makino in Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 

 3, IV. (1912), p. 1107, tab. 51. 



Aster indicus var. pinnatifidus forma hortensis Makino in 

 Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XX. (1906), p. 41. 



Asteromasa indica var. pinnatifida forma hortensis Matsum. 

 Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2 (1912), p. 629. 



Nom. Jap. Chbsen-giku, Tokiwa-giku. 



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

 (1883). 



forma violaceum Makino, nov. 



Sepals green. Petals somewhat longer than sepals, viola- 

 ceous. 



Nom. Jap. Murasaki-enreisb (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. RIKUCHU : Tono (Y. Kudo! May 20, 1912). 



Ranunculus acris Linn. var. japonicus (Thunb.) 

 Maxim. Fl. Tangut. n. 28, et Enum. PI. Mongol, n. 38. 



forma dissectum Makino, nov 



Leaves deeply dissected ; lacinae linear or broadly linear. 

 Otherwise as in var. japonicus Maxim. 



Nom. Jap. Kikuba-ttmanoasigata (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. SANUKI : Yasuhara-mura (K. Fudzisawa ! 

 May 5, 1911). 



forma pleniflorus Makino, nov. 



Flowers double. Otherwise as in var. japonicus Maxim. 



