May. 1909.] MAKING.— OBSERV. ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 95 



Iris laevigata ,3. Kasmpferi Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. p. 712 

 (1880). 



Colour of the flowers does not var\ r being always reddish- 

 purple. 



Xom. Jap. No-hanashohu (nov.). 



Hah. Japan, central and northern, fields and mountains, 

 wild. 



,3. hortensis (Maxim.) Makino. 



Iris laevigata y. hortensis Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. p. 712. 



Iris Kaempferi Sieb. in Lemaire, 111. Hortic. V. (1858) tab. 

 157. 



Xom. Jap. Hana-shobu. 



Hah. Japan, cultivated. 



There are many horticultural forms; colour, form and size of 

 the flowers are very various. The petals are frequently found 

 to approach the sepals in form. 



Iris laevigata Fisch. et Mey. is certainly a different species 

 from I. Kaempferi Sieb., bearing a native name of Kakitsuhata 

 in Japan, where it is found in garden and in wild. /. alhopur- 

 purea Baker is a garden variety of I. laevigata Fisch. et Mey., 

 and its vulgar name is Washi-no-o ; this has been reduced by 

 Mr. H. Takeda to the latter under the name of /. laevigata 

 Fisch. et Mey. van alhopurpurea (Baker) Takeda. 



(To he Continued.) 



