.in.Y 1M9.] • MAKINO.— OBSEBV. OX THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 145 



Aspidium cystolepidotum Miq. Prol. FI. Jap. p. 341; Franch. 

 et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 239. 



Aspidium ervthrosorum var. cystolepidotum Maxim, in litt. 



Xom. Jap. Togoku-shida. 



Hah. Japan. 



var. prolifica (Maxim.) Makino. 



Aspidium prolificum Maxim, in litt. ex Franch. ct Sav. Enum. 

 PI. Jap. II. p. 239, 632. 



Xcphrodium prolificum Dicls in Engler et Prantl, Nat. Pil.- 

 Fam. I. 4, p. 173. 



Xcphrodium ervthrosorum var. prolificum Makino in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, XX. (1906) p. 31. 



Xom. Jap. Chirimen-shida. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cultivated. 



Dryopteris uniformis Makino, nom. nov. 



Xcphrodium hiccrum ,1. uniforme Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XVII. (1903) p. 79. 



Xom. Jap. O-kumawarahi (nov.). 



Hal>. Japan. 



This comes between Dryopteris lacera (Thunb.) Kuntzc and 

 I). Filix mas (Linn.) Schott. 



Stellaria paniculigera Makino, sp. nov. 



Stellaria monosperma var. japonica Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 IX. p. 50 (1872). 



Perennial, attaining about 121 decim. in height. Stem erect, 

 or subdiffuse, slender, loosely ramose, 4-angled, with a pubescent 

 line on both sides; node- pubescent ; intcrnodes usually shorter 

 than the leaves. Leaves opposite, all short-petiolate, lanceo- 

 late, oblong-lanceola te or oblong oblanceolate, attenuated! j long 

 acuminate, acute or cuneate at the base, crispulate, with a 

 intramarginal vein-, nearly glabrous, membranaceous, green 

 above, paler beneath, attaining about 13cm. long, 3 J cm. broad; 

 veins not conspicuous, erect-patent, arcuate upwards; veinlets 

 inconspicuous superficially, anastomosing; petiole marginal, 



