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dense, not shining, glabrous but very slightly pubescent on the 

 midrib beneath, chartaceo-coriaceous ; leaflets 5, 7 or 9, oval 

 broadly ovate or elliptical, obtuse or acute at the apex, usually 

 obtuse at the base, very sharply subincumbent-serrate, f— 2 cm. 

 long, i— 1 -I cm. broad ; rachis loosely aculeate ; stipules adnate, 

 subentire. Flowers corymbose or shortly subpaniculato-corym- 

 bose, about 21- cm. across, white ; pedicels strict and stout, 

 glabrous. Calyx-tube ellipsoid, glabrous, 4-5 mm. long; sepals 

 reflexed, elliptical or ovate, caudato-acuminate, entire or sub- 

 pinnatifid with a few lacinae, glabrous in the back. Petals 

 broadly cuneato-obovate, emarginate. Stamens numerous. 

 Disk flat, not prominent. Styles connate into one, pubescent. 



Nom. Jap. Fuji-ihara (nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Suruga : Mt. Fiji (T. Makino !). 



var. parvi folia Makino, var. nov. 



Branches slender, spreading or declinate, glabrous, sparingly 

 aculeate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; leaflets 5 or 7, 

 orbiculate or broadly ovate, obtuse or acute at the apex, 

 rounded at the base, simply serrate, \-2\ cm. long, J— 1J cm. 

 broad. Flowers corymbos, white, 2— 2£ cm. in diameter; 

 pedicel glabrous or thinly glandular ; bracts lanceolate, caudato- 

 acuminate. Calyx-tube glabrous, or very sparingly pubescent, 

 ellipsoid, 'l\-?> mm. long ; sepals ovate elliptical or oblong, 

 caudato-acuminate, the outer ones subpinnatifid with a few 

 lacinae. Petals broadh- obovate, retuse. Stamens numerous. 

 Disk slightly prominent. Styles connate into one throughout, 

 velutinous. 



Nom. Jap. Himc-tcrihanoihara (nov.). 



Hah. Prov. Tosa: Ikku (T. Makinol May 1893), Karatani 

 (T. Makino ! June 1893). 



var. paniculata Makino, var. nov. 



Flowers paniculate; pedicels glabrous. Disk much pro- 

 minent. Styles fasciculate and not connate into one, velutino- 

 pubescent. Others as in var. parvifolia Makino, but the leaves 

 more or less larger. 



Nom. Jap. Koha-no-lcrilmnoibara (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Tosa: Ikku i V. Makino\ May L893). 



