248 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Vo ]. xxni. No. 275. 



Blechnum nipponicum (Kunze) Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XI. (1897) p. 82. 



Lomaria nipponica Kunze, Ptericl. Jap. in Bot. Zeit. VI. p. 

 508 ; Miq. Prol. PI. Jap. p. 336 ; Francli. et Sav. Enum. PI. 

 Jap. II. p. 215. 



Lomaria Spicant /'?. japonica Hook. Sp. Fil. III. p. 16. 



Lomaria Spicant auct. non Desv. 



Blechnum Spicant A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 121, non Roth. 



Nom. Jap. Shishi-gashira. 



Hab. Japan. 



Common. This differs evidently from Blechnum Spicant 

 (Linn.) Roth, which is also found on mountains of the northern 

 Japan. 



Polyp odium Engleri Luerss. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 IV. p. 361 ; Makino, Phanerog. et Pterid. Jap. Ic. I. tab. 29. 



Polypodium hastatum var. Engleri Makino in sched. herb. 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokj'o. 



var. yakushimense Makino, var. nov. 



Smaller. Rhizome repent, loosely ramose, covered with 

 fulvous peltato-subulate and long-acuminate scales. Stipe 

 gracile, 2-8| cm. long. Frond lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate, 

 attenuatedly acuminate or obtuse at the apex, attenuated at 

 the base, thinner, repand-crenate and when drid often slightly 

 crispate on margin, 3—9 cm. long, ^—14 mm. broad ; midrib 

 dark above ; veins erect-patent, delicate but distinct. Sori 

 midway between the midrib and margin, or slightly nearer to 

 the midrib, elevated upon the upper surface. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-takanohaurahoshi (nov). 



Hah. Prov. Osumi : Yaku-shima {T. Makinol Sept. 1909). 



This is much smaller than the type, and resembles the 

 simple form of Polypodium hastatum Thunb. It is found 

 growing abundantly on rocks on side by mountain rivulets. 



Euonymus yakushimensis Makino, sp. nov. 



A shrub, deciduous. Trunk and branches viridescent, terete, 



