1903.J OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. H 



about 3-5 cm. across, usually divaricately 3-branched, approximately many- 

 flowered ; branches often dichotomously divided ; branchlets slightly flexuous, 

 about 3-6-flowered ; bracts similar to leaves bat smaller. Flowers sessile, 

 but the inferior ones extremely shortly pedicellate, 8-11 mm. in diameter, 

 yellow. Calyx deeply 5-parted, erect-patent, small, much shorter than the 

 petals ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Petals 5, patent, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, shortly connate at the base, marcescent, 4J-6mm. in length. 

 Stamens 10, shorter than the petals and inserted at the bases of them, 

 the oppositisepalous ones slightly longer than the oppositipetalous ones ; 

 filament filiform ; anther minute, oval. Hypogynous scales minute, short, 

 broad, truncate. Ovaries 5, erect, lanceolate, attenuated to the style 

 above, about 31 mm. long including the style ; style erect, shorter than 

 the ovary ; stigma punctiform. Follicles 5, erect-patent, oblong-lanceolate, 

 compressed, with the persistent style, very shortly connate at the base, 

 about 41 mm. long exclusive of the style, carpel thinly coriaceous, the 

 ventral appendages manifest. 



Hah, Prov. Tsushima : Toishibuchi {K. Hirata ! herb. Y. Suzuki, Aug. 

 15, 1902). 



I have named it in honour of Mr. Y. Yabe, RihahusM, who made a 

 botanical tour in the island in 1901. 



Corchoropsis tomentosa (Thunb.) Makino, nom. nov. 



CoTchorus tomentosus Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 228, excl. nom, 

 Corcliorus hirsictus Linn. 



Corchoropsis crenata Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IIL 

 p. 738, tab. 4, h 1-14, et IV. 2, p. 164; Walp. Eepert. V. p. 118; Miq. 

 Prol. FL Jap. p. 206; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. QQ ; Kanitz 

 Anthoph. Jap. p. 23 ; Franch. PI. David, p. 59 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIIL p. 94; Diels in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 

 p. 467; Bretschn. Hist. Eur. Bot. Disc, in Chin. I. p. 35. 



Nom. Jap. Karastc-no-goma. 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo {J. Matsumura ! herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. 

 Univ. Tokyo, Sept. 25, 1879, Oct. 10, 1880), Okubo in Tokyo (T. Maldno ! 

 Sept. 22, 1896), Arai near Tokyo {T. MaUno ! Sept. 22, 1896), Near 

 Nobitome {S. Okuho ! herb. ibid. Sept. 29, 1882) ; Prov. Iyo : Furukawa 

 {K, Watanahel herb. ibid. Sept. 24, 1891); Prov. Suo : Yamaguchi (D, 

 Mkail herb. ibid. Oct. 16, 1892). 



