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Crepis versicolor Fisch. in litt. 1822, ex DC. Prodr. VII. p. 15 L. 



Ixeris versicolor DC. Prodr. VII. p. 151 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ros^. II. -p. 

 S17; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 193; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 180, 47.3, 

 483; Miq. Pro!. Fl. Jap. p. 123; Francb. et Sav. Ennm. PI. Jap. I. p. 

 269: Korsb. in Act. Hort. Petrop. XII. p. 363. 



Barkhausia versicolor Spreng. Sjst. Veg. HI. p. 651. 



Lagoseris versicolor Fisch. 



Barhhausia tenella BcDtb. (1842); Walp. Eep. II. p. 697. 



Nom. Jap. Talcasa go-so. 



Hah. Japan, widely distributed. 



Lactuca (Ixeris) tamagawaensis Maldno Notes on Jap. PI. XV. 

 in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, VI. (1892) p. bQ, (nomen). 



Lactuca versicolor var. arenicola Makino PI. Jap. Nov. v. ]\Iinus Cogn 

 in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XII. (1898) p. 44. 



Nom. Jap, Kawara-nigana. 



Hah. Japan. 



This species grows on dry gravelly beds of rivers, bearing yellow flowers 

 and densely tufted angustate leaves. 



Rubia cordifoiia Linn. var. r- laneifolia Kegel Tent. Fl. Ussur. 

 (1862) p. 81, tab. 8, fig. 3. 



Leaves 8-4-verticillate, oblong to lanceolate, rounded to acute at the 

 base, cuspidato-acute at the apex, petiolate, 5-3-plinerved. 



Nom. Jap. Kurumaho.-akane. 



Hah. Prov. Hizen in Kiusiu : Nishidomari near Nagasaki (Herb.! T. 

 Makino, without date), Nakagawa-go in Nagasaki {N. Okacla ! Sept. 18, 

 1902). 



This variety is occasionally found and new to the Flora of Japan. 

 The floriferous specimen is due to the kindness of Mr. N. Okada. 



Dicliptera japonica (Thunb.) Makino, nom. nov. 



Diantliera Japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) p. 21, tab. 4. 



Justicia crinita Vahl Symb. Bot. II. (1791) p. 16 ; Thunb. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. IL (1793) p. 338; Willd. Sp. PI. L p. 97; Pers. Syn. PL L 

 p. 22, Spreng. Syst. Veg. I. p. 84; Roera. et Schult. Syst. Veg. I. p. 143. 



