Observations on the Flora of Japan. 



{Continued from p. 158.) 



By 

 T. Makino. 



Coptis quinquefolia Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 195. 



forma ramosa Makino. 



Scape often few-ramose. Others as in the type. 



A 



Hab. Prov. Osumi : Yakushima, mountains (T. Makino I 

 Sept. 1909). 



var. stolonifera Makino, var. nov. 



Rhizome repent, slender, wiry^ glabrous, with a few nodes, 

 viridescent ; internodes elongate, attaining about 7cm. in leng- 

 th ; roots issued from the nodes. Otherwise as in the type. 



Nom. Jap. Tsuru-gokayobren (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Shinano : Mt. Ariake (M. Orii\ July 1903), Mt. 

 Komagatake (/. Nakaye ! Aug. 1. 1910) 



An alpine form. 



Setaria gigantea (Franch. et Sav.) Makino, nom. nov. 



Panicum yiride /5 giganteum Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. 

 ir. (1879), p. 162. 



Setaria viridis var. gigantea Matsum. Catal. PL Herb. Coll. 

 Sc. Imp. Univ. Tokyo (1886), p. 225. 



Spike about 16cm. long, 2cm. across. Awn viridescent or 

 puspurascent. 



A 



Nom. Jap. 0-enokoro. 

 Hab. Japan (T. Makino !). 



Prabobly a hybrid between Setaria viridis Beauv. and S. 

 italica Beauv. It occurs in Japan frequently and naturally. 



Iris sibirica Linn var. orientalis (Thunb.) Baker in Gard. 

 Chron. (1876), II. p. 324, et in Journ. Linn. vSoc. XYI. p. 139 ; 

 Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. p. 709. 



