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PodopJiylbun japonicum by Mr. I to is not, I believe, a Podophylbtin^ but a 

 new ^<t\\\i?> o{\.\\<^ Berber id ecE. It differs from Podophyllum in the leaves not 

 being peltate; in having two large glands at the base of each petal; in the 

 dehiscence of the anthers, which unlike Podophyllum, discharge pollen by the 

 valves opening from below upivard; and in having very long peduncles. The 

 plant was collected for the first time by Prof. Yatabe many years ago in some 

 part of the province of Shinano. It was again collected by him in the Togakuslii 

 mountain, Shinano, on July ii, 1884. The living specimens collected at these 

 two different times did not have flowers, but flowered after being planted in 

 the I^otanic Garden of the Imperial University." M. Maximowicz gave the 

 plant the present name, and the specimens in the herbarium of the Imperial 

 University were labeled accordingly^ 



M. Maximowicz says in his letter that the present genus is to be placed 

 between Caulophylhun and Diphylleia. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. i, Plant in flower; 2, portion of full-grown leaf; 3, 

 vertical section of flower; 4, sepal, petal and stamen; 5, petal with two globose 

 glands; 6, ventral view of stamen; 7, vertical section of ovary; 8, ovule; 9, 

 fruit with long peduncle: — all except /, 2 and g enlarged. 



No. II. 



Kerberis sikokiana, nov. sp. 



Nom. jap. Shikoku-megi. i/ ^ >^ ;^ ^ . 



The Japanese species of Berberis already known are four in all; namely, B. 



Thunbergii, DC. (Megi); B. Tschonoskiana, Kegel (Miyama-megi); B. 



vulgaris, L. (Hebinoborazu); B. Sieboldi, Miq. (Marumi-no-hebinoborazu). 



