NKW OK LITTLE KNOWN PLANTS OF JAPAN. (3^9) 



exceedingly acuminate at the apex, and their foim is elliptical according to 

 I\laxin;o\vicz.t The stipules of the latter are also stated to be ciliato-pectinate, 

 and the petals bearded. 



The Plant figured in the Sbmoku Ziisetsu (vol. xvii , fol. 60.) under the 

 name of TacJii-suviire seems to be the same as the present plant. 



No. 14. 



Viola vaginata, Maxim., 



var. angustifolia. 



Nom. jap. N'agaba-no-siuniresaishin. -Y -^ ^^ J -K i ]y ^ A i/V. 



x^caulescent. Rhizome thick, articulated, emitting thick roots. Stipules 

 free, brownish, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate at the margins, 3 — 6 lines 

 long. Leaves smiooth, somewhat sagittate, acuminate, cordate at the base, 

 crenate-serrate, i — 3 inches long, \ — i inch broad; petioles thickened towards 

 the base, i — 4 inches long. Peduncles with brown streaks, about as long as 

 the petioles. Bracts above or below the middle of the peduncles, subulate, 

 acuminate, 2 — 4 lines long. Flowers large, 8 — 10 lines long. Sepals 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, 3 — 4 lines long, i — ij lines broad, the appendages 

 at the base irregularly toothed, about i line long and broad. Petals beardless, 

 obovate, pale- violet, striped with deeper-colored veins; spur scrotiform, shorter 

 than the sepals. Ovary ovoid, acute, about i line long; stigma marginate — 

 Y[. April. 



t Maximowicz, in Mel. Biol., vol. "ix., p. 756. 



