70 



Hah. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bpt. Gard. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. (Herb.! 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ.. Tokyo; T. Makino \ Jan. 1900), Mogusa (T. Mabinol 

 May 27, 1894), Arai-mura (T. Maldno\ September 1896), Okusawa 

 (T. Makino \ June 10 and August 28, 1900), Kami-shirane (T. Makino \ 

 March 21, 1901). 



I was fortunate enough to find and examine the flowers, which are 

 extremely rare in this country. 



Var. heterocycla Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIII. 1899, p. 267, 

 XIV. p. 64, et in Descr. d. Prod, forest, d. Jap. exp. Exposit. univ., 

 Paris, p. 39. 



Culm smaller than the typica, the lower nodes alternately oblique in 

 very remarkable manner and then the internodes much shortened and 

 usually more or less turged. Others as in the typica, but flowers yet 

 unknown. 



Barnbusa heterocycla Carr. in Kev. Hortic. 1878, p. 354 ; Bean in 

 Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. XV. p. 368. 



Phyllostachys heterocycla F.-Mitf. Bamb. Gard. p. 160, cum icon ; 

 Satow in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXVII. 3, p. 59. 



Nom. Jap. K-il'ku-chiku. 



Hob. Prov. Musashi: Tokyo, Bot, Gard. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. (Herb.! 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo; T. Makino \ Nov. 17, 1894), Yoyogi {T. Makino \ 

 Feb. 1, 1901). 



The origin of this variety is undoubtedly Phyllostachys mitts A. et 

 C. Riviere, or Moso-chihu. 



Coptis (Ohrysocoptis) japonica (Thunb.) Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 X1K. 1S99, p. 198. 



Didynamista Salvia' similis Thumb. Fl. Jap. p. 364, PI. Obscur. n. 74. 



Thalictrinn japonic urn Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. p. 337; 

 Willd. Sp. PI. II. p. 1303 ; Pers. Syn. PI. II. p. 101 ; DC. Syst. Veg. 

 I. p. 1S7. 



Coptis apiifuHa Sieb. in Herb. Lugd. Bat, ex Hoffm. et Schult, 



Coptis clirysardhemifolia Sieb. in Herb. Lugd. Bat, ex Hoffm. et Schult. 



CopMs racemosa Sieb. Herb, ex Miquel. 



Coptis aspleniifoUa Hoffm. et Schult, Noms inclig. PI. Jap. p. 30, non Salisb. 



Coptis anemoncpfolia Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. fain. nat. in Abhandl. 

 Akad. Muench. IV. 2, p. 180, n. 329 ; Hoffm. et Schult. 1. c; Miq. 

 Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 195 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL Jap. I. p. 10 ; Huth 



