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branaceous, very sparingly pilose, l§-4j cm. across ; leaflets shortly pedicellate, 

 •subrhombeo- elliptical, cuneate towards the base in the mid one, inciso- 

 serrate with mucronate ovate teeth ; petiole filiform, longer than the blade, 

 thinly pilose ; stipules free, 2 to the base of petioles, ovate to orbicular, 

 ciliated, membranaceous, often concave, persistent. Peduncle filiform, 

 uniflorous, erect from the top of branches, solitary, about equal to leaves in 

 height, thinly pilose and sometimes sparingly intermixed with glandular hairs, 

 mostly 2-bracteate at the middle ; bracts opposite, ovate, membranaceous. 

 Calyx deeply 5- parted ; lobes at length reflexed, narrowly oblong to broadly 

 lanceolate, plane, acute or acuminate, mucronate, entire, ciliated, thin, 

 very sparingly pilose and sometimes moreover with loose glandular hairs, 

 green, nervate longitudinally. Petals 5, about the length of the calyx- 

 lobe, narrowly obovate-oblong, obtuse, sessile, white. Stamens numerous, 

 shorter than the calyx-lobe ; filament filiform, glabrous ; anther minute, 

 broadly rounded. Ovaries 3-4, obovate-oblong, glabrous ; style terminal, 

 filiform, glabrous, 4-times as long as the ovary ; stigma terminal, punctate. 

 Drupels 3-4, accompanied by the persistent calyx, ovate-elliptical, distinct 

 and pulpy in fruit, red in mature, with a persistent style ; stone smooth, 

 coriaceous. 



Dalibarda pedata Stephan ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. p. 526. 



Comaropsis pedata Ser. in DC. Prodr. II. p. &55, 



Norn. Jap. Kogane-ichigo. 



Hob. Prov. Shinano : Mt. Komagadake (B. Yatabe ! herb. Sc. Coll. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Aug. 2, 1880); Prov. Shimotsuke: Mt. Nyoho in 

 Nikko (H. TaJceda ! Aug. 18, 1901). 



This species has not until now been found in the Flora of Japan, 

 being known only in the westarn territory of North-America. In general 

 habit, it is as Dachesnea indica Focke (Fragaria indica Andr.). 



Allium flstulosum Linn. fi. viviparum Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XII. 1898, p. 340. 



Leaves similar to the type. Peduncle viviparous with a few young 

 plants, and floriferous. 



Nom. Jap. Yagura-negi, sangai-negi, to-negi. 



Icon. Iinuma's Somoku-Dzusetsu, VI. fol. 33 recto. 



Hob. Japan, cult, and China. 



(To be continued.) 



