THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. rvoi. xxviii. No. 32,5. 



Carpinus yedoensis Maxim., but the trunk, leaves and strobiles 

 are much smaller. 



I have named this species in dedication to Count Mitsuaki 

 Tanaka, the former Minister of the Imperial Household Depart- 



Melia Azedarach Linn. Sp. PI. p. 384. 

 var. japonica (G. Don) Making. 



Melia japonica G. Don, Gen. Sj^st. L (1831), p. 680; Hassk. 

 Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844), p. 219; Walp. Repert. V. p. 373, et 

 Ann. IV. p. 336; MiQ. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 212; Franch. et Say. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. 1. p. 75 ; Cas. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. 

 I. (1878), p. 456; Maxim, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1879), p. 7, 

 et PI. Chin. Potan. (1889), p. 96; Dipp. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 (1892), p. 362. 



Melia Azedarach var. suhtripinnata MiQ. 1. c. ; Franch. i:t 

 Say. 1. c. 



Nom. Jap. Sendan. Ocbi (old name). 

 Hab. JAPAN, cultivated and spontaneous. 

 This differs from the typical one by having the irregularly 

 inciso-laciniate staminal-tube. 



forma albiflora Making, nov. 



Melia japonica var. albi£ora Making in Sched. Herb. Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 



Flower white. Otherwise as in those of the genuine form 

 of var. japonica. 



Nom. Jap. Sbirobana-sendan (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. TOSA : Sakawa, cultivated (T. Makino !). 

 subvar. semperflorens Making. 



Melia japonica var. semperflorens Making in Bot. Mag 

 Tokyo, XVIII. (1904), p. 67. 



Nom. Jap, Kusa-sendan, Issai-sendan. 



Hab. Prov. MUSASHI : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Making ' 

 July 20, 1903). 



