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Polygonum Posumbu var. BlumeHorma contractutn Making, 

 in Sched. Herb. ibid. (1894) ; Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. II. 2 

 (1912), p. 61. 



A dwarf annual. Stem ramose, abbreviate, rather stout, 

 with the short internodes. Leaves deep green, dense, ovato- 

 lanceolate, subcrispate. Racemes many, spike-like, short, 

 densely flowered, shortly peduncied. Flowers rose-purpu- 



Nom. Jap. Udzu-tade. 



Hab. Prov. MUSASHI : Koishikawa Botanic Gardens in 

 Tokyo, cult. (J. Matsumuka ! Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 Oct. 29, 1881 ; T. Making ! Herb. ibid. Oct. 1894). 



A garden variety. It is figured in Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, 

 VII. fol. 66 recto. 



Lonicera cerasina Maxim, in Mel. Biol. X. p. 64 (1877); 

 REHbER, Syn. Lonic. in Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. XIY. (1903), 

 p. 74, tab. 9 ; Schneid. 111. Handb. Laubholzk. II. (1912), p. 

 695, fig. 442, f. 



Caprifolium cerasinum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. I. (1891), p. 

 274. 



Nom. Jap. Tbgoku-hybtamboku (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. RIKUZEN : Sendai (A. Yasuda ! 1901) ; Prov. 

 MUSASHI : Tokyo, cultivated (T. Making ! 1902). 



This species differs from a congener Lonicera shikokiana 

 Making by having the thicker, often obovately oblong and 

 darker (when dried) leaves. 



Lonicera Chamissoi Bunge in Kirilgw, Lonic. Russ. 

 Reiches (1849), p. 28 ; Trauty. et Mey. F1. Ochot. (1856), p. 

 48; Regel et Til. F1. Ajan. (1858), p. 99; Maxim. Prim. Fl. 

 Amur. fl859), p. 136, et in Mel. Biol. X. p. 60 (1877) ; Herd. 

 PI. Radd. III. (1864), p. 19, tab. 2, fig. 1-2 ; Fr. Schm. Reis. 

 im Amur. u. Ins. Sachal. (1868), p. 48 et 142 , Miyabe, Fl. Kuril. 

 Isl. (1890), p. 239; Rehder, Syn. Lonic. in Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. 

 XIY. (1903), p. 117; Komar. Fl. Mansh. III. (1907), p. 521 ; 



