April. 191 1] T. MA KINO.—OBSER VA 2'IONS OA' THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 12 1 



above, scarcely arcuate anteriorly, glbbose above the base in 

 front ; gibber proportionalh' large, semisp^erico-ovoid, obliqueW 

 directing downwards, glabrous externally, pilose internally. 

 Stamens 5, equal to the corolla in height, erect-patent; fila- 

 ment subulato-filiform, glabrous, but pilose at the base; anther 

 linear, dorsifixed below the middle, 3-4? mm. long. Style 

 nearly equal to the stamens in height, filiform, ascendingly 

 thin-pubescent, about 13mm. long; stigma capitate. Ovaries 

 erect-patent, oval, connate at the base or in the lower-half or 

 in the whole, glabrous,, smooth, viridescent 2-2i mm. long, 

 3-celled, 3-4-ovuled in each cell ; ovules pendulous, elliptical 

 or obovato-elliptical, compressed, about f ram. long. Berries 

 geminate, erect-patent, connate in the basal portion or in the 

 lower-half or in the whole, ovoid, oval or globoso-oval, 9-10 

 mm. long, crowned with an erect narrow lobed (lobes subulate 

 and ciliated) viridescent small calyx at the top, subcordate and 

 with a 3-parted or 3-lobed (bobes subrounded) or sub-entire- 

 margined subfleshy adherent or free (but appressed) red brac- 

 teoles at the base, succulent, scarlet, glabrous, smooth, shining. 

 Seeds 2-7 to a berry, elliptical or obovato-oblong, rounded at 

 the apex, obtuse or acutish at the base, compressed, melleous, 

 longitudinally hardly elevated on both surfaces, papilloso-cellu- 

 Inted on surface under lens, 4-5 mm. long; peduncle (in fruit) 

 opposite, erect or erect-patent, straight or slightly arcuate 

 inwards, subcanaliculato-flat in front but convex in back, 

 angustate-raargined, 8-28 mm. long. Flowers in June, and 

 berries ripen in July. 



Nom. Jap. Nikkd-byotamhoku (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. SHIMOTSUKE : Nikko (T. Making ! June and 

 Aug. 29, 1901, July 1913 : Y. Yabe ! June 12, 1901 ; H. Ta- 

 KEDA ! ; N. MoCHiDZUKi ! Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 June 10, 1910) ; Prov. MUSASHI : Mt. Buko in Chichibu (K. 

 Watanabe 1 May 28, 1895). 



This species is very closely allied to Lonicera Maximowiczii 

 RuPR . from which it differs by having the distinctly 4-edged 

 branchlets, conspicuously numerousely dotted leaves, midrib 

 bearing the horizonally patent hairs on both sides beneath. 



