April, 1914] T. MAKINO.-OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 127 



into a lobed cupule, entirely connate with the neighbouring one 

 and rounded at the apex, or greatly connate and bilobed at 

 the apex, often subrevolute on margin, not ciliated, free from 

 the ovaries, glabrous, green, about 1^ mm. long. Calyx 

 very short, very shallow meniscoid with subpatent edge which 

 is subcrenate or nearly entire, J mm. long, glabrous, viridescent, 

 not ciliated. Corolla tubuloso-infundibulifoi-m, nearly regular, 

 subglabrous (very scantily pubescent and glandular-hairy) 

 externally, patently pilose except the upper internally ; lobes 5, 

 depressed ly ovato-semiorbicular, rounded at the apex, entire, 

 not ciliated, loosely veined, 2-4 mm. long, the anterior lobe 

 larger than the rest ; tube enlarged above, about 3 mm. across 

 in the middle portion, 6 mm. across in the throat, and 2 mm. 

 across at the base, gibbose at the base ; gibber directing 

 downwards, oval-semisphaerical, rounded at the apex, about 

 l^mm. long, not hairy and with sessile minute granular 

 glands within. Stamens 5, included and slightly lower than 

 the corolla-lobes, inserted under the throat, erect, glabrous ; 

 filament short, rather stout, about 3 mm. long ; anther nar- 

 rowly oblong, 2 mm. long. Style equal to or somewhat 

 exceeding the corolla in height, filiform, thinly antrorsely 

 pubescent ; stigma capitate. Ovaries erect-patent, not connate 

 each other, ovoid, shortly attennated at the apex, green, 

 longitudinally several-costate, 2-celled, thinly walled, with a 

 thin dissepiment, about 1^-2^ mm. long ; ovules pendulous, 

 about 11 to an ovary, oval, compressed. Berry unknown. 

 Flowers in May. 



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



Hab. Prov. IWAKI: Miharu (Herb.! Imp. Mus. Tokyo, No. 

 18211); Prov. MUSASHI : Mt. Buko in Chichibu (Sadahisa 

 Matsuda ! Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, May 14, 1907). 



The present species very closely approaches to Lonicera 

 ramosissima Franch. et Sav., but the latter differs from ray 

 species by having the leaves which are pubescent on both 

 surfaces (thinner on the upper), and much rugulose by the 

 impressions of the veinlets above, and not cordate. The 

 leaves of my species are thinner, nearly glabrous above, and 



