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Nom. Jap. Hanmomidzi-gokidzuru (nov.). 

 Hab. JAPAN. 



This variety occurs frequently in fields, and is an in- 

 termediate form between the typicum and yar. racemosum 

 Making (=^4. racemosum Maxim.), probably a bastard 

 between them. 



Actinostemma palmatum Making, nom. nov. 

 Actinostemma lobatum yar. y- palmatum Making in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, XX. (1906), p. 26. 

 Nom. Jap, Tsutaba-gokidzuru. 



Hab. Prov. SHIMOOSA (Katsumi Yamadzuta ! Oct. 1905). 



Prunella prunelliformis (Maxim.) Making in Miyg- 

 SHi ET Making, Alp. PL Jap. I. (1906), tab. 22, fig. 122, et in 

 IiNUMA, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, III. (1912), 11, p. 9, tab. 8. 

 {Brunella). 



Dracocephalum prunelliforme Maxim, in Mel. Biol. XII. p. 

 527 (1886). 



Nom. Jap. Tateyama-utsubogusa. 



Hab. JAPAN, alpine and alpestrine mountains. 



This should be referred to the genus of Prunella. 



Prunella japonica Making, sp. nov. 



Perennial, czespitose, often multicauline, about 8-32 cm. 

 high ; rhizome erect or shortly repent, rooting, destitute of the 

 stolon. Stems erect, or ascending-erect, simple, slender, tetra- 

 gonous with a thinly pubescent line in each angle, with 3 pairs 

 of leaves throughout ; internodes elongate. Leaves lax, op- 

 posite, petiolate, ovato-oblong or narrowly so, obtuse at the 

 apex, acutish to rounded and usually slightly decurrent to the 

 petiole at the base, very thinly pubescent on both surfaces, 

 thinly ciliated, obscurely crenate, 1|-4| cm. long, J-2 J cm. 

 wide ; veins loose, about 4-5 on each side, ascending ; petioles 

 erect-patent, ciliated, 1-2| cm. long, but much shorter in the 



