j..]y, 1914.J 2: MAKINO.-OBSER VATfoNS OX THE FLORA OF J A PA X. is I 



Nom. Jap. Chirimen-aojiso. 

 Hab. JAPAN, cultivated. 



Milletia japonica A. Gray, Bot. Jap. p. 38(). 

 y var. microphylla Making, var. iiov. 

 Stem small; branches gracile ; young one thinly i)ubcscciil. 

 Leaves deciduous, alternate, small, about 3|-5 cm. lon.u inchul- 

 ing the petiole, puberulent, about 4-5-jugate; leaflets gradually 

 diminished in size towards the base, lanceolate, very sharply 

 acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base, lateral ones spread- 

 ing, very shortly petiolulate, those of the lowest pair 2-6 mm. 

 long, the terminal leaflet largest, petiolulate, about 10-16 mm. 

 long. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-fudzi. 

 Hah. JAPAN, cultivated. 



A garden variety having the minute leaves and no flower. 



Vicia unijuga Al. Braun, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1853), 

 p. 12. 



lusus trifida Making, nov. 



Leaflets coarseW irregularly 3-fid ; lobes ovato-lanceolate 

 or ovato-deltoid, mucronately obtuse or acute ; lateral lobes 

 shorter and erect-patent; sinus often closed. 



Nom. Jap. Fugire-tanhv^tashi (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. SHINANO : Kurota-mura near lida (Herb.! 

 Imp. Mus. Tokyo). 



^ Callicarpa kochiana Making, sp. nov. 

 A species very closely allied to C. tomentosa Willd. 

 Shrub attaining about 2m. in height, loosely branched; branches 

 elongate, terete, rufo-tomentose in the superior portion. 

 Leaves serrato-dentate, but entire towards the base. In- 

 florescence longer than tlie petiole ; peduncle nearly equalling 

 the petiole in length ; bracts linear. Flowers small, sessile or 

 subsessile. Calyx about 3^ mm. long, 4-5-parted ; lobes 



