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Microlespedeza stipulacea (Maxim.) Making, nom. 



Lespedeza stipulacea Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. (1859), pp. 85, 

 470; Fr. Schmidt, Reis. im Amur. u. Ins. Sachal. (1868), p. 124 



Kummerowia stipulacea Making in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XXVIII. (1914), p. 107. 



Lespedeza striata var. stipulacea Debeaux, Fl. Tche-lbu 

 (1875), p. 144; Making, I.e. VII. (1893), p. 156. 



Lespedeza striata forma appressa Matsum. in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XVI. (1902), p. 72. 



Kummerowia striata Schindler in Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov. 

 Reg. Veg. X. p. 403 (1912), pro parte, excl. syn. PI. Thunb., 

 DC, et Hggk. et Arn. 



Nom. Jap. Maruba-yahazusb. 



Hab. JAPAN (T. Making!). 



Less common ; it is mainly found in the sandy places by 

 or in the alluvial places near rivers. 



Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Fgcke. 

 «• typica Making. 



Duchesnea indica Fgcke in Engl, et Prantl, Nat. Pfl.-Fam. 

 III. 3 (1894), p. 33. 



Fragaria indica Andr. Bot. Rep. (1797-1804), tab. 479; 

 Wight. Ic. PI. Ind. Orient. III. tab. 989. 



Duchesnea fragarioides Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. X. 

 (1811), p. 373. 



Stems prostrate, slender. Leaves yellowish-green; leaflets 

 obovato-orbiculate, about 3 cm. or less long, 2^ cm. or less 

 broad. Flower 1^-2 cm. across. Calyx-segments simply or 

 subsimply short-acuminate, light green as are the bracteoles. 

 Petals broadly obovate, deltoidly wide-cuneate with a pointed 

 end at the base, emarginate or retuso-emarginate at the apex, 

 yellow and usually deeper coloured at the base. Fruiting 

 receptacle about 8-12 mm. across. 



Nom. Jap. Hebi-ichigo. 



Hab, JAPAN (T. Making!). 



