July. 1914.] T. MAKINO.-OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLORA OF JAPAN. 185 



Hab. Prov. SHINANO (K. Yazawa ! ; T. Making!; K. 

 Shibata !). 



Anemone flaccida Fr. Schmidt, Reis. im Amur. u. 

 Ins. Sachal. (1868), p. 103. 



var. semiplena Making, var. nov. 



Leaves usually smaller. Flower smaller, about If cm. 

 across, semi-double. Sepals about 15, elliptical to an.i^ustato- 

 elliptical, white, but the outer ones usually purpurasceiit dor- 

 sally. Stamens normal. 



Nom. Jap. Ginsakadzuki-ichige (meaning Silver-Cup Ane- 

 mone). 



Hab. Prov. MUSASHI, cultivated (T. Making! April 1914.). 



Kerria japonica (Linn.) DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIL 

 (1817), p. 157, et Prodr. IL (1825), p. 54-1; Sieb. et Zucc. 

 Fl. Jap. [. (1835), p. 183, tab. 98, et 99 II-III. 



Rubus japonicus Linn. Mant. PI. p. 245 (1771); Cod. p. 

 499, no. 3764 ; Linn, fil Suppl. PI. (1781), p. 263. 



Corchorus japonicus Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784), p. 227 ; Bot. 

 Mag. tab. 1296. 



Spiraea japonica Cambessedes in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sen 1, L 

 (1824), p. 389. 



Corchorus ffexuosus Thunb. in Trnns. Linn. Soc. 11. (1793), 

 p. 336 (identif. T. Making). 



«- typica. 



Flower simple. 



Nom. Jap. Yamabuki. 



Hab. JAPAN, spontaneous and cultivated. 



var. plena. 



Flower double. 



Nom. Jap. Yae-yamabuki. 



Hab. JAPAN, cultivated. 



var. r- Stellata Making, var. nov. 



Flowers 2-3 cm. across, yellow. Petals 6-8, patent and 

 stellate, unequal in size, linear-oblong, obtuse at the apex. 



