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The leaves are distinguished by the margins changing into white towards 

 the autumn. 



Forma minor Makino. 



Dwarf, attaining about 27 cm. in height. Leaves much smaller, 

 3-14 cm. long, 8-32 mm. wide; veins 2-7 on each side. 



Bambusa albo-marginata forma minor Makino in Description des 

 Produits forestiers envoyes a l'Exposition universale de 1900 a Paris par le 

 Ministere de 1' Agriculture et du Commerce. 



Nom. Jap. Ko-kuma-zam. 



Hub. Prov. Mino: Kusafuka, cult. (7'. Makino I Aug. 1809) ; Pror. 

 Musashi; Tokyo (7 r . Makino \ March 1900). 

 This form is usually planted in gardens. 



(To be continued.) 



Plantse Japonenses novae vel minus cognitae. 



{Continued from p. 12.) 

 By 



T. Makino, 



Assistant of Botany in the Science Co'tege, 

 Imperial University, TSkjjo. 



Pittosporum illicioides Makino in Botan. Magaz., Tokyo, XIV. p. 31. 



An evergeen shrub, ranm-v. attaining ab nit 2 in. in height. Branches 

 and branchlets verticillate. terete, glabrous, drab -fulvous but drab-cinereous 

 in branchlets, thinly dispersed with inconspicuous minute and punctate 

 lenticek leafy towards the apex. Winter-bud small, ovate, situated on 

 the extremity of branchlet, solitary or about .2-5 closely placed, terminal 

 or axillary, dark-brown ; scales small, imbricated, ovate or o\ ato-dcltoid <'"' 



ciliated margin or more or less pulieruient towards the margin. Leaves 

 spreading, sparse, but those of nodes and extremities of branchlets es- 

 pecially approximate and falsely verticillate, petiolate, obovato-laiieeolam. 

 cuneate towards the base and gradually attenuated to the petiole, shortly 

 and more or less abruptly acuminate* at the apex with an acute tip, 

 entire and undulate on the margin, subeoriaceous. glabrous, green above, 

 pallid beneath, 4-13 cm. long, 2-5 cm. broad ; midrib promiment beneath : 



