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THE JOURNAL OF JAPANESE BOT AX Y. 



[Vol. II. No. 



Q- ssss'lifoha Bl., both of wmch are found growing near the present 

 tree. The brandies are laxer an:l t，ie leaves larger than those of 

 Q- sessilifolia Bl. to which it comes very near. The long petiole 

 is like that of Q acuta Thunb. ― 



Saxifraga sarmentosa Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 240. 

 var. yiridifolia Makino, nov. var. 



Leaves dark-green and not mottled with whito above, purplish 

 "beneath. 



Nom. Jap. Ao-yuhinoshita (nov.). 

 Hab. JAPAN, cultivated, rare. 



Rhynchosia acuminatifolia Makino, nov. nom. 



Bhynchosia volubilis var. acuminata M \xim. in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 70. 



Nom. Jap. Beni-kcaoa, Tokiri-manie. 



Hab. JAPAN. 



Euphorbia Watanabei Making, nov. sp. 



Perennial, about 4 decim. high, glabrous. Stem erect, straight, 

 rather stout, terete. Leaves numerous, rather dense, sparse, erect- 

 patent or spreading, sessile or nearly so, narrowly lanceolate, acuto- 

 acuminate at the apex, cuneato-acuts at the base, entire, thickly 

 membranaceous, darkish when dried, 5-S cm. long, |-1 cm. wide ； 

 midrib slender, prominent beneath ； veins not conspicuous ； terminal 

 leaves 5, spreading, yellowish, lanceolate, acute or short- acuminate, 

 entire, thin, sessile, about 2i-3J cm. long, 10-11 mm. wide. Bay 5» 

 erect-patent, about 3| cm. long, slender ； bracts patent, ovato-oval, 

 sessile, entire, acute at the apex, obtuse at the base, thin, yellow, 

 10-13 mm. long', 8-11 mm. wide. 2nd raj 3， erect-patent, 6-7 mm. 

 long ； 2nd bracts 2, spreading, ovato-orbicular, sessile, acute at the 

 apex, rounded and hardly puberulent at the base, entire, thin, 

 yellow, 6-8 mm. long, G-7 mm. wide. Involucre very shortly 

 stipitate, erect, turbinato-canipanulate, about 3 mm. long ； tube thin, 

 13-nervecl (2 to a gland and nearly close-placed ； 1 to a tooth and 

 patently laxly pinnate with venules towards the apex) ； teeth ovato- 

 subsquare or ovato-oval, bifid, thinly membranaceous, 1 一 nerved, 

 sligntly shorter than the glands ； glands 4, transversely sublunato- 

 oblong, thick, depressed-rounded and sometimes obscurely emarginate 

 on the outer margin, 1J mm. long, 24-2| mm. wide ； bracteoles (of 

 the inner of the involucre) slightly longer than the rube of involucre, 

 very thinly membranaceous, scarious, deeply 2-partea ； partitions 

 erect, spathulato-cuneate, irregularly long- ciliated. Male flowers 

 many ； pedicel rather stout, erect. Stamen exserted, nearly 2 mm. 

 long ； anther-cells didjmous, compressed-globular. Female flower 

 exserted ； pedicel stout, recurved. Ovary globose, verrucose ； styles 

 3, as long as the ovarj, erect, bifid. Flowers in July- August. 



Nom. Jap. Fuji-taigehi (nov.). 



