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Becker, Violae Asiaticae et Australenses. 
Planta caulescens, usque ad 40 cm alta (in statu frct.), in 
statu flor. 15 — 20 cm alta. 
Rhizoma obliquum, dense radicatum, articulatum, strami- 
neum, cicatricosum. 
Gaules solitarii vel pauci, ± flexuosi, teretes, glabri, virides 
vel ad basin violacei, nodis subtumidis. 
Folia basilaria ; caulina lanceolata, late 
lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, in petio- 
lum abbreviatum angustata, acuminata, subintegra, 
remote planeque subcrenulata, glabra vel interdum ad margines 
inter nervös puberula, supra viridia, subtus pallida, 3,5 — 10 cm 
longa, 1,5 — 3,7 cm lata; costa intermedia utrinque prominens; 
petiolus 1—1,7 cm longus. 
Stipulae petiolum aequantes vel superantes, basilares ad- 
natae, superiores liberae, deltoideo-subulatae vel angustato- 
subulatae, longe acuminatae, membranaceae, profunde ciliato- 
pectinatae, 0,7 — 2,2 cm longae. 
Flores parvi, 10 — 12 mm longi, in pedunculis gracilibus folia 
non superantibus supra medium bracteolatis ; sepala lanceolata, 
longe acuminata, breviter appendiculata, appendicibus ovato- 
deltoideis vel truncatis vel truncato-semiorbicularibus; petala 
in sicco albida, oblonga, lateralia barbulata, infimum 
breviter calcaratum; Stylus....; capsula 1,3 — 1,5 cm longa, 
oblongo-ellipsoidea, obtuso-triquetra, breviter subrostrata, acuta. 
Syn.: V. Thibaudieri Franch. et Savat. Enum. I. (1875) 
p. 43; — Makino 1. c.; — Maxim, in Bull. Acad. 
Imp. Pet. XXIII. (1877) p. 339; non De Boissieu 
in Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. (1900) p. 323. 
Exs. : Kurashima, a. 1909, in Herb. Imp. Mus. Tokyo; — 
Herb. Franchet (Savat. Nr. 99, leg. Tanaka, loco non indicato, 
loc dass ) 
Icon.: Makino in Bot. Mag. Tok. XXIII. (1909) p. 135 
(in stat. fruct.). 
Standorte: Japan: Prov. Shinano, Mizoote auf dem 
Berge Eboshi, leg. K. Kurashima, frct. VI. 1909. 
Makino sagt 1. c.: Eine seltene Art, ausgezeichnet durch 
die an der Basis verschmälerten Blätter; die Beschaffenheit der 
Blattepidermis erinnert an Polygonum. 
Eine abgesondertere Stellung nimmt ein: 
11. V. Merrilliana W. Bckr. sp. nov. 
Planta humilis, acaulis, stolones radicantes tenues emittens. 
Rhizoma tenue, 2 — 3 mm crassum, subelongatum, 2 — 5 cm 
longum, distincte articulatum, ± obliquum. 
Stolones elongati, 10 — 20 cm longi, tenues, 
foliati, radicantes et plantas novellas for- 
ma n t e s. 
