April5, 1916.1 T. MARINO.—CONT RIB. TO FLORA OF JAPAN. 3 
Nom. Jap. Ro-Inmeutsugi (nov.), Ao-himeMsugi. 
Hab. Prov. MIKAWA (G. Nagura! 1902 )； Prov. BITCHU (Z. 
Yoshino! 1907); Prov. MUSASHI (T. Makino! 1914). 
The flower of this species is the smallest among the Japanese 
species of Deutzia ，and the flowering time is a little earlier than 
that of Deutzia gracilis Sieb, et Zucc. 
Aster trinervius Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 61,et FI. Ind. III. p. 433. 
var. Harai Makino, nov. var. 
Perennial, about 7 decim. high, ramose; stem and branches 
stender, terete, slightly striate, glabrate, virid-pnrple; branches erect- 
patent, foliiferons throughout, ramulose and puberulent above. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, very shortly petiolate, very 
acuminate, cnneate or attenuated-cuneate at the b.ase, remotely 
mucronato-dentate, ngia when dried, scabrous or scabro-hispidulous 
and green above, paler and thinly pubescent on the midrib and 
veins beneath, scabro-ciliated, triplinerved below, attaining about 
14 cm. long- and cm. broad, the upper ones gradually smaller. 
Heads pednncled, numerous, loosely corjmboselj disposed, not 
large, about l|-2 cm. in diameter, mainly violascent, or white, 
peduncled gracile, often witli a bract; bract minute, attenuated 
below. Involucral-scales imbricated, obtuse at the apex, ciliated, 
1—nerved; lower ones shorter, oblong or oblong-subspathnlate, dark- 
purple, or dark-purple, above; inner ones oblong-linear, dark-purple 
towards the apex, the innermost one about 3J mm. long. Ligule 
narrowly oblong. Pappus shorter than the yellow tubular flowers, 
pale. Ovary hispidulous with antrorsely snbadpressed pale bairs. 
Nom. Jap. Sagami-gihu (nov.). 
Hab. Prov. SAGAMI : Kuroknra (T. Haea! Sept. 21,1915; K. 
Hisauchi! Sept. 21, 191 5). 
This variety grows mostly in sliadj places, and it is much taller 
than other members of Japanese varieties of this species; bearing 
slender branches, giabrate purple stem, glabrous Jeaves and mainly 
yiolascent ligules. I have named this variety in honour of Mr. Tora- 
nosuke Har.4, who collected it first and kindly sent ine the specimen. 
Ligustrum Hisauchn Makino, nov. sp. 
A semi-sempervirent shrub, attaining aboiit 2J m. in height, 
man j-branched; branches erect-patent or spreading, terete, glabrous, 
cinereo-nmber. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovato-oval, elliptical, ovato- 
elliptical, elliptical-oblong, ovato-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly 
oblong, obtuse or acute sometimes rounded and usually shortly 
de current at the base, acute or shortly acuminate sometimes obtuse 
