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CUPULIFEILE. 



Fig. 24. 



Carpinut Kaicakamii HAYATA. 1, male inflorescence ; 2, a male 

 flower ; 3, 4, stamens ; 7, a female inflorescence ; 8, a pair of female 

 flowers ; 9, the same, expanded ; 10, a female flower, bracts taken 

 off. Fig. 1, and 7 natural size ; others are more or less magnified. 



Spicse laxiflorre, fructiferrc 4 cm. longre, fructibns laxissime clispositis, bracteis 

 semi-ovatis 18 mm. lorigis 7 mm. latis valde obliquis, (climidio 1^-mm. lato 

 latere integro, dimidio 5 mm. lato, venis primariis lateralibus 3), veniilis 

 utraque pagine prominente reticiilatis, extus ad costas et venas pilis longis 

 dense, intus parcissime pnbescentibus, basi nou lobatis concavis fructus foventi- 

 bus. Fructus complanato-ovatus 4 mm. longus 3 mm. latus ax>ice obtuso-api- 

 culatus basi rotundatus utraque facie 3-striato-costatus apicem versus ver- 

 rucoso-resinoso-puuctatus apicem versus pubescens. 



