CUPULIFERJE. 



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Spicse fructiferse terminales cum pedunculis 5-10 cm. longis nutantes, pcdunculis 

 2-3 cm. longis, fructibus oppositis, jngis 1 cm. remotis, bracteis cultriformibus 

 vel semi-ovatis 10-13 mm. longis 4-5 mm. latis apice acntis obtusis basi ob- 

 tusissimis vcl rotundatis basin achfenii liand vcl vix amplectantibua cxtus 

 deorsum hirsutis intns subglabris margino latere intcriore rectis iutcgris, latcro 

 exteriore serratis curvis, latere interiore angustiore latere extcriore latiore costis 

 ct vein's utraque pagiiie elevatis rcticulatis, rcticulis utraque pagiiie clevatis. 

 Achsenium leviter complanatum ovato-rotundatum 3 mm. longum totiusque 

 latum apice obtusissimum basi truncato-rptundatum minute pubescens sursum 

 versus apicem barbatum reliquis stylorum apice coronatum facie circ. 10- 

 costatum. 



HAB. Musha : H6gx> ; ad 3500 ped. alt., leg. 

 B. HAY AT A, Aprili. 1916. 



Near C. Kawakamii HAYATA, but separable 

 from it by the elongate ovate-oblong leaves 

 which are always cordate at the base. 



Carpinus rankanensis HAYATA sp. nov. 

 (PL X. ct fig. 8.) Arbor. Ramuli fuscentes 

 minute Icnticellati, lenticellis fulvescentibus leviter 

 elevatis verticaliter elongatis vcl linearibus, 

 ramulis ultimis Ipevibus fulvescentibus glabris. 

 Folia dccidua alterna viridia membranaceo- 

 chartacea ovato-oblonga 8-10 cm. longa 3-4 cm. 

 lata apice subito acumiiiata vcl caudata basi 

 profunde cordata margine irregulariter serrulata, 

 serrulis ascendcntibus ad apicem aristis superiore 

 recurvis instructis, costis venisque supra impressis 

 subtus elevatis supra ad costam hirsuta cjeterum 

 glabra, subtus ad costam venasque pilosa, pilis 

 adpressis rectis mollis csetertini glabra, venis 

 lateralibus parallelis utroque latere costre 20-25 



a so 3-4 mm. distantibus rectis ad marinem 



. 8, Carpinus rankanensis 



attingentibus, petiolis 5-10 mm. longis glabris. HAYATA. 



