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dentata ; dentibus acutis, raro obtusis vel obtusissimis; stipulis 

 linearibus elongatis cano-tomentosis caducis. Gemmae ovoideae, 

 obtusae, ex axillis foliorum aimi praecedentis, perulatae; perulis 

 pliirimis tristiche imbricatis, coriaceis fiisescentlbus, glabrescenti- 

 biis. Amenta masculina in inferiore parte ramulorum liornoti- 

 norum subfasciculato-congesta, foliis novellis coaetanea; rachibus 

 pendulis circ 13 cm longis cano-tomentosis ; floribus sessilibus 

 praesertim versus basin laxius spicatis; tepalis perigonii lanceo- 

 latis villoso-tomentosis. Spica foemina, in axillis foliorum soli- 

 taria; pedunculis circ 10 mm longis involuculisque tomentosis; 

 floribus 2-4. Fructus in quavis spica rachi lignescenti incras- 

 sati affixi, remotiusculi, alterni, sessiles. Cupula hemisphaerica, 

 10 mm alta 15 mm lata ; squamae exteriores infimae ovatae, 

 adpressae sensim ad lancealato-lineares acutas erectas transi- 

 entes, plus minus velutino-tomentosae. Glans oblonga vel 

 cylindracea, vertice velutina rotundata, vel obtusissima, 

 stylis coronata. 



NoM. Jap. Hosoba-gasiwa, (nov. nom.) 



DiSTR. Nippon (Mutsu, Shinano, Musashi, Suruga). 



4. Quercus Fabri, Hance, Jour. Linn. Soc. X, (1868) 202, 

 Jour. Bot. (1875) 362, (1882) 294 ; — Forbes et Hemsl. Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVI, 512 ; — Forbes, in Jour. Bot. (1884) 86; — 

 Franch. pi. David. I. 274 ; — Komarov, F1. Mansh. II, (1904) 

 74;— Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. in Act. Hort. Petr. XVIII. 197;— 

 vSeemen, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX, 289. 



Ai-bor, ramis novellis annotinisque dense pubescentibus, 

 vetustioribus mox glabrescentibus ; cortice cinerascente. Gemmae 

 ovoideae, squamis omnibus late ovatis obtusis, pilosis. Folia 

 chartacea supra stellato-pilosa mox glabra, subtus gilvo-tomen- 

 tosa, ambitu obovata vel obovato- oblonga, versus basin sensim 

 angustata, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel oblique obtusis- 

 sima, margine undulato-crenata ; crenis rotundatis utraque 

 margine 7—9 ; lamina usque 15 cm longa 8 cm lata ; petiolis 

 ad 10 mm longis gilvo-tomentosis. Amenta masculina fascicu- 

 lata, rhachibus gilvo-tomentosis; tepalis perigonii dense pubes- 



