202 AÜT. 1!), — r.. ITAYATA : 



inotiascula oblongo-olliptica 7-U cm. longa 2-o cm. lat;i upice cus- 

 piclatö-acuminata basi aiigusta intégra apicem versus serrata, 

 serris obtusis, siipia nitida, nervis et venis snpra impressis subtus 

 valdo prominentibiis, venis primariis lateraJibus utrinqne 7 snb 

 angulo 45' egressis ad apices serrarnm attingentibiis, vcnulis tenni- 

 bus vix prominulis, petiolis sul)-gracilibns 1-2 cm. longis dense 

 piibescentibns. Amenta ad apicem ramuli 2-o-fascicnlata erecta 

 androgyna 5-8 cm. longa validinscnla erecta, Horibus inferioribus 

 fœmineis remotis solitariis, superioi ibns mascnlinis dense aggregatis. 

 Fl. J : perianthium (>-lobatnm, lobis oV)tasis incrassatis rotnndatis, 

 intus liirsutum extus tomentosum. Stamina S- 12, lilamentis peri- 

 anthio o-plo-longioribus ; anthera^ giobosa> glabra^ bracteis ovatis 

 l)asi incrassatis concavis. Ovarii rudimentum dense albotomentosnm. 

 YL ^- : involiicrum globosum tomentosum squamis incrassatis trian- 

 gularibus obtusis nuütiseriatim sußultum ; ovarium glol)Oso-conicum, 

 stylis trifidis incrassatis ; bracteis subulatis incrassatis. Fructus 

 secus pedunculum incrassatum foliis paullo breviorem dense 

 dispositi. Cupula subpatelliformis medio depressa 8 imn. longa 

 o cm. in diametro a'quans intus pallida rubra leviter glauca 

 pubescens extus griseo-pubescens, squamis latis basi 2-sulcatis 

 minute cuspidatis arcte adpressis circ. lO-seriatis suffnlta, Glans 

 2 cm. longa o cm. in diametro semiidobosa nitida brevissime 

 apiculata, cicatrici margine depressa medio eonvexa. 



Hab. Taitö : Tokwasan, Shinshösbö, leg. X. Koxishi, 190G, 

 Tötögyöho, ad 2500 ped. alt., Juli. lUOG ; Köshun : Botansha, leg. 

 G. Nakahaea, Dec. lî)00, (No. 747.) ; Xantö : Hinokiyama, leg. G. 

 Nakahaea. Feb. 1907. 



Mr. 8. A. Skax informs me that this new plant appears to 

 bo a distinct new species and there is nothing at Kew near it 

 among the Asiatic material. 



