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Has. Taichi. Kashigatani, leg. G. Nakawana. 
There is nothing like this at Kew. As the plant is very dis- 
tinct in the shape of leaves and leaf-buds, I have thought it better to 
describe it, though the specimen is very imperfect. 
Quercus taitcensis Hayara sp. nov. Rami cinerascentes, ramulis 
adpresso-cinereo-pubescentibus. Folia alterna petiolata oblonga 
vel obovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata 11 cm. longa 34 cm. 
lata apice acuminata basi acuta in petiolum attenuata margine in- 
tegra vel obscure repandata utrinque pagine subglabrata sub micro- 
scopio tenuissime depresso-pubescentia, costis et venis supra 
depresso-sulcatis subtus elevatis, venis primariis utrinque latere 8 a 
costa angulo 30° egressis prope marginem subito arcuatis evanes- 
centibus, petiolis 14 em. longis. Spice erecta, ad axillas foliorum 
summorum, validiuscule 11 cm. long, partibus inferioribus floribus 
masculinis, superioribus femineis. Fl. } : 4-5 aggregatim dispositi ; 
perianthium 6-partitum, segmentis 1mm. longis ovatis extus pilosis 
intus tenuiter pubescentibus rubescentibus. Stamina 12 exserta. 
Rudimentum ovarii depresso-globosum apice dense barbatum. F'l. 
°: 5-4-aggregatim dispositi, involucris prominentibus ; perianthium 
6-partitum, segmentis adpressis; stylus tripatitus, ramis erectis. 
Fructus maturi ad rachin spicatim 2-3 aggregatim vel distinctim 
dispositi. Cupula peltata vel patelliformis 4 mm. longa 9 mm. 
in diametro equans, intus tenuissime pubescens, partibus marginali- 
bus 3 mm. latis, partibus centralibus elevatis planis in diametro 
cupulam $-plo squantibus, extus cinerascens tuberculata. Glans 
ovoidea apice acuta apiculata basi rotundata 14 cm. longa 
12 mm. lata, (cicatricibus parvis profunde depressis planis), extus 
castanea. 
Has. in Montibus Centralibus, leg. T. Kawaxamt et U. Mort, Nov. 
