298 ART. I.—2B. HAYATA: 
1906, (No. 2216) ; Taito: Iryokukakusha, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. 
Mort, Dec. 1906, (No. 2187). 
Near Q. polystachya Wat. (Kina. t. 44), from which the present 
plant is quite distinguishable by the shape of glans which is ovoid, 
acute at the apex and round at the base. Also very like Q. thalassica 
Hance, but difers from it by the smaller cups with more elevated cen- 
tral scars, and more obscure marginal rings, and by the larger leaves. 
Quercus ternaticupula Hayata sp. nov. Rami fusco-nigricantes, 
lenticellis minutis dispersi, cicatricibus foliorum et ramulorum notati, 
ramulis teretibus breve pubescentibus. Folia alterna breve petiolata 
stipulata, oblongo-elliptica, 12 em. longa, 4m. lata, apice abrupte 
breveque acuminata ad summum obtusa basi acuta margine integra 
vel obscure repandata utraque pagine glabra, costis venisque supra 
prominentibus vel planis subtus elevatis, venis primariis utrinque 
14 a costa angulo 60° egressis, venis secundariis et venulis distincte 
reticulatis, tenuiter coriacea, petiolis 1 cm. longis supra planis basi 
incrassatis, stipulis caducissimis linearibus 4 mm. longis. Spice dense 
cineraceo-pubescentes terminales, erectz validiusculz vel ad axillas 
foliorum summorum 6 cm. long, partibus superioribus floribus 
masculinis, partibus inferioribus foemineis. Fl. §: 3-4-aggregati ; 
perianthium 6-partitum, segmentis 2-seriatim dispositis, ovato- 
rotundatis, # mm. longis, extus dense intus parce pubescentibus. 
Stamina 12, filamentis longe exsertis 3 mm. longis. Rudimentum 
ovarii Cconvexum apice barbatum. Fl. 2 : 3-4-fasciculati, fasciculis 1- 
bracteatis, bracteis triangularibus apice cuspidatis. | Involucrum late 
globosum, squamis brevibus ~ - seriatis; perianthium 6-partitum, 
Segmentis 2-seriatim ovario adnatis; stylus 3-partitus, stigmate 
punctiformi; rhachis spice ad nodos tumescens. Fructus maturi ad 
rachin accrescentem spicatim ternatim vel abortu geminatim dispositi. 
