MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 303 
ovato-lanceolata 94cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice acuminata basi 
rotundato-acuta margine integra sub acumine pauce obscureque 
serrata, supra glabra subtus dense adpresse tenuiter pubescentia, 
costis supra sulcatis subtus costis et venis prominentibus, venis prim- 
ariis utrinque 11 a costa angulo 50° egressis leviter arcuatis prope 
marginem evanescentibus, venulis inconspicuis, crassiusculo-coriacea, 
petiolis 13 mm. longis supra sulcatis subtus rotundatis basi calloso- 
incrassatis. Involucrum fructiferum depresso-globosum nucem 
includens extus echinatum cum spinis 24 cm. longum 54 cm. in 
diametro, spinis validiusculis fasciculatis et ramosis vel spinis 
stellato-ramoso-fasciculatis, fasciculis 1§ cm. longis supra medium 
irregulariter bi-trifidis vel variis, spinis recurvis, intus pilis longius- 
culis adpresse dense sericeo-pubescens. Nuces 3 in involucro 
inclusz, a latere depressis, curvatis, centrali matura globoso-trigono- 
pyramidalis 18 mm. longa totiusque lata apice breve apiculata 
basi truncata, (cicatricibus planis rugosis), facie tenuiter pubes- 
centibus. 
Has. Banchoryo: Hieranzan, leg. S. Kusano, Jan. 1909. 
The present plant differs from C. Kusanoi et C. brevispina in 
having recurved and somewhat stellately branched spines which are 
more incrassate than the preceding species. 
Castanopsis taiwaniana Hayara Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 205. 
Has. Shintiku : Goshizan, leg. T. Kawaxaur, 1907, (No. 5124). 
As the original description of this species gives no account 
of flowers, the following lines may properly be added here. 
Flores moncecii spicatim paniculati, paniculis ad axillas foliorum 
summorum vel terminalibus 10 cm. longis a basi ramosis, ramis 
erecto-ascendentibus. Spicee foeminez et masculine in unica panicula 
mixte, sepe ramis inferioribus masculinis, ramis superioribus 
