202 APT. 1!).— B. hayata: 



motmsciila oblongo-elliptica 7-9 cm. loiiga 2-o cm. lata apice cus- 

 piclato-aciiminata basi aiigusta Integra apicem versus serrata, 

 serris obtusis, supra nititla, nervis et venis supra impressis subtus 

 valde prominentibus, venis primariis lateralibus utrinquc 7 sub 

 angulo 45"^ egressis acl apices serrarum attingentibus, venulis tenui- 

 bus vix prominulis, petiolis sub-gracilibus 1-2 cm. longis dense 

 pubescentibus. Amenta acl apicem ramuli 2-3-fasciculata erecta 

 androgyna 5-8 cm. longa validiuscula erecta, floribus inferioribus 

 foemineis remotis solitariis, superioribus masculinis dense aggregatis. 

 Fl. J : perianthium 0-lobatum, lobis obtusis incrassatis rotundatis, 

 intus hirsutum extus tomentosum. Stamina 8-12, filamentis peri- 

 anthio 3-plo-longioribus ; anthera; globos?e glabra? ; bracteis ovatis 

 basi incrassatis concavis. Ovarii rudimentum dense albotomentosum. 

 Fl. ^- : involucrum globosum tomentosum squamis incrassatis trian- 

 gularibus obtusis multiseriatim sufiultum ; ovarium globoso-conicum, 

 stylis trifidis incrassatis ; bracteis subulatis incrassatis. Fructus 

 secus pedunculum incrassatum foliis paullo breviorem dense 

 dispositi. Cupula subpatelliformis medio depressa 8 mm. longa 

 3 cm. in diametro a3quans intus pallida rubra leviter glauca 

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

 minute cuspidatis arete adpressis circ. 10-seriatis suffalta. Glans 

 2 cm. longa 3 cm. in diametro semiglobosa nitida brevissime 

 apiculata, cicatrici margine depressa medio convexa. 



Hab. Taito : Tokwasan, ShinslioshO, leg. X. Konishi, 1906, 

 Totogyoho, ad 2500 ped. alt., Juli. 190C ; Koshun : Eotansha, leg. 

 G. Nakahaea, Dec. 1900, (No. 747.) ; Xanto : Hinokiyama, leg. G. 

 NAK^mAKA, Feb. 1907. 



Mr. S. A. Skan informs me that this new plant appears to 

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

 among the Asiatic material. 



