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Keteleevia Care. 



Keteleeria Davidiana Beissn. var. formosana Hayata, (Fig. 11.). 

 in Gard. Cliron. (1908) p. 194. liiimnli dense puberuli. Folia laxc 

 disposita plana lineari-lanceolata 30 nun. longa vel loiigiora 5 mm. 

 lata, nervis ntraque pagine prominentibns, margine parnm deflexa. 

 vernicosa snbtns vix pallidora apice obtusa (ramnli liornotini 

 aristato-acuta) in pedem brevem compressnm demum contortnm 

 attennata, petiolis basi transverse insertis. Strobili erecti cylindracei 

 obtnsi 9 cm. longi 5 cm. lati. Squamae coriacea^ ovato-rotnndatw 



T. cordata) snperne sensim attennata) 

 apice subreflexa) basi breve nngni- 

 cnlata3 extus longitndinaliter striata) 

 pnbernla} margine tennes irregnlariter 

 serrnlata?. Bractea) sqnamis dnplo 

 breviores, spathiilata) membranacea) 

 dorso fiisca) apice cuspidata^ vel 

 trifida} irregnlariter serrulata? snb- 

 pnngentes supra medium contracta?. 

 Semina pallida fidva basi acuta, ala 

 concolore cultriformi, sqnamis aequi- 

 longa, cum alis 27 mm. in longitudine 

 a3quantia. 



Hab. Sliinjuki, Shinkocho, leg. 

 X. KoNiSHi, Xov. 1902 ; Bnnsanlio, 

 leg. T. Tashieo, Juni. 1899. 

 DisTKiB. Type : Avest central China. 



This new variety differs from the type in liaving spathulate 

 bracts which are contracted a little above tlie middle portion. The 

 cone is sliorter and the wino; of the seed is narrower. The leaf is 



Fig. 11. 

 Keti'lctrii Davidiana Fkaxc h. var. for- 

 mosaim Hayata. a — a scale of a cone ; 

 h — the bract of the «unc scale, mag- 

 nified. 



