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1887) ; Prov. Chishima : Afunruimoi in Urup {K. Ucliida ! lierb. ibid. 

 June 25, ]891), W. coast between Ivvanagawa and Inama in Urup {K. 

 Uchida ! June 18, 1891) ; Prov. Eikuchu : Mt. Iwate {K Jo ! May 28, 

 1901). 



The shape of leaves is different from that of var. armena lusus 

 japomca. 



Quercus Honda! Maldno sp. nov. 



Evergreen tree ; bark thick, dark grey, rough with coarse okl lenticels ; 

 wood hard, white, with coarse medullary rays, Branchlets narrow, terete, 

 glabrous, castaneous when dried, disparsedly and minutely lenticellate. Bud 

 narrowly conico-cylindrical, yellowish-brown ; scales imbricated, ovate in the 

 lower ones, but oblong or narrowly oblong in the superior ones, obtuse, mem- 

 branaceous, thinly pubescent dorsally, tomentoso-villosely ciliated. Leaves 

 petioled, augustato-lanceolate, narrowly acuminate, attenuated into a narrow- 

 ly acute base and decurrent to the petiole, loosely serrate but entire towards 

 the base, coriaceous, quite glabrous, green and shining above, paler and 

 not glaucous beneath, about G-14 cm. long including the petiole, 1-2J cm. 

 broad ; midrib slender, prominent on both surfaces ; veins 9-12 on each 

 side, delicate, loose, erect-patent, arcuate upwards, reaching the margin ; 

 veinlets not conspicuous; petiole narrow, semiterete, glabrous, 8-16 mm. 



long, marginate above. Cupule Nut obovato-elliptical, obtuse 



and finely adpressed-tomentose at the top and apiculato-umbonate in its 

 centre, truncate at the base, smooth, shining, pale-brown, about 1|^ cm. long, 

 1 cm. across. 



Nom. Jap. Hanaga-gashi (long-leaved Oak). 



Hah. Prov. Hyijga in Isl. Kiusiu : Takaoka-mura in Minami-Naka- 

 gori (Herb. ! Dendr. Labor. Agric. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 1901). 



Probably this belongs to Sect. Cyclobalanopsis. Named in honour of 

 Prof. Dr. Seiroku Honda in the Dendrological Laboratory, Agricultural 

 ■College, Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Rubus Hiraseanus Makino sp. nov. (An Buhus coreanus Miq. x 

 JR. 2^t,rvifolius Linn. ? ). 



Stems terete, glabrous, stout, attaining about 8 mm. across, decumbent 

 with a considerable length and rooting at the end, laxly prickly, reddish- 



