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CUPULIFER^. 





alta 2i-3 cm. in diametro basi ro- 

 tundata intraque pagine dense fulTo- 

 tomentosa, (pilis longis), estus 9-10 

 annulis concenti-icis instnicta, annulis 

 infeiioribus obtuso dentatis, sui^eri- 

 oribns integiis. Glans ellipsoidea 

 2i cm. longa \\ cm. lata apice acuto- 

 apiculata basi rotiindata, cicatiicibus 

 niinoribus 7 mm. in diametro, apice 

 breve tomentosa c»teram gkbi-a. 



Hab. Formosa : Loco non in- 

 dicato, leg. S. Nakai. 



Near Q. EdithcB Skax (Hook. 

 Ic. Pl. t. 26G1), but diffei-s fi-om it 

 by tbe mucli sraaller acorns •^iih. 

 broad campanulate cups. ALso near 

 Q. pacliyloiiiii Seem. from ■wliich our 

 new jjlant is distingiushable by the 

 glabi-ous leaves and much larger cups. 



Quercus rhombocarpa Hayata 

 sp. nov. (Fig. 34) ; Pasanin rhwnho- 

 carpri H-WATA in Schid. Herb. Tai- 

 hoku. Rami et i-amidi recti in essiccato 

 ati-o-puiiJiu-ascentes glaliri, lenticeUis 

 minutissimis, longitudinaliter nigosi. 

 Folia coriacea utraque opaca subtus glauco-cinerascentia ovato-oblonga 8-10 

 cm. longa 26 mm. lata apice acuminata ad smnmiun obtiLsa, (acominibus ± 

 falcatis vel i-ectis), basi acuta ad basin subito attenuata, costis et venis 

 supm planis subtus distincte elevatis, venis laterahbus primariis utixxjne 

 latere cost» 7-8-9 mediocribas a costa angulo 40° egressis, venis secundariis 

 non conspicuis, i^etiolis 2 cm. longis semi-teretibns ])asi ± incrassatis. 

 Fmctus ad spicam valde incrassatam a^iiegatim dispositi. Cupula 



Fig. 33. 



Quercus tonxentosicrapula Hatata. 1, a leaf ; 

 2, a cupula ; 3, & gloDS. Nataral size. 



