CtTULIFER.?:. 189 



Castanopsis formosana ILvyata sp. nor. Rami et ramuli ati'0-ruljro- 

 purpm^ascentes liac at illac ciuerascentes, lenticellis-rotundatis elevatis minutis 

 notati. FoUa tenuiter coriacea orato-oblonga 8-9 cm. longa 3-3^ cm. lata 

 apice acmninata basi acuta vel late cuneata supra basin usque ad apicem 

 valde dentata, (dentibus in uti-oque latere 6-7, 14^-4- cm. a se remotis apice 

 leviter incurvis acutis, sinibus inter dentes rotimidato-obtusis), supra glabra 

 subtus cinereo-glaucescentia, costis et venis supra planis subtus distincte 

 elevatis, venis primariis lateralibus uti'oque latere costte 7-8, a costa angulo 

 45° egi-essis ajjice ad apicem dentum attingentibus tenuibus, petiolis glabris 

 13 mm. longis basi db incrassatis. Spicse florum J : ad apicem ramulornnn 

 terminales vel vei-sus apicem asUlares basi ramosse, ramis longissimis 

 elongatis erectis 10 cm. longis, floribus spicatim ad nodos 2-3 aggregatim 

 disiwsitis, bracteis 3-4 ad basiu floram aggregatorum dispositis. Perianthii 

 segmenta 5 obovato-oblonga l-J mm. longa extus parce intus dense longeque 

 liii-suto-barbata, staminibas 9-10, filamentis filiformibus longe exsei-tis pa- 

 tentibas 4|^ mm. lougis parce Iiirsutis vel glabratis, antheris glolx)sis ^ mm. in 

 diameti-o. Spicse fl. ? ignotee. Fractus ad rliacliidem incrassatam spicatim 

 dispositi spinosi, in circumscriptione globosi 2 cm. in diametro, spinis teretibus 

 usque 1 cm. longis li mm. latis rectis breve tomentosis dense dispositis. 

 Glans singularis acuta apiculata floccoso-tomentosa. 



Hab. Hieranzan, leg. T. KAWAK.Ain et S. Sasaki, 1910, Feb. (Fl. et Fr.). 



Tliis is very near C. tribvJokles var. formasana Skax. It may perhaps 

 1« identical -n-ith Skan's variety. But the present plant is so widely different 

 from C. tribuJoides that -we ai-e forced to regard it as specifically different 

 from the named species. 



Castanopsis subacuminata Hayata sp. nov. Castanojms mdica Hayata 

 Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 204. Eami dense i>ubescentes. Folia ovato-acuminata 

 apice acuminata 12 cm. longa 3^ cm. lata apice acuminata, basi acuta vel 

 cuneata margine grosse leviterque serrata, (sen-is ascendentibus introrse 

 recurvis a se 8 mm. remotis brevissimis 2 mm. longis latissimis apice 

 mucronatis), margine inferiore parte cuneata integra supra glabra subtus 

 dense brevissime pubescentiii, costis et venis supra leviter impressis subtus 



