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Hab. moutibiis alpinia Furmosa', lcg. S. Sasaki. 

 Ciinninffhamia E. Bk. 



Cunninghamia Kawakamii Hayata sp. nov. (Tab. XVI.). Ar1)or ; rami 

 teretes, foliis spiraliter dispositis. Folia rami vetusti sixbradiatim plus miuus 

 dorsi-ventraliter disposita sessilia liueari-lanceolata 2 cm. longa 21 mm. lata apice 

 acuta basi liaud contracta iilus miniis decmTentia, supra nitida inter costas et 

 margiuem sulcis stomatiferis instmcta, sulcis angastissimis, subtus costis margini- 

 bus excejitis glauca stomatifera. Folia ad ramulos liornotinos si>iraliter disposita 

 sed tortione quasidisticba quam iis ramuli vetusti plus niinus longiora. Gemma 

 depresso-globosa. Strobilus perfecte maturas conico-ovoideus 2icm. lougus 2cm. 

 latus aiiice conieo-obtusus liasi ovoideo-rotundatus, sf[uamis seminifcris spiraliter 

 dispositis, mediis (^-formibus 1 cm. longis 8-9 mm. latis basi unguiformibus, 

 partibus uuguiculatis 3 mm. longis sursum 5 mm. latis, partibus laminiformibus 

 6 mm. longis 8-9 mm. latis apice breve cusi)idato-apiculato acutis basi latissimis 

 abrujite ad partem unguiculiformem abeuntibus extas valde convexis liaud 

 carinatis intus valde coucavis margine integris crassiusculis liguosis intus pro^ie 

 medium vel prope basin lamina? sipiamulis secimdariis 3 instructis, srpiamulis 

 Imm. longis 2^ mm. latis margine sub lento setuloso-crenulatis dorso squama 

 firme aflS.xis glabris. Semina 3, ad scpiamarum basin affixa reversa libera valde 

 complanata, (testa coriacea), ala angusto ciucta, cum alis elliptica vel rotundato- 

 elliptica 4^ mm. longa 3^ mm. lata. Erabryo medio sitas teres 2 mm. longus 

 §mm. indiametro, cotyledonibus 2 oblongis apice truncatis fmm. longis -|mm. 

 latis, cuui radicula a3C[uilatis, testa seminis fasco-rubescens. 



Hab. Einkibo, Kyoshiiyo, ad 2000ped. alt., Dec. 1913, leg. T. Kawakami. 



This new Gtinninghamia is in every respect just intormediate between C. 

 ainensis (= C. lanccolata Hooicer) and C. Konishii ; the forms of the leaves, 

 cones, scales, seeds and all others of the present species are just intermediate 

 between the other two. It is distinguishable from C. sinensis in tho shorter 

 less jiatent and acuter leaves, in the smaller cones with the entire shorter 

 more rounded smaller scales ancl in the smaller seeds. It is at the same time 

 separable from C. Koniskii hv the louger acuter more patent leaves and in the 

 larger cones witb the less broad scales aud in the larger seeds. The new plant 

 is, though it is hard to say definitely, a little nearer to C. sinensis than to 



