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Fig. 24. 



Carpinui Kawakamii HAYATA. 1, male inflorescence ; 2, a male 

 flower ; 3, 4, stamens ; 7, a female inflorescence ; 8, a pair of female 

 flowers; 9, the same, expanded; 10, a female flower, bracts taken 

 off. Fig. 1, and 7 natural size ; others are more or less magnified. 



Spicse laxiflorge, fructiferse 4 cm. longse, fractibus laxissime dispositis, bracteis 

 semi-ovatis 18 mm. longis 7 mm. latis valde obliquis, (dimidio 1 mm. lato 

 latere integro, dimidio 5 mm. lato, venis primariis lateralibus 3), venulis 

 utraque pagine prominente reticulatis, extus ad costas et venas pilis longis 

 dense, intus parcissime pubescentibus, basi non lobatis concavis fructus foventi- 

 bus. Fructus complanato-ovatus 4 mm. longus 3 mm. latus apice obtuso-api- 

 culatus basi rotundatus utraque facie 3-striato-costatus apicem versus ver- 

 rucoso-resinoso-punctatus apicem versus pubescens. 



