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CUPULEFER.'E. 



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

 tundata intraque pagiiie dense f ulvo- 

 tomentosa, (pilis longis), extus 9-10 

 annulis concentricis instructa, annulis 

 inferioribus obtuse dentatis, superi- 

 oribus integris. Glans ellipsoidea 

 2|- cm. longa 1 cm. lata apice acuto- 

 apiculata basi rotundata, cicatricibus 

 minoribus 7 mm. in diametro, apice 

 breve tomentosa cseterum glabra. 



HAB. Formosa : Loco non iii- 

 dicato, leg. S. NAKAI. 



Near Q. Edith SKAN (HooK. 

 Ic. PI. t. 2661), but differs from it 

 by the much smaller acorns with 

 broad campanula^ cups. Also near 

 Q. pacliyloma SEEM, from which our 

 new plant is distinguishable by the 

 glabrous leaves and much larger cups. 



Quercus rhombocarpa HAYATA 

 sp. nov. (Fig. 34) ; Pasania rhombo- 

 carpa HAYATA in Schid. Herb. Tai- 

 hoku. Kami et ramuli recti in exsiccato 

 atro-purpurascentes glabri, lenticellis 

 minutissimis, longitudinaliter rugosi. 



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

 cm. longa 26 mm. lata apice acuminata ad summum obtusa, (acuminibus : 

 falcatis vel rectis), basi acuta ad basin subito attenuata, costis et venis 

 supra planis subtus distincte elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utixxjue 

 latere costse 7-8-9 mediocribus a costa angulo 40 egressis, venis secundariis 

 non conspicuis, petiolis 2 cm. longis semi-teretibus basi incrassatis. 

 Fractus ad spicam valde incrassatam aggregatim dispositi. Cupula 



Fig. 33. 



Quercus tomentosicupula HATATA. 1, a leaf ; 

 2, a cnpula; 3, a glans. Natural: size. 



