CUPULIFEKJE. 189 



Castanopsis formosana HAYATA sp. nov. Kami et ramuli atro-rubro- 

 purpurascentes hac at iliac cinerascentes, lenticellis-rotundatis elevatis minutis 

 notati. Folia tenuiter coriacea ovato-oblonga 8-9 cm. longa 3-3 cm. lata 

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

 valde dentata, (dentibus in utroque latere 6-7, 1^- cm. a se remotis apice 

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

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

 elevatis, venis primariis lateralibus utroque latere costse 7-8, a costa angulo 

 45 egressis apice ad apicem dentum attingentibus tenuibus, petiolis glabris 

 13 mm. longis basi incrassatis. Spicse florum $ : ad apicem ramulorum 

 terminales vel versus apicem axillares basi ramosse, ramis longissimis 

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

 dispositis, bracteis 3-4 ad basin florum aggregatorum dispositis. Periantliii 

 segmenta 5 obovato-oblonga 1^ mm. longa extus parce intus dense longeque 

 hirsuto-barbata, staminibus 9-10, filamentis filiformibus longe exsertis pa- 

 tentibus 4 mm. longis parce hirsutis vel glabratis, antheris globosis ^ mm. in 

 diametro. Spicse fl. ? ignotse. Fructus ad rhachidem incrassatam spicatim 

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

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

 Glans singularis acuta apiculata floccoso-tomentosa. 



HAB. Hieranzan, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, 1910, Feb. (Fl. et Fr.). 



This is very near C. tribuloides var. formosana SKAN. It may perhaps 

 be identical with SKAN'S variety. But the present plant is so widely different 

 from C. tribiHoides that we are forced to regard it as specifically different 

 from the named species. 



Castanopsis subacuminata HAYATA sp. nov. Castanopsis indica HAYATA 

 Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 204. Kami dense pubescentes. Folia ovato-acuminata 

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

 cuneata margine grosse leviterque serrata, (serris 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 pubescentia, costis et venis supra leviter impressis subtus 



