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utraque pagine subglabra vel supra sparce hirsuta subtus sub lente minute 

 atro-punctata, costis venis utraque vix vel haud elevatis, venis supra haud 

 visis subtus distincte visis, tenuiter 3-nervia, nervis lateralibus tenuissimis 

 brevissimis subrectis a costa angulo 45 q egressis prope marginem subito 

 sursum arcuatis, venis lateralibus utroque latere costse circ. 20 vel plus numerosis 

 a costa angulo 90 divaricatis prope marginem venis marginalibus connexis, 

 venis marginalibus a margine ^-1 mm. distantibus, petiolis subteretibus J-8 

 mm. longis hirsutis, stipulis castaneis membranaeeis lineari-lanceolatis 2-7 mm. 

 longis acuminatis glabris caducissimis basi dilatatis caulem semi-amplectan- 

 tibus ; folia interdum anomala obovato-cuneata 1 cm. longa obscure 3-lobata. 

 Receptaculiim solitarium axillare stipitatum, stipite 3-5 mm. longo. Re- 

 ceptaculum (floribus galliferis ct masculinis) subgloboso-urceolatum 13 mm. 

 longum 12 mm. latum laeve glabrum basi 3-bracteatum ; bracteis late 

 triangularibus 1^ mm. latis minus quam 1 mm. longis apice obtusis margine 

 ciliolatis ; receptaculum apice urceolato-depressum, bracteis circum orem elevato- 

 convexo-dispositis oo-seriatis triangulari-rotundatis 2 mm. latis 1 J mm. longis 

 haud costatis minute ciliolatis. Flores galliferi sessiles vel stipitati, perianthia 

 4-partita, segmenta linearia atro-castanea 2| mm. longa 1 J mm. lata apice 

 acuta ; ovarium oblique globosum minus quam 1 mm. in diametro, stigma 

 laterale. Flores masculini, staminibus l-3 } perianthiis 4-partitis 7 antheris 

 2-loculatis oblongis 1^ mm. longis minus quam 1 mm. latis utrinque emar- 

 ginatis, filamentis mm. longis. 



HAB. Tanno, leg. B. HAYATA, Mai. 1916. 



Very distinct for the very slender scandent habit of the species. 



Cupuliferse. 

 Quereus LINN. 



Quercus Sasakii KANEHIRA (PI. X.) in HAYATA Ic. PI. Formos. VI. p. 64. 

 Quereus spinosa A. DAVID var. Miyabei HAYATA n. v. Quercus 

 Miyabei KAWAKAMI in lit. Frutescens. Bamuli fasco-purpurascentes parce 

 lenticellati versus summurn stellato-tomentosi dense foliati validiusculi. Folia 

 coriacea ellipsoidea rarius ol)ovato-ellipsoidea 5^ cm. longa 3| cm. lata apice 

 rotundata basi leviter cordata margine integerrima vel remote spinosa, costa 



