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

 tundata intraque pagine dense f uIto- 

 tomentosa, (pilis longis), extus 9-10 

 annulis concentricis instructa, annulis 

 inferioribus obtuse dentatis, superi- 

 oribus integris. Glans elEpsoidea 

 2^cm. longa IJ cm. lata apice acuto- 

 apiculata basi rotundata, cicatricibiis 

 minoribus 7 mm. in diametro, apice 

 breve tomentosa cseternm glabra. 



Hab. Formosa : Loco non in- 

 dicato, leg. S. Nakai. 



Near Q. UditJice Skan (Hook. 

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

 by the much smaller acorns with 

 broad campanulate cups. Also near 

 Q. pacJiyloma 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 

 Quercus tomentosicupula Hayata. 1, a leaf; ■- n- 



2, a cupula; 3. a glans. Natural size. atro-purpmascentes glabri, lenticeUis 



minutissimis, longitudinaliter rugosi. 

 FoHa 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 laterahbus primariis utroque 

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

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

 Fructus ad spicam valde incrassafaim aggi'egatim dispositi. Cupula 



Fig. 33. 



