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cupuufeba:. 



Castanopsis Spach. 



Castanopsis brachyacantha Hatata sp. nov. Hamuli in exsiccato 

 glabri fusco-cinerascentes, lenticellis minutis notati. Folia coriacea in exsic- 

 cato pallido-fulvescentia utraque glabra ovato-lanceolata nsque ad 7 cm. 

 longa 2 J cm. lata apice acuminata ad summum obtusa ± falcata vel recta, 

 basi obUqua basi latere angustiore acuta, latere latiore rotundata, margine 

 integra vel medio sursum obscm-e remoteque serrata, serris brevissimis a se 



12 mm. remotis, costis et venis supra 

 planis subtus tenuiter elevatis, venis 

 lateralibus tenuissimis utroque latere 

 costse 9-8 prope marginem evanes- 

 centibus, supra nitida infra non opaca, 

 petioUs brevioribus 6-7 mm. longis 

 complanatis. Alabastrum foliorum 

 oblongum apice obtusum complana- 

 tum, perulis pluriis obtectum, perulis 

 2-seriatim imbricatim dispositis in 

 formi vaiiabiUbus apice barbatis 

 margine ciliolatis facie glabris. 

 Fractus spicati sessiles. Involuc- 

 ram fructiferam spinosum ovoideo- 

 conicum cum spinis 13 mm. longum 

 totiusque latum extus adpresse pu- 

 bescens spinis simplicibus densius- 

 cule obtectum, (spinis recto-falcatis 

 acutis 3 mm. longis), intus adpresse 

 sericeo-pubescens. Glans solitaria 

 globoso-pyi-amidalis 1cm. longa totiusque lata, facie tenuissime adpresse 

 pubescens, basi truncata, apice acuto-apiculata. 



Hab. Nantocho : Mt. Shojodaisan, ad 6000 ped. alt., leg. S. Kato, 1910, 

 Dec. (Fractus). 



Fig. S5. 



Castanopsis brachyacantha Hayata. 1, a 

 leaf; 2, n fruit; 3, a glans. Natural size. 



