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cylindrici, o cm. longi, 11 mm. lati, brevissime stipitati, stipitibus 

 5 mm. loiigis, bracteis cnspidato-ovatis nncem superantibns valde 

 imbricatis cuspidato-ovatis vol oblongis 5J mm. longis 2 J mm. 

 latis castaneis glabris margine ciliolatis incurvis. Nuces coroni- 

 formes, complanatae apice emarginato-mucronatse, vel obcordatse, basi 

 plus minus contractée, 4 mm. longae, cum alis 4J mm. latse, utrinque 

 alatae, medio angulo prominente instructse. 



Hab. Formosa, in Montibus Centralibus, leg. Ï. Kawakami. 



Diflers from the type in having much smaller leaflets, and 

 narrower cones with a httle broader bracts. 



Myrieaeeœ. 



Myrica Linn. 



Myrica adenophora Hange var. Kusanoi Hayata sp. nov. Eami 

 fusco-cinerascentes, longitudinahter reticulato-rugosi, ramulis fuscis 

 breve pubescentibus. Folia alterna subsessiha vel breve petiolata, 

 tenuiter coriacea, obovato-oblonga 25-24 mm. longa 10-16 mm. lata, 

 apice obtusa rotundata, vel emarginata cum mucronibus, basi cuneata, 

 margine leviter revoluta, remote 2-ö-mucronato-serrulata, supra 

 glabra subtus subglabrata, vel minnte glanduloso-punctata, punctis 

 flavis, costis et venis utraque pagine prominulis, venis primariis 

 utraque latere 4, a costa angulo 7(» egi^essis, rectis prope marginem 

 subito arcuatis anastomosantibus venis secundariis indistinctis, 

 venuhs reticulatis, petiolis brevibus 2 mm. longis. Flores spicati, 

 spicis ad axillas foliorum superiorum. Spicœ J 1 5 mm. longœ ascen- 

 dentes vel nutantes, simplices vel interdum breve paniculato-ramosa}, 

 ramis 3 mm. longis vel In-cvioribus. Fl. J : sessiles, basi 1-bracteati, 

 bracteis obtrianeularibus 1 mm. lundis 1^ mm. latis truncatis 



