286 ART. I. — B. hayatâ : 



mucronatis marginé ciliolatis. Stamina 2-4, filamentis brevibus 

 J mm. longis, antheris circ. globosis 1 mm. longis | mm. latis 

 rubro-cristato-pmictatis. Spicse Ç : 12 mm. longae, pubescentes, 

 erectae vel patentes, interdum brève paniculato-ramosse, floribns 

 2-3 ad ramos approximate spicatim sitis. Fl. Ç : supra bracteam 

 solitarii vel 2-3 siti, bracteis late triangularibns 1 mm. 

 longis extns glanduloso-pnnctatis margine ciliolatis ; periantliium 

 3-partitum, segmentis exterioribns 2 minoribns late rotnndatis 

 ciliolatis, segmento interiore et antico majore rotnndato ciliolato ; 

 glanduKs minutis 3-4 ad basin ovarii sitis : ovarium extus papilloso- 

 tuberculatum, stylo 2-partito, ramis complanatis apice acuminatis 

 levlter phimosis. Drupa elHpsoidea 7 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, extus 

 ceraceo-lamellato-papillosa, lamellis carnosis obovoideis 1 mm. longis, 

 totiusque latis apice mucronatis, endocarpio duro. 



Hab. Piikushizan, Cliözan, leg. S. Kusano, Jan. 1909. 



Very like M. adenophora Hange in Journ. Bot. (1883), p. 357, 

 but quite distinguishable by the number of stamen which is usually 

 2-4, and by the leaves with fewer veinlets. 



Cupuliferse. 



Fagus Linn. 



Fagus HayatsB Paltb. sp. nov. 



Fagus sp. var. Hayata Fl. Mont. Formes, in Journ. Coll. Sc. 

 Imp. Univ. Tokyo, XXV. Art.-19, p. 206. 



Arbor (excelsa) ; folia adulta longepetiolata, elliptica basi plus 

 minus cuneata, apice longe attenuata, margine supra medium brevi- 

 ter dentata vix undulata, utrinque fere glabra, lucida ; nervo medio 

 prominulo, nervis secundariis (11-12) curvatis divergentibus in sinus 



