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Hab. Taicliü. Kashigatani, leg. Gr. Nakahaea. 



There is nothing Kke this at Kew. As the plant is very dis- 

 tinct in the shape of leaves and leaf-buds, I have thought it better to 

 describe it, though the specimen is very imperfect. 



Quercus taitœnsis H ay ata sp, nov. Rami cinerascentes, ramulis 

 adpresso-cinereo-pubescentibus. Folia alterna petiolata oblonga 

 vel obovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata 11 cm. longa 3 J cm. 

 lata apice acuminata basi acuta in petiolum attenuata margine in- 

 tégra vel obscure repandata utrinque pagine subglabrata sub micro- 

 scopio tenuissime depresso-pubescentia, costis et venis supra 

 depresso-sulcatis subtus elevatis, venis primariis utrinque latere 8 a 

 costa angulo 30" egressis prope marginem subito arcuatis evanes- 

 centibus, petiolis IJ cm. longis. Spicae erectse, ad axillas foliorum 

 summorum, vahdiusculœ 11 cm. longse, partibus inferioribus floribus 

 mascuhnis, superioribus fœmineis. Fl. J : 4-5 aggregatim dispositi ; 

 perianthium 6-partitum, segmentis 1 mm. longis ovatis extus pilosis 

 intus tenuiter pubescentibus rubescentibus. Stamina 12 exserta. 

 liudimentum ovarii depresso-globosum apice dense barbatum. Fl. 

 Ç : 5-4-aggi'egatim dispositi, involucris prominentibus ; perianthium 

 G-partitum, segmentis adpressis ; stjdus tripatitus, ramis erectis. 

 Fructus maturi ad rachin spicatim 2-3 aggregatim vel distinctim 

 dispositi. Cupula peltata vel patelliformis 4 mm. longa 9 mm. 

 ill diamc'tro œquans, intus tenuissime pubescens, partibus marginali- 

 bus 3 mm. latis, partibus centralibus elevatis planis in diametro 

 cupulam J-plo sequantibus, extus cinerascens tuberculata. Glaus 

 ovoidea apice acuta apiculata basi rotundata h} cm. longa 

 1 -J mm. lata, (cicatricibus parvis profunde depressis planis), extus 

 castanea. 



Hae. in Montibus Centralibus, lei;. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Nov. 



