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Cupula cyathiformis 1 cm. longa 14 mm. in diametro glandem usque 

 ad J in longutudine includens, (extus annulariter tuberculis 8-seriatim 

 dispositis tuberculis cuneatis ssepe connatis annulos multi-seriatos 

 formantibus), intus extusque breve cineraceo,- pubescens, partibus 

 marginalibus 5 mm. latis, partibus centralibus 6 mm. in diametro 

 cupulam in diametro |-plo œquantibus elevatis. Glans ellipsoidea 

 11) mm. longa 14 mm. lata apice rotundata basi rotundato-truncata, 

 (cicatricibus parvis glandem f -plo in diametro aequantibus depressis). 



Hab. Uraisha, leg. N. Konishi, Aprili. 1908, (No. 105); Nantö : 

 Jinrinsha, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, Juli. 1907, (No. 3402). 



Near Q,. ihalassica, from which the present plant differs in having 

 entire acuminate or even cuspidate leaves, and acorns which are 

 round at tlie apex. The acorns of Q. ihalassica are acute at the apex. 



Quercus uraiana Hayata sp. nov. Eami ramuhque fusco-cineias- 

 centes, longitudinaliter reticulato-rugosi. Alabastrum foliorum 

 acutum biconvexum 5 mm. longum, perulis 2 -seriatim dispositis 

 plicatis triangularibus 3 mm. longis. Folia alterna petiolata 

 lanceolata vel oblonge -lanceolata 10 cm. longa 23 mm. lata apice 

 longe acuminata vix obliqua basi acuta vel rotundata obliqua 

 marginc a medio deorsum intégra sursum (praeter acumen) obscure 

 serrata, (serris obtusis), costis elevatis, venis primariis tenuissimis 

 venis secundariis ct venulis indistinctis, utraque pagine glabra, 

 si]})r;i nitida, subtiis pallidiora, petiolis 8 mm. longis basi calloso- 

 incrassatis. Fructus maturi ad rhachin spicatim siti, distincti. 

 Cupula cyathiformis 5 mm. longa 10 mm. lata utrinque tenuiter 

 sericeo-pubcscens cxtus squamis 5 -seriatim instructa, squamis 

 cuspidato-triangularil)us ;i cutis apice carinatis 1 mm. longis. Glans 

 late ovata 9 mm. longa, S mm. lata, apice apiculata basi 

 truucata, extus |)rimum pubescens demuni subglabrata, cicatri- 



