300 AET. I. — B. HAYATA : 



cibns planis vel vix concavis glandem in cliametro §-plo œquantibus. 



Hab. Uraisha, leo-. N. Konishi et S. Kusano, Dec. 1908. 



Near Quercus randaiensis, from which the present plant is easily 

 distinguished by the long-petioled leaves which are acuminate and 

 dentate, and by the much deeper cupules. 



Castanopsis Spach. 



Castanopsis brevispina Hayata sp. nov. Eami nigro-rubescentes, 

 longitudinaliter rugosi lenticellis parce notati, ramulis fusco- 

 tomentosis. Folia alterna breve petiolata ovato-lanceolata 10 cm. 

 longa 32 mm. lata apice gradatim acuminata, (acuminibus gracilibus 

 1 cm. longis 1-1 J mm. latis), basi rotundata brevissime ad petiolum 

 attenuata, supra glabra, subtus pilis adpressis tenuiter vel dense 

 tomentellata fusco-flavescentia ad costas et venas pilis longis erectis 

 parce dispersa, supra costis impressis venis planis, subtus costis 

 prominente venis primariis leviter elevatis, venis primariis utrinque 

 latere 11, a costa angulo 60° egressis arcuatis prope marginem 

 anastomosantibus, venis secundariis utrinque pagine inconspicuis 

 obhque transversis, margine intégra sgepius sursum infra acumen 

 tenuiter 2-3-serrata, (serris obtusis), acuminibus integris, coriacea, 

 petiolis -J cm. longis supra sulcatis. Involucrum fructiferum auctum 

 late globosum cum spinis 2| cm. longum, extus aculeis fasciculatis 

 (fasciculis 5 mm. longis) et ramosis vahdis dense echinatum, intus 

 pilis rectis dense sericeo-tomentosum, irregulariter fissum. Nuces 

 involucro 2-3 inclusse, angulares co - costatse dense sericeo-pilosae 

 fusco-rubescentes ovoideo-pyraminales 12 mm. longse. 



Hab. Hieranzan, leg. S. Kusano, Jan. 1909. 



Near C. trihuloides var. echinocarpa, but differs from it in the 

 leaves which have less conspicuous primary and secondary veins. 



Castanopsis Kawakamii Hayata sp. nov. Eami teretes, cortice 



