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nigricante rugoso, lenticellis minutis transverse longis dispersi, supra 

 cicatricibus late globosis foliorum cicatricibns ramorum majoribus 

 elevato-depressis notati. Folia coriacea alterna petiolata longe 

 ovata 8J cm. longa 32 mm. lata cuspidate -acuminata, (acuminibus 

 1 cm. longis 3 mm, latis), basi rotundata vel acuta vix obliqua 

 margine intégra infra acumen paullo serrata vel omnio intégra, supra 

 nitida, subtusprimum tenuiter adpressepubescentiainterdumargenteo 

 tenuissime pubescentia demum subglabrata, costis et venis supra 

 planis subtus elevatis, venis secundariis utrinque latere 7 a costa 

 angulo 40° egressis vix arcuatis prope marginem evanescentibus, 

 venis secundariis inconspicuis, venulis minute reticulatis inconspicuis, 

 petiolis longioribus 2 cm. longis supra planis subtus rotundatis basi 

 calloso-incrassatis. Spicse fructifera3 incrassatae. Fructus 5-G, 

 spicatim dispositi, sed mature in unum reducti. Involucrum fructi- 

 ferum late globosum cum spinis G J cm. longum 4 J cm. latum, 

 spinis fasciculatis et ramosis echinatum, (spinis basi pauce ramosis, 

 rectis 2 cm. longis) apice irregulariter 4-5 fissum intus pilis serieeis 

 adpresse obtectum. Nuces solitarise involucre inclusa3 late ovato- 

 globosse 17 mm. longas 20 mm. lata} tenuiter sericeo-pubescentes 

 apice breve apiculatso basi truncate -rotundatœ, (cicatricibus globosis 

 1() mm. in diametro rugosis convexis).' 



Hab. Horisha ; Sliöhakurin, leg. N. Konishi, (No. 38) ; Nanto : 

 Naibunsha, leg. G. Nakahaea, Feb. 1007 ; Suisha, Nankökei, leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Aug. 1900, (No. 1 11)0) ; Gioclii, leg. Y. 

 Shim AD A, Dec. 1007, (Nos. 5171 et 5170) ; Biöritsu : Sensuizan, leg. 

 T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Oct. 1008 ; Eandaizan, leg. T. Kawakami et 

 U. Moei, Juli. 1007, (No. 3300). 



Near C. javanlca A. DC, but (luite distinguishable by the fruits 

 covered with straight, but not curved, spines and quite glabrous 

 leaves with fewer primary lateral veins. 



