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ovato-Iaiiceolata 9 J cm. longa 3 cm. lata apice acuminata basi 

 rotundtito- acuta margine intégra sub acumine pauce obscureque 

 serrata, supra glabra subtus dense adpresse tenuiter pubescentia, 

 costis supra sulcatis subtus costis et venis prominentibus, venis prim- 

 ariis utrinque 11a costa angulo 50° egressis leviter arcuatis prope 

 margincm evanescentibus, venulis inconspicuis, crassiusculo-coriacea, 

 petiolis 13 mm. longis supra sulcatis subtus rotundatis basi calloso- 

 incrassatis. Involucrum fructiferum depresso-globosum nucem 

 includens extus ecliinatum cum spinis 2J cm. longum 5J cm. in 

 diametro, spinis validiusculis fasciculatis et ramosis vel spinis 

 stellato-ramoso-fasciculatis, fasciculis IJ cm. longis supra medium 

 irregulariter bi-trifidis vel varus, spinis recurvis, intus pilis longius- 

 culis adpresse dense sericeo-pubescens. Nuces 3 in involucro 

 inclusse, a latere depressis, curvatis, centrali matura globo so -trigone - 

 pyramidalis 18 mm. longa totiusque lata apice breve apiculata 

 basi truncata, (cicatricibus planis rugosis), facie tenuiter pubes- 

 centibus. 



Hab. Banclioryö : Hieranzan, leg. S. Kusano, Jan. 191)9. 



The present plant differs from C. Kusanoi et C. breuispina in 

 having recurved and somewhat stellately branched spines which are 

 more incrassate than the preceding species. 



Castanopsis taiwaniana Hayata Fl. Mont. Formes, p. 205. 



Haiî. Shintiku : Goshizan, leg. T. Kawakami, 1907, (No. 5124). 



As the original description of this species gives no account 

 of flowers, the following lines may properly be added here. 



Flores monœcii spicatim paniculati, panicuhs ad axillas foliorum 

 summorum vol terminalibus 10 cm. longis a basi ramosis, ramis 

 erecto-ascendentibus. Spicse fœminea3 et masculinge in unica panicula 

 mixtoc, soepe ramis inferioribus masculinis, ramis superioribus 



