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broadly truncato-subemarginate ; the front lobe suborbiculate, 

 subemarginate, thicker ; anther (Fig. XVII. /) sessile, inserted 

 tinder the apex of the dorsal lobe of the clinandrium, 2-celled, oval- 

 ovate, obtuse, about fmm. long; cells linear-oblong. Stigma 

 bordered with a truncate edge in front. Ovary (Fig. XVII. e) 

 ellipsoid, glabrous, about 2mm. long. Capsule fusiform-ellip- 

 soid, 7-8mm. long, with marcescent perianth and labellum (the 

 lobes shriveled into one) ; carpels thin, viridescent, glabrous, with 

 a straight pedicel. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-futabaran. 



Hab. Amami Oshima (Tatsusaburo Kamiya\ April 13, 1910). 



Above descriptions are based on the specimens collected in 

 Amami Oshima by Prof. T. Kamiya of the Zoshi-Kwan in Ka- 

 goshima. 



Pasania Sieboldii Makino, nom. nov. 



Pasania cuspidata /?. Sieboldii Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XXIII. (1909), p. 141. 



Quercus cuspidata Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. p. 8 ; A. DC. Prodr. 

 XVI. 2, p. 103, pro parte, non Thunb. 



Quercus cuspidata Sieb. et Zucc. 1. c. tab. 2, non Thunb. 



Pasania cuspidata Prantl in Engler et Prantl, Nat. PfL- 

 Fam. III. 1 (1894), p. 55, fig. 33 H ; Shirasawa, Nippon-Shin- 

 rin-Jumoku-Dzufu, I. tab. 34, 1-13, non CErst. 



Ssi no ki Banks, Icon. Select. PI. Kaempf. (1791), tab. 39. 



A species closely allied to Pasania cuspidata CErst. (=Quer- 

 cus cuspidata Thunb.), but the bark even in the inner surface ; 

 wood more durable ; branchlets stouter ; leaves thicker and 

 larger, ferruginons beneath ; rachis of the female inflorescence 

 stouter ; acorn oblong or ovoid-oblong, acutish at the apex, 

 about 15— 18 mm. long. 



Nom. Jap. Suda-jii. 



Hab. Japan. 



In habitat this species is always found in the altitude higher 

 than Pasania cuspidata (Thunb.) CErst. P. cuspidata (Thunb.) 

 CErst. has the gracile branchlets, leaves smaller and thinner 



