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rate, adpressed-pubescent between veins (minutely resinoso- 

 punctate under lens) and subdensely pubescent with pale hairs 

 on the midrib on the upper surface, thinly adpressed-pubescent 

 with pale hairs on veins and midrib and toraentose in the axil 

 of veins beneath, very minutely resinoso-punctate under lens be- 

 tween veins on the under surface, 12-46 mm. long, 8-30 mm. 

 wide ; midrib prominent beneath ; veins about 5-12 on each 

 side, erect-patent, parallel, reaching to the teeth on margin ; 

 veinlets minutely reticulated, the reticulation more conspicuous 

 on the upper surface; petiole gracile, puberulent with pale hairs, 

 2-17 mm. long; stipules subulato-Iinear, or linear-lanceolate, 

 puberulent, usually shorter than the petiole, attaining about 

 7mm. long, membranaceous, longitudinally close-veined, decidu- 

 ous or marcescent. Strobile 1 at the top of the branchlets, 

 small, ovoid or oval, 2-6-flowered, 13-16 mm. long, ped uncled ; 

 rachis short, gracile, flexuous, hairy as in the peduncle, about 

 4— 7mm. long; bracts small, subulato-deltoid, membranaceous; 

 peduncle gracile, straight or arcuate, pubescent with adpressed 

 pale hairs, about 7-15 mm. long ; fructiferous bracts sublaxly 

 placed, ascending, obliquely ovate, mucronato-acute at the apex, 

 irregularly mucronato-inciso-serrate, often sub-bilobed, strongly 

 vertically prominent-several-veined, with fine reticulated veinlets 

 between them, slightly involute and semi-embracing the nut 

 at the base, 9-11 mm. long, green, coriaceo-chartaceous, very 

 minutelj'- resinoso-punctate on veins and very thinly puberulent 

 above, very minutely resinoso-punctate and very thinly puberu- 

 lent on veins beneath. Nut green, ovate, compressed, tapering 

 and densely pubescent towards the top, often with marcescent 

 2 setaceo-filiform styles, 3-imm. long, 2^-3 mm. broad; adnate 

 perianth longitudinally 10-11-ribbed, irregularly and shortly 

 deltoid-denticulate on the mouth. 

 Nom. Jap. Iwa-shide (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. TOSA : Mt. Yokogura (T. Making !). 



This species is found abundantly growing on the lime-stone 

 at the top of the mountain above-quoted. It is very closely 

 allied to Carpinus stipulata H- Winkl., of Central-China with 

 a slight discrepancy between them. It also comes near to 



