Field No. 1451 Date May 8, 1924 Locality Taitaishan, Chekiang Altitude 2000 Habitat On wood, partially shaded Habit Tree Height 50 ft. D.B.H. 1.8 ft. Bark gray smooth; branchlets purple with white lenticels Bud Leaf glossy green above, pale green beneath when young covered on both sides with long soft pressed hairs. mid-ribx petiole over Flower purple and white lenticels Fruit Young armed with purplish soft spines shells green Wood Notes a fairly common tree of somewhat pendulous habit in wood. Trunk short, stout, freely branched. Crown conic. Common Name Family Name Fagus