127. CUPULIFERE: QUERCINER. 509 
subtiliter pubescentes. Folia petiolata, oblonga, 5-8 poll. 
longa, 21-34 poll. lata, apice obtusa vel paullo emarginata, basi 
cuneata, dentata, dentibus remotis parvis incurvis, glabra ve] 
infra ad nervos primarios sparsissime hirsuta, supra nitida et 
interdum lutescentia, costa et nervis primariis lateralibus utrin- 
que 15-20 sub angulo 60? egressis, infra valde elevatis venis 
tenuibus paullo conspicuis. Amenta masculina simplicia vel 
ramosa, in axillis foliorum superiorum disposita, folia interdum 
superantia ; rhachis angulata, subtiliter pubescens, floribus 
in glomerulis dissitis. Perianthium 6-lobum, utrinque intus 
presertim hirsutum ; lobi obtusi. Stamina circiter 12, exserta; 
anthere globose, glabre. ^ Ovarii rudimentum conspicuum, 
albo-tomentosum. Fructus secus pedunculum strictum teretem 
albo-punctatum dissiti. Cupula matura fragilis, 41 lin. diametro, 
3 lin. longa, intus sericea, extus flavo-tomentosa; squame 
adpresse, 5-6-seriatz, basi omnino concrete, apice subacute 
Glans ellipsoidea, 5 lin. longa, castanea, apice albo- vel flavo- 
Sericea. 
Yunnan : Mengtze, at 4500 feet (4. Henry, 9070, 9070 A-B D. 
Herb. Kew. 
Upper Burma. 
In foliage male flowers, and spikes of young fruits this 
species closely resembles Quercus fissa, Champ., but the mature 
cupule does not completely inclose the acorn and never ruptures 
to liberate it. 
9. Quercus Carlesii, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 2591. 
Foxten: Kushan Temple, Foochow (Carles!). Herb. Kew. 
10. Quercus Championi, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. 1854, 
P. 113, et Fl. Hongk. p. 321; DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 94; Wenzig 
in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. p. 231; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ 
p. 415, t. 90. 
Formosa: South Cape (A. Henry, 1253, 1993 !) ; HowekoNeG 
(Champion, 178! Wilford, 372! Wright, 465!). Herb. Kew. 
ll. Quercus chinensis, Abel, Narr. Journ. China, pp. 165 & 
363 cum icone; Williams, Middle Kingdom, i. p. 363 (1883); 
Forbes in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 81; Franchet, Pl. David. 1. 
p. 275. l 
Kraweasr: Poyang Lake (Staunton ex Abel); SHENSI : Tsing- 
ling mountains (David ex Franchet). 
