127. CUPULIFERE: QUERCINEEX. 513 
S. Curva, without locality (Seemann !); Honaxone ( Champion, 
175! Urquhart, 172! Wilford, 141! Wright, 467 ! Naumann ex 
Wenzig) ; Hainan (A. Henry, 18?). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
24, Quercus ($ Pasania) formosana, Shan, n. sp. 
Ramuli juniores teretes, rugosuli, glabrescentes, brunnei vel 
cinereo-brunnei. Folia obovata vel elliptiea, raro anguste ovata» 
13-23 poll. longa, 1-1 poll. lata, coriacea, glabra, apice rotunda, 
numquam acuminata, basi euneata, marginibus revolutis, ad 
petiolos decurrentia, supra pallide lutea vel brunnea, subnitida 
costa supra plana vel leviter impressa, infra elevata, nervis pri- 
mariis lateralibus utrinque 11 planis intra margines bifurcatis 
anastomosantibus. Amenta masculina erecta, folis breviora; 
rhachis hirsuta, floribus inferioribus distantibus, superioribus 
dense aggregatis; perianthium 5-6-lobum, intus glabrum, extus 
tomentosum, lobis rotundis vel ellipticis obtusis. Stamina 8-12; 
filamenta perianthio longiora; antheræ globose, glabre. Ovarii 
rudimentum dense albo-tomentosum. Flores feminini in spicas 
erectas inter amenta masculina dispositi, interdum floribus 
supremis masculinis. Fructus juniores ternatim aggregati, pro- 
ventu in exemplo viso solitarii. Cupula adulta subpatelliformis, 
6 lin. diametro, 12 lin. longa ; squame arcte adpressz, tomentose, 
basi late, apice acuminate. Glans turbinata, 7 lin. diametro, 
6 lin. longa, subnitida, breviter obtuseque apiculata. 
Formosa: South Cape (A. Henry, 1371, 1995 !). Herb. Kew. 
Though closely related to the Japanese Quercus glabra, Thunb., 
the leaves are never acuminate as in that species, and the primary 
lateral nerves are less prominent. The male flowers are more 
densely crowded in shorter spikes, while the cupule and acorn 
differ considerably. 
25. Quercus ($ Lepidobalanus) Franchetii, Skan, n. sp. 
Arbor 15-20 ped. alta (Henry). Ramuli j uniores teretes, sordide 
flavo- vel cinereo-tomentosi. Folia elliptica, elliptico-lanceolata 
vel obovata, sepissime apicem versus latissima, 17-34 poll. longa, 
1-11 poll. lata, apice nunc plus minus acuta nunc obtusa, basi 
pe cuneata, e medio ad apicem glanduloso-serrata, supra 
glabra, paullo nitida, sublutescentia, infra dense sordide albo- 
vel flavo-tomentosa, costa elevata, nervis primariis. lateralibus 
utrinque 11 margines attingentibus prominulis ; petioli 5-7 lin. 
longi. Amenta masculina fasciculata, in axillis foliorum superio- 
rum disposita, foliis multo breviora; rhachis tomentosa. Peri- 
