518 197. CUPULIFERE: QUERCINES. 
35. Quercus litseifolia, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 228. 
Haran (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22209!). Mus. Brit. 
36. Quercus (S Pasania) Lycoperdon, Skan, n. sp. 
Arbor 25 ped. alta (Henry). |. Ramuli juniores sulcati, purpurei, 
glabri. Folia petiolata, elliptico-oblonga vel elliptico-lanceolata, 
integerrima, 23-4 poll. longa, 1-13 poll. lata, apice breviter 
acuminata, basi cuneata, ad petiolum decurrentia, marginibus 
revolutis, supra glaberrima, nitida, lutescentia, nervis impressis, 
infra cinereo-lepidota, costa paullo elevata, nervis primariis later- 
alibus utrinque 10 intra margines bifurcatis anastomosantibus, 
venis numerosis planis connexis; petioli 6-8 lin. longi, supra 
sulcati. Flores desunt. Fructus secus pedunculum crassum 
ternati; unieus tantum maturans, 2 alii steriles repressi, parvi 
vel minuti, ad cupule mature basin. Cupula adulta valde in- 
crassata, 12 poll. diametro, ł poll. longa, intus supra cicatricem 
adpresse fulvo-tomentosa, extus rugosa, sordide tomentosa, 
squamis adpressis subseriatis obtecta. Glans depresso-turbinata, 
2 poll. diametro, 1 poll. longa, supra adpresse fulvo-sericea, passim 
glabrescens, umbonata. 
Yunnan: Mengtze at 7000 feet (A. Henry, 9069!). Herb. 
Kew. 
This species resembles Quercus pachyphylla, Kurz, but it is 
easily distinguished from it by the very broad-topped pubescent 
acorn. It differs from Q. cornea, Lour., in the leaves and in the 
shallower, less symmetrical cupules. 
37. Quercus mongolica, Fisch. ex Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. 
Mosc. 1838, p. 101, et xxvii. pt. 1, p. 409; Carruthers in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vi. (1861) p. 32; DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 14; Hance in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. x. (1869) p. 482, et xiii. (1873) p. 7; Forbes in 
Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 86; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 
p. 218; Kanitz, Pl. Exped. Széch. p. 56; Act. Hort. Petrop. 
xi. p. 365, et xii. p. 388. 
Quercus sessiliflora, Salisb., var. mongoliea, Franchet, Pl. David. i 
p. 273. 
Quercus Robur, Pallas, Fl. Ross. ii. p. 3. 
Curuti: near Peking (Bushell!), Jehol (David, 17329) 
Pehwashan (David ex Franchet); Sutneaxtna: Chienshan 
mountains (Zaintor!), Newchwang (Meadows!); SHANTUNG: 
without locality (Maingay, 196!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Dahuria, Amur, Mongolia, Mandshuria. 
