FAGACEAE. — QUERCUS 215 
Quercus aliena, var. acuteserrata Maximowiez apud Wenzig in 
Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin, IV. 219 (1886). 
Quercus aliena, y acutedentata Maximowiez in litt. apud Franchet & Savatier, 
Enum. Fl. Jap. 1. 445 (nomen nudum) (1875). — Shirai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 
IX. 409 (acutidentata) (1895). — Matsumura, Ind. Fl. Jap. II. pt. 2, 25 
(1912). 
Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, woods, alt. 1000-1600 m., Octo- 
ber 1907 (No. 527; tree 8-16 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); same locality, 
May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 562); same locality, A. Henry (No. 
68*); Ichang, A. Henry (No. 2293); Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 
1000-2000 m., May and November 1907 (Nos. 517, 529, 3658; tree 
6-20 m. tall, girth 1.5-2.5 m.); Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 1000-1600 m., 
October 1907 (No. 516; tree 8-16 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); “ Ou-tan- 
scian,” August 1909, C. Silvestri (No. 2931); without locality, A. 
Henry (No. 2293). Hunan: Shihmen Hsien, A. Henry (No. 7945). 
Western Szech’uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, woods, alt. 
1000-2000 m., November 1908 (Nos. 1094, 1095; bush or small tree 2- 
13 m. tall). Yunnan: Mengtsze, alt. 1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9394, 
9394", 11298). 
NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Mandshuria: Sheng-king, June 28, 1906, F. 
N. Meyer (No. 38). Korea: Chinnampo, September 17, 1905, J. G. Jack; 
same locality, August 1906, U. Faurie (No. 192); “ Ouen-san," July 1906, U. 
Faurie (No. 195). 
JAPAN. Hondo: Rikuchu province, Ishidoriya, rare, September 26, 1914, 
E. H. Wilson (No. 7562; tree 11-20 m. tall, girth 0.3-1.5 m.); Uzen province, with- 
out locality, June 21, 1902, K. Sakurai. Kyushu: Hizen province, “ Simshara," 
1863, C. Mazimowicz (co-type; in Herb. Gray). omo. 
In western Hupeh and in Szech'uan this is a very common Oak in mixed woods 
9n the mountains from near river-level up to 2000 m. altitude. In Japan it is rare, 
and Wilson met with it there in only one locality. lt is a tree from 20 to 25 m. 
tall, with massive widespreading branches, and the bark is gray and fissured. The 
‘eaves vary much in size and the petioles in length, but the under side of the leaves 
is always more or less densely clothed with a matted felt of short pale gray hairs; 
the shoots are always glabrous at maturity except occasionally immediately below 
the clustered terminal winter-buds, where often a sparse puberulous indumentum 
can be detected. In Hupeh this Oak is known as the Hu-li. Pictures of this tree 
will be found under Nos. 501, 507 of the collection of Wilson’s photographs and 
also in his Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 428, 429. 
Quercus aliena, var. acuteserrata, f. calvescens Rehder & Wilson, 
n. forma. 
A typo varietatis recedit foliis subtus non tomentosis sed tantum 
pilis brevibus fasciculatis v. simplicibus plus minusve dense con- 
Spersis, interdum fere glabrescentibus. 
