414 BOTANY or TIIE VOYAGE OI" H.M.S. HERALD. 
mentellis dcmum glabris, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis serratis glabris, 
amentis simplicibus, floribus sessilibus, infcrioribus fcemineis, superioribus masculis, cupulis hemi- 
spba-ricis cxtus sqnamis ovato-triangulaxibus dense imbricatis vestitis intus glabris.— Q. cornea, Lour. 
Fl. Cocbiu. p. h72.Syn(Bdrys ossea, Lindl., Introd. Nat. Syst. vol. ii. p. 441 !— Bentb. in Hook. 
Journ. and Kew. Misc. vol. vi. p. 112. In tbe Happy Valley ^oods (Hance, Champion, Seemann, 
Eyre) . 
A tree, from 35 to 40 feet bigh, furnisbing the edible fhiit known in China under tbe names of Shi-Li 
{L e. Stony Chestnut), or King-LI (/. e. Pekin Chestnut). The leaves are from 2-3 inches long, and in the 
broadest part about 9 lines broad. The acorn and cup of this remarkable species have been described by 
H. F. Hance (Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. i. p. 175) in the foUowing words:— Glans ossea, basi ro- 
tundata, parte superiori depressa vel interdum pulvinata, indumeuto raso tomentoso instrato, apice subum- 
bonata, maxima pro parte cupula immersa, incomplete 4-5-locularis. Cupula lignosa, hemispLoinca, glande 
parum brevior, eitus aquamis ovato-triangularibus dense imbricatis vestita, intus glabra. Semen pendulum, 
totam glandem rcplens ; testa mcmbranacea ; embryone exalbuminoso, orthotropo ; cotyledonibus masimis, 
4-5-lobis, rinioao-sulcatis ; radicula supcra. 
Plate LXXXVII. Fig. 1, brunch, with male and female flowers ; 2, a male flower ; 3 and 4, section of 
female flower; 5 and 6, ripe fruit; 7, fruit, with the cup removed; 8, section of the fruit. Fig. 1, 2, 3, 
and 4, magnified. 
575. QuERCus (Lepidobalanus) inversa, Lindl. (Tab. LXXXYIII.) ; ramis tomentosisj foliis 
ohlongo-ellipticis longc cuspidato- acuminatis intcgerrimis mmc apice serratis coriaceis glabris superne 
Isete vircntibus subtus glauco-tomcntosis, basi in petiolum folio 6-plo breviorem angustatis, araentis 
axillaribus densis cylindricis erectis 3-8-fasciculatisj fructibus biennibus sessilibus, cupulis hemispha- 
ricis subcroso-lignosis cxtus squamis mucronatis cano-tomentosis vestitis intus albo-velutinisj glandi- 
bus matuvis ad trcs qnartas lougitudiuis e cupulis emersis ovalibus glabris sparse pruinosis spadiceis 
vertice (e reliquiis albcntibus calycis laciniarum) umbouatis. — Q. inversa, Lindl. in Paxt. PI. Gardn. 
vol. i. p. 59, cum icon, xylog. — Q. thalassica, Hance, in Hook, Journ. Bot. and Kew Misc. vol. i. p. 
176 ! In tbe woods (Fortune ! Champion ! Hance !) . 
A tree, from 20 to 30 feet high. Leaves, including petiole, from 3-^- to 4 inches long, and 1 inch broad. 
Coniinon in the temperate parts of the Khasia Mountains (Hooker and Thomson! Th. Lobb! Griffith!). 
Plate LXXXYIII. Fig. 1, a branch of male flowers ; 2, a male flower ; 3, ripe fruit ; 4, fruit, with the 
cup removed ; 5, 6, 7, sections of fruit. Fig. 1 magnified. 
576. QuERCus (Lepidobalanus) Harlandi, Hance (Tab. LXXXIX.); foliis cllipticis cuspidato- 
acuminatis integris vix undulato-subrepandis, supra medium parce sinnolato- serratis coriaceis, Isete 
viridibus, supra nitidis^ basi in petiolum folio sesies breviorem angustatis, araentis solitariis simplici- 
bus, floribus sessilibus, fructibus biennibus sessilibus laxiuscule spicatis, cupulis hemisphicricis su- 
bcroso-lignosis cxtus squamis griseis latis mucronatis arctissime adpressis vestitis intus griseo-sericeis, 
glandibus maturis maxima pro parte e cupulis emersis oblongis vel subcordatis glaberrimis vix prope 
basin pruinosis castancis apice conico-umbouatis.— Q. Harlandi, Hance, in "Wlprs. Ann. vol. iii. p. 
382. In thick woods (Ilance I Seemann!). 
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A tree about 20 feet high. Largest leaves from 6 to 8 inches long, and generally 2 inches broad. 
Male flowers with sis divisions of the perigon, and 12 stamens. The Oak no. 3, mentioned by Bentbam at 
page 113 of Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc., appears to me, judging from specimens before me, a crippled 
form of Q. Rarhndi, Hance, it haviug been gathered on Victoria Peak, a very exposed position. 
