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Plate LXXZIX. Pig. 1, one of the lower leaves ; 2, a branch of male flowers ; 3, a male flower ; 4, 
and 5, sections of young fruit ; G, styles of the same ; 7 and 8, ripe fruit ; 9, 10, and 11, sections of the 
same. Fig. 3, 4, 5, and 6, magnified. 
577. QuERcus (Gyrolecana) Ckampioni, Benth. (Tab. XC.) j ramulis novcllis furfuraceo-tomen- 
tosis, foliis petiolatis obovatis oblongisve obtusis vel brcvissimc acumiuatis coriaceis supra nitidis sub- 
tus lepidoto-incanis, amentis tomentosis masculis subfasciculatis foemineis solitariis dissitifloris, cupu- 
lis tomentosis concentrice annulatis.— Q. Championi, Bth. in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. vi. 
p. 1 13. Extending from Happy Valley woods to Victoria Peak (Champion 1 Eyre !) . 
A tree. Leares from 2 to 3 inches long, and li inches broad. 
Plate XC. — Fig. 1, branch, with male flowers ; 2 and 3, iimlc flowers ; 4, a stamen ; 5, pollen-Tiiasses ; 
6, stellate hair of the anthers ; 7, branch, with female flowers ; 8, branch, with very young fruit ; 9, section 
of very young fruit ; 10, pistil ; 11, section of ovary j 12, au ovulum -.—aU, with exception of 1, 7, and 8, 
magnified. 
578. QuERcus (Gyrolecana) salicina, Blume. (Tab. XCI.) ; ramulis novellis pubescentibus, 
foliis e basi acutiuscula vel subrotundata lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis intogerrimis vel rarissime re- 
mote serrulatis coriaceis subtus plcrumquc glaucis, adultis glabris, novcllis subtu.s adprcsse pubesccn- 
tibus, venis in utroquc latere 7-14 tcnuissimis arcuato-patulis vix conspicuis, amentis solitariis sim- 
plicibusj cupnlis concentrice annulatis. — Q. salicina, Blume, Mus. Bot. L.-Batavum, vol. i. p. 305. — 
Q. 5am5?(.9^/o/Mj HancCj mss. Happy Valley woods (Champion ! Hancc ! Scemaun!). 
A tree, 40 feet high. Leaves, including petiole, about 3 inches long, and 4 lines broad. Male flowers 
with a six-lobed perigonium and 6 stamens. 
Plate XCI. — Pig. 1, a branch, with male flowers ; 2, male flower ; 3, a branch, with female flowers ; 
4, pistil; 5 and 6, section of the same; 7, ripe fruit, with the cup removed; 8' and 0, sections of the same. 
Fig. 2, 4, 5, and G, magnified. 
579. QuERCus (Castaneopsis) fissa, Champ. (Tab. XCII.) ; foliis petiolatis ample ellipticis cal- 
loso-paueiserratis supra glabris subtus tenuiter argenteo-lcpidotis, amentis glabris panic^^^atisJ fructi- 
bus spicatisj cupulis ovoidcis irrcgularitcr zonatis glandcni iucludcutibus dcmum irrcgularitcr fissis. 
— Q. fissa, Champ, in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. vi. p. 114. Abundant on the skirts of the 
Happy Valley woods (Champion! Eyre!}. 
A tree. Leaves from 6 to 8 inches long, and 2-3 inches broad. 
Plate XCII. — Fig. 1, a branch, with male flowers; 2, a male flower; 3, pollen-masses; 4, a branch, 
with very young fruit ; 5, pistil ; 6 and 7, sections of the same ; 8, section of the ovary ; 9, an ovulum ; 10, 
section of the same; 11, ripe fruit; 12, fruit, with the cup removed; 13 and 14, sections of fruit; 15, cells 
of ditto; 16, starch-granules of the latter:— a/?, with e3:ception of 1, 4, 11, 12, 13, and 14, magnified. 
PIPEBACE.^. 
580. Piper arcuatum, Blume^ Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 332.— Nov. Act. vol. xxi. suppl. t. 58. Hong- 
kong (Hance !) . 
581. Chavica Sinensis, Champ, in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vol. vi. p. 116. Ravines of 
Victoria Peak (Champion !) . 
583. Chavica Betle, Miq. Syst. Pip. p. 22S.— Piper Betle, Linn. Hongkong (Hance !). 
