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6. Quercus merrittii sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 18 m alta, glabra; foliis elliptico-lanccolatis^ papyraceis^ 
utriuque acaiminatis, circiter 15 cm longis, intcgris, nitidis^ nervis utriii- 
que 9, subtus prom inenti bus, reticulis mimitis, dcnsis; glandibus conico- 
ovoideis, minute einereo-pubenilis, apiculatis^ basi convexisj circiter 3 cm 
longis, 2 ad 2.2 cm diametro; cupulis 1.5 cm altis. 
A tree about 18 m higli, glabrous. Braiieblets slender, terete or slight- 
ly angled, sparingl}^ lenticellate, gray or reddisli-brown. Leaves alternate, 
papyraceous, 13 to 15 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm broad, the base somewhat 
dceurrent-acuminate, the apex rather strongly caudate-acuminate, the 
acumen about 2 cm long, blunt, the margins entire, both surfaces rather 
pale when dry, somewhat shining; nerves 9 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent beneath, ascending, somewhat curved and very obscurely anas- 
tomosing, the reticulations very fine, dense, not prominent; petioles about 
1 cm long. Flowers unknown. Glans conical-ovoid, minutely and decid- 
uously cinereous-puberulent outside, the apex apiculate, the base convex, 
about 3 cm long, 2 to 2.2 cm in diameter; cup inclosing the basal 
fourth of the glans, including the stout stipe about 1.5 cm high, glabrous, 
or the outside minutely puberulent, the lamina? indistinct, 6 or 7, denticu- 
late, the teeth very short. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao, For. Bur. SOJ^I Curran d Merrittj 
November, 1907, altitude 700 m. . 
This species is well characterized by its large fruits, its acorns being consider- 
ably larger than those of any other species known from tlie Philippines. 
7. Quercus ovalis Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 502; A. DC. Prodr. 16 = 
(1SG4) 97i F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 208, cum descript!; Yidal Rev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. (1886) 2G2; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 1G4. 
Q. glahra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 727, non Thnnl). 
Q. hJanooi A. DC. Prodr. 1 6 -' (1804) 97; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 
42; Sinopsis Atlas (1883) XLI, t. 92, f. C; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 2G2, cum 
descript.!; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 1G4; Koord. Aleded. 's J.ands Plantent. 19 
(1898) 615. 
Q. induta F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 207, fide Vidal, non Blume. 
Q. icysmanni F.-Vill. 1. c.^ fide Vidal, non Elunie. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 5817 Curran, January, 1907: Province 
of Pami>anga, Mount Abu, Bur. Set. 1909 Foxxcorihy, January, 1907: Province 
of Bulacan, Angat, For, Bur. 3233 Rus.'iell, June, 1905: Province of Ri/al, Eoso- 
boso. For. Bur. 10011 Curran, February, 1908: Province of Batangas, Mount Mala- 
raya, For. Bur. ISJjJ Curran d Merritt, November, 1907. 
A very characteristic species, entirely glabrous or nearly so, with shining 
coriaceous leaves. Blanco's specific name ovalis is the earliest valid one available, 
and is here retained. Quercus blancoi A. DC, was based on Q. glabra Blanco, 
non Thunb., but Q. oralis of the second edition of the Flora de Filipinas is 
manifestly Q. glabra of the first edition, Blanco having recognized his own 
error in referring Philippine material to Thuaberg's species, simply proposed the 
now name oi:alis, but did not indicate this. Vidal ** has attempted to hold Quer- 
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Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 262. 
