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cus hlancoi and Q. ovalis distinct, but this is inadmissable, as Q, ovalis and 
Q. hlancoi are botii only new names of the same species, Q. glabra Blanco, non 
Thunb., and are hence synonyms. I could not find the specimen in Herb. Kew, 
referred by Vidal to Q. ovalis {Vidal 6lGhis)^ but the specimens referred by him 
to Q. hlancoi are identical with those cited above as representing the species. 
The specimen collected by Russell is a topotype, and was received under the same 
native name that Blanco cites, and agrees perfectly with his description, so I do ■ 
not consider that there is the least doubt as to the identity of the species. 
Local names: T., Vayan, Malahingao. 
8. Quercus woodii Hance in Journ. Bot. 12 (1874) 240; F.-Vill. N'ov. App. 
(1883) 208. 
Luzon, witliout locality, TVoot/, in Herb. ilus. Brit, (type) : Province of Ben- 
guet, Baguio, Williams 949, 9S0, June, September, 1U04; Elmer 5900, March, 1U04. 
The type of this species, which I have examined in the Herbarium of the 
British Museum, is very fragmentary, consisting of mature fruits and mere 
fragments of leaves, showing only the basal portions of two or three leaves. It 
is closely matched by Williams' specimens cited above. It is closely allied to 
Quercus soleriana Vidal, but lias relatively much broader leaves, which are some- 
times slightly repand above. Elmer's specimen was determined by Von Seemen as 
Quercus pallida Blume, but is quite unlike Blume's species, the type of which 
I have examined in Herb. Leiden. The leaves of Quercus woodii have but 9 or 10 
pairs of lateral nerves, while those of Q. pallida Blume have about 15 pairs. 
Moreover the fruits are quite different, Blume^s species being characterized by its 
very broad and flattened glans. Q. pallida is well figured by King in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta 2 (1889) pi. oSA, and I have seen nothing closely approaching 
it from the Philippines. 
9. Quercus castellarnauiana Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 264; Ceron 
Cat, PI. Herb. (1892) 165. 
The type of this species was from the Island of Marinduque, Vidal 1806, locally 
kno\\'n as Puso-pnso. I am not at all sure that it belongs in this section, and it 
may be a species of the section Pasania, and allied to Q. UanosH A. DC. 
10. Quercus acuminatissima sp. nov. 
Quercus celebica Von Seem, in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 41, non Miq. 
Quercus philippijiensis Merr. in For. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 10, non A. DC. 
Arbor metliocriter, inflorescentiis, subtus foliis, ramulisque plus minus 
dense cinereo-ferrugineo-pubemlis vel pubescentibus; foliis late oblongo- 
lanccolatis, 9 ad 17 cm longis, subooriaeeis, integris, basi acutis vel acu- 
minatis, apice valde tenuiter aeuminatis, supra bnmneis^ nitidis^ glabris^ 
subtus pallidioribus ; glandibus conico-ovoideis, acuminatis, 1.8 ad 2.2 
cm diametro, 1.5 ad 2 cm altis; cupulis extus dense ferrugineo- vel eine- 
reo-pubescentibus, laminibus 8 ad 10, dentieulatis. 
A medium-sized tree, the branchlets, inflorescence, and lower surface 
of the leaves rather densely ferruginous- or einereous-puberulent or pubes- 
cent. Branches terete, grayisli- or reddish-brown, somewhat lenticellate, 
rugose, glabrous, the branchlets usually pubescent. Leaves alternate, 
broadly oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, t) to 17 cm long, 3 to 4.5 em 
wide, entire, the base acute or somewhat acuminate, the apex strongly and 
slenderly acuminate, Ibe acumen frequcnlly 2 cm long, narrowed upwards 
