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between the Masay or mount Urdaneta peaks at 6000 feet; 

 trunk terete and somewhat crooked, 3 to 5 feet in diameter, 

 60 feet high, branched from near the middle; wood odorless 

 and tasteless, very hard, the thin outer portion brownish white, 

 otherwise very dull dark brown; bark nearly 1 inch thick, 

 excrescent on the brownish gray surface, otherwise fuligineus; 

 main branches ascending and spreading, crooked, ultimately 

 numerously rebranched; twigs erect, forming dense masses; 

 leaves ascending, nearly flat, shining deep green above, very 

 pale green beneath and avellaneus pubescent, coriaceous or 

 subchartaceous; acorns upon erect stalks, divaricate, very dark 



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green, the green cup umber brown pulberulent. Lipacon 



is the vernacular Manobo name. 



Represented by number 14096, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

 Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, October, 1912. 



Typical, because of its glabrous branches; leaves pulver- 

 ulent beneath, not pubescent, of the same size, texture and 

 color as those of the type specimen collected upon the Ca- 

 raballo mountains of central Luzon, which is also the 

 topotype of Quercus jordanae Lag. with which Villar's species 

 is frequently confused. 



Quercus monticola King 



Field- note: — Rather small trees in the very wet densely- 

 forested lake Donao basin at 5000 feet and in moss and humus 

 covered mote or less rocky soil; stem 1.5 foot thick, terete, 

 nearly straight, 35 feet high; wood whitish, odorless, bitter, 

 moderately hard; bark yellowish gray, covered with brown 

 excrescences, testaceus otherwise; main branches spreading, 

 crooked, ultimately numerously rebranched; twigs quite lax, 

 ascending; leaves subchartaceous, shining and deep green on 

 the upper shallowly folded side, tips strongly recurved, paler 

 and duller green beneath; spikes terminal, 1 to 3 inches long, 

 yellowish green, erect; acorn also yellowish green, the rugose 

 cup dark or dull green. Its native Manobo name is "Lipacon." 



Represented by number 14101, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

 Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, October, 1912. 



