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FLOEULA H0NGK0NGENSI3. 



Peak, etc. It differs from all the Gyrolecanm known to me, in the 

 leaves, which are not unlike those of some of the larger entire-leaved 

 varieties of our Q. Ilex, 



6. Quercus (Gyrolecana) salicina, BL Mas. Bot. vol. i. p. 304 ? 



A common tree in the Happy Yalley woods, and may be, as suspected 

 by Blume, a mere variety of Q, glauca, Thunb., of which it has the 

 flowers and fruit, but with very much narrower leaves (mostly two to 

 three inches long, and four or live lines broad) and shorter petioles. 



Q 



Champ., sp. n. ; glaberrima, foliis 



breviter petiolatis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis pauci- 

 serratis coriaceis concoloribus nitidis, araentis maculis paniculato-ra- 

 mosis glabris dissitifloris. — Arbor. Folia 2-3 poll, longa, ]-l| polL 

 lata, basi cuneata, petiolo 1-3 lin. longo, serraturis sub cuspide 

 paucis obtusis ina^qualibus, venis primariis a costa divergentibus 

 utrinque 7—11 tenuibus longe intra marginem anastomosantibus. 



rete venularum vix conspicuo. Panicula mascula ramosissima, 

 amentis virgatis 1^-2 poll, longis, rhachi glaberrima, floribus omni- 

 bus distinctis sessilibus. Ferigonium sajpius sexpartitum, foliolis 

 latis fere petaloideis glabris margine ciliolatis. Stamina 10-12, 

 longe exserta. Discus villosus. 



Abundant in Wang-nai-chang wood, on the east side of Happy Valley. 

 The specimens have neither fruit nor female flowers to determine the 

 section to which it belongs, but the iaspect is more that of a Gyrolecana 

 than of a LepidolabamiSy and it is probably allied to Q. glauca and Q. 

 salicina^ though certainly distinct from both. 



8. Quercus (Castaneopsis) ^5-5/7, Champ., sp, n. ; foliis petiolatis ample 

 ellipticis calloso-pauciserratis supra glabris subtus tenuiter argenteo- 

 lepidotis, amentis masculis glabris paniculatis, fructibus spicatis, cn- 

 pulis ovoideis irregulariter zonatis glandem inclndentibus demum 

 irregulariter fissis. — Arhor^ ramulis novellis subangulatis demum 

 teretibus glabris. Tolia 6-8 poll, longa, 2-3 poll, lata, breviter et 

 obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata, supra viiidia at non nitentia ; venae 

 primarice a costa divergentes, utrinque circa 1 5 subtus prominulse et 

 etiam supra conspicuaB, venulse transversse subparallelae prsesertim in 

 pagina superiore evidentes, subtus indumento tenuissimo argentato 

 V- interdum fere aureo obtectae. Panicula supra folium supremum 

 sessilis et eo pauUo brevior. Amenta mascula numerosa, subi 



Fiorea sessiles, dissiti, solitarii v. per 3-4- glomerati, plerique 6-par- 



