Quercus, MONOFCIA POLYANDRIA, 635 
ment single, brown, adhering to the cotyledons, and entering 
deeply into them in various directions, in short acuminated, 
as in the nutmeg, Kc. Perisperm none. Embryo conform 
to the seed, inverse, as in the other species. 
3B. Q. lucida, Roxb, 
Leaves cuneate lanceolar, entire, and smooth. Spikes pa- 
nicled ; male flowers dodecandrous. Acorns round, nearly 
hid in the enlarged cup, which is marked with concentric 
belts on the outside. 
A tree, a native of Pulo Pinang. 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, somewhat wedge-shaped, 
obtuse- pointed, entire and smooth in every part; about six 
inches long, and about two broad. Stipules small, subulate. 
Spikes terminal, very numerous, filiform, by far the greatest 
part bear only male flowers, Mater FLOWERS crowded. 
Calyx about six-cleft. Stamens about twelve, and two or 
three times longer than the calyx. Pistillum a woolly gland 
occupies its place, FeMALe FLoweRs more remote, and on 
separate spikes. Calyx with three, small, scale-like bractes, 
pressing on the underside. Styles three. Seed roundish, 
sunk in the much enlarged, pitcher-shaped, fleshy eaty, 
—* is now surrounded with several coloured belts, 
A. Q. muricata, Roxb. 
“Tender parts villous. Leaves oblong, entire. Female 
spikes axillary, and lateral, the length of the leaves. Acorn 
spherical, two-thirds hid in a turbinate, muricated cup. 
A large timber tree, found by Mr. W. Roxburgh per Sa 
ous in the forests of Pies of Wales’ Island. 
~ Young shoots round, and clothed with short, very soft, 
brown pubescence. Leaves sub-sessile, narrow, oblong, en- 
tire, rather acute, villous; veins simple, and parallel ; from 
four to six inches long, by one and a half broad. Female 
os lal eral, about as long as the emits pond wr ina 
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