Quercus. monokci \ polyandria. 635 



merif single, brown, ndlierino- to the cotyledons, and entering 

 deeply into tlieni in vnrious directions, in short acuminated, 

 as in «he nutmeg, &c. Pcrisperm none. Embryo conform 

 to the v(^ed, inverse, as in the other species. 



'). Q. Incida. 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. Male flowers crowded. 

 Cabjx about six-cleft. Stamens about twelve, and two or 

 three times longer than the calyx. Pistillum a woolly gland 

 occupies its place. Fiim ale 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 calyx, 

 which is now surrounded with several coloured belts. 



4. Q. muricuta. 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 indigen- 

 ous in the forests of Prince 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 

 spikes lateral, about as long as the leaves. Cup turbinate, 



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