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Lithocarpus fenestrata, comb. nov. — Qucrcus fenestrata, Roxburgh, FL 

 Ind. ed. 2, iii. G33 (1832). — Wight, Icon. t. 210 (1840). — King in Ann. 

 Eot. Card. Calcutta, ii. 45, t. 89 (1889). — QuercuH< callicarpifolia Griffith, 

 Itin. Not. IT. 87, Xo. 1208 (1848), pro parte. - — Pasania fcnedraU\ Oersted, 

 in Naturh. For/Vidensk. ]\Ieddeh xviii. 84 (18GG). — Synaedrys fenestrata 

 Koidznnii in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xxx. 195 (1916), 



Himalayas. 



Lithocarpus formosana, comb. nov. — Qucrcus formosana Skan in Jour. 

 Linn, Soc. xxvi. 513 (1899). — Pasania forniosuna Schottky in Bot. Jahrb. 

 XLvii. G70 (1912). — Synaedrys formosana Koidzunii in Tokyo Bot. Mag. 

 xxx. 195 (191G). 



Formosa. 



Lithocarpus glabra Bclider iu Baik^y, Stand. Cycl. ITort. vi. 35G9 (1917), 

 ex parte, quoad synon. Thuubcrg. ^ — Qucrcus glabra Thunl)crg, FL Jap. 

 175 (1784); Icon. PL Jap. iv. t. 5 (1802). — ^Yil]deno^v, Spec. Fl. iv. 427 

 (1805). — Makino in Tokyo Bot. "S.Lv^. xi. (37) (1897). — Qucrcus thalas- 

 sica Ilance in Hooker Kew Jour. i. 17G (1849). — ShirasaAva, Icon. Ess. 

 For. Jap. I. t. 33 (1900). — Qucrcus inversa Lin(Ucy & Paxton, Fk)w. Gard. 

 I. 58, fig. 3G (1850). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 414, t. 88 (1852-57). 

 Qucrcus Sicboldlana Blunie, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 290 (1850). — Qucrcus 

 reversa Bentluun in Hooker Kew Jour. vi. 112 (1854). — Pasania yhihray 

 Oersted in Naturli. For. Vidensk, Med(k'l, xviil. 83 (18GG), ex parte, excl, 

 syn. Sieb. & Zucc. — Pasania thalassica Oersted, 1. c. (18GG). — Synaedrys 

 glabra Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xxx. (28), 195 (1910). — Lithocarpus 



thalassica Rehder in Bailey, S^and. Cycl. llort. vi. 35G9 (1917). 

 Jatax. 



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Siebold & Zuccarini's identification of Thunberg's Qucrcus glabra with 

 another Japanese s]>ecies enumerated above as Q. edulis, had unfortunately 

 been accepted by all later botanists, until ^NlnkiTio in 1897 ]>oiuted out that 

 Q. glabra Thun])crg is identical with Q. thalassica TLiiice and that Q. glabra 

 Sieb. & Zucc. is a s]iecies hitherto unnamed for wliich he proposed the name 

 Q. cdulis or Pasania cdulis. A careful comparison of herbarium material 

 with Thiuiberg's descri])tion and with the figure in his Icones and also with 

 an excellent ]>hotogra[)h of the ty])e si)ecim(Mi kindly sent to me by Profrssor 

 O. Juel of U|)sala has convinced me that Makino is right. Thunberg's 

 descri])tion of tlie leaves as " utrinque gla])ra " has apparently misled bot- 

 anists, as the leaves are distinctly pubescent only when young, while at 

 maturity the undersiiU^ is covered with a close scurfy tonuMitum which to 

 the naked eye does not a]opear as tomentum, but the words '' oblongo- 

 lanceolata, cus])idata " fit only Q, thalassica Haiice, and so does the de- 

 scription of the inflorescence as *' spicae florum tcrmiuales . . . tomentosae," 

 for in Z. cdulis the staminate spikes are axillary and glal)rous. Moreover 

 Thunlx^rg's figure which is a fairly faithful rc])rescntation of his tyjie sj)eci- 

 men agrees exactly with specimens of Q. thalassica before me and has little 

 resemblance to L. cdulis. 



