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•with Q. 2i^di^ncidata, Q. sessiliflora, and their nearest allies, hy the 

 bright chestnut scales of the small cup and strongly reticulate leaves, 

 certainly belongs to § LohatcB of Eulepidohalamis, and I have no doubt 

 that it stands next to Q. Griffithii, Hook, f . & Th., of which, unfor- 

 tunately, I do not possess a single fruit. The mature leaves of that 

 tree are, however, very much smoother beneath, in fact almost quite 

 so, except along the costa and primary veins, and are conspicuously 

 and coarsely serrate ; and the cup seems, from the description, different, 

 and the acorn shorter than in the Khasia and Assam tree. But, re- 

 membering how Q. aliena, as just remarked, varies in foliage, I think 

 it quite within the limits of possibility that the two may^ prove to be 

 varieties of one species, nor is there anything in geographical distribu- 

 tion against the supposition. Oersted, indeed, locates Q. Griffithii far 

 away in the § Serratce of his section Prinus of Lepidolalanus ; but, as 

 I have already observed, his ultimate divisions do not invariably hold 

 good. There is an over-refinement about these attempts to circum- 

 scribe precisely each small group. Mr. Moule says that in his neigh- 

 bourhood the tree attains but small dimensions, and is felled for fuel and 

 poles. 



4. QuERcus {Cerrus, I^njthrohalanopsis) 'M.ov-ly.i, sp. nov. — Hamulis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis lineari-oblongis 4^ poll, longis poUicem latis 

 petiolo 1-1-| lineali crasso basi cordatis apice acutis coriaceis supra vix 

 lucidis breviter sparsim pilosulis subtus paulo pallidioribus brevissime 

 tomentosis costulis in utroque latere 24-29 infra cum costa prominulis 

 pilosis sub angulo 55° egressis in dentes breves subsetaceos {\ lin. tan- 

 tum longos) excurrentibus, fructibus sessilibus, cupula hemisphaerica 

 squamis cinereo-velutinis infimis ovatis mediis ovato-lanceolatis recurvis 

 summis lanceolatis inflexis, glande sphserica lucidula cupulam vix vel 

 non superante pallide brunnea prseter verticem tomento sericeo cinereo 

 mox deliquescente tectum glaberrima hilo carpico magno pallido rugu- 

 loso piano. 



Specimina m. Is'ovembri, 1874, obtinuit, circa conventum Lin yin 

 propeHang chau, Rev. G. E. Moule. (Herb, propr., no. 18579.) 



The tomentose branchlets. different shape of the leaves, difficult to 

 describe in words but appreciable at a glance, their tomentose under- 

 surface, more numerous primary veins, and extremely short thick 

 petioles, distinguish this from all Indian and Japanese specimens I 

 have seen of Q. serrata, Thunb., which is no doubt a very near ally. 

 Mr. Moule writes of this species, which is called Ma leih, i.e., " Hemp 

 Oak " : — *' This is, I think, the only Oak allowed to grow into a timber- 

 tree in this neighbourhood. Some are really fine trees, 80 or 90 feet 

 high, though not of very great girth.. Last year I noticed some of 

 nearly that size planted round a tomb, the date on which led me to 

 conjecture that they had made this growth in less than one hundred 

 years. Beams, end especially solid doors for street- entrances, are made 

 of the wood. Its reluctance to take fire recommends it for the latter 

 use : it takes a long time to season, however." 



5. Quercus glauca, Thunb., I do not find anywhere recorded as a 

 native of China ; but my son Alfred gathered it at Fu chau, and Mr. 

 Moule sent me specimens from Hang chau. MiqueP compares it only 



* Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat., i., 114. 



