366 EAST-ASIATIC coetlace.t:. 



vcnularum tenuissimo, amentis paniculatis longis, floribus densis 

 pulvino centrali albo-hispidissimo, staniinibus exsertis, pedunculis 

 femineis apices ramorum versus 2-5-subaggregatis 4-6 poll, longis, 

 friictibus in apicibus pedicellorura crassorum 2| lin. longorura ternis 

 coalitis invenilibus turbinato-subglobosis seriebus 5-6 squamarum 

 cinereamm tectis, stylis brevissimis liberis, (cupulis raatuiis ignotis) 

 glandibus ovoideo-oblongis acutis pallide brunneis glaberrimis 9 lin. 

 altis 6 lin. diametro hilo carpico exsculpto albido jiixta peripheriam 

 punctulis minutis notato, cotyledonibus plano-convexis. 



In insula Phu-kok, sinus Siamensis, anno 1870, necnon ad radices 

 montis Kam chai, aliisque prov. Kamput Cambodiae locis, m. Julio, 

 1874, coll. L. Pierre. (Herb, propr., no. 17514.) 



Tliis should be a very handsome and remarkable-looking tree, from 

 its whitened branchlets, foliage, and inflorescence, like those of Acacia 

 deaJhata, Link. It seems very distinct, and though it is to be re- 

 gretted that there are no fully- grown cupules to place its position 

 i)eyond doubt, I believe it is nearer the Chinese Q. thalassica, Hance, 

 tlian any other species. 



11. Quercus sclerophylla, Lindl. — Specimens of this with the acora 

 completely hidden by the cup, gathered near the West Lake, Hang 

 chau, by the Rev. G. E. Moule, show that it does not belong to the 

 Eupasani(€, as I recently stated,^' but to Pasania § Chlamydolalanus, 

 standing next to Q. cuspidata, Thunb. ! its great resemblance to which 

 I had already indicated. Lindley's character is so very imperfect that 

 I have thought it well to draw up a fuller one. 



Raraulis angulatis glaberrimis cinerascentibus, foliis e basi ob- 

 tusiuscula saspe inaequali ovalibus cuspidato-acuminatis a medio 

 argute calloso-serratis valde coriaceis supra nitidis subtus argentato- 

 albidis 2^-3^ poll, longis 1;^-!^ poll, latis petiolo 5-lineali costulis in 

 utroque fatere 9-10 sub angulo 50° egressis arcuatis tenuibus subtus 

 cum venis reticulatis prominulis, amentis gracilibus erectis, stamini- 

 bus longe exsertis, fructibus satis dense spicatis, cupula e seriebus 

 6-8 squamarum sub-anulatim concretarum fulventi-velutinarum 

 lineari-oblongarum gibbosarum adpressarum v. subsquarrosarum nunc 

 spinula calva apiculatarum formata glandem v. omnino occludente v. 

 ad duas tertias tantum longitudinis adtingente demum irregulariter 

 fissa, glande ovoidea acuta 6 lin. alta primum tomentosa demum gla- 

 brata hilo carpico piano pallido ruguloso totam basin occupante, stylis 

 cylindricis liberis, cotyledonibus plano-convexis. 



Mr. Moule describes this as a handsome tree, never in his neigh- 

 bourhood attaining any size, and says that the acorns are stated to be 

 used to make a kind of jelly or paste, like the " bean-curd " so much 

 eaten by the Chinese. From its very close ally Q. cuspidata, A. De 

 Candolle's variety y. sinennis of which I have little doubt belongs 

 here, it is readily distinguishable by the shape of its leaves, their 

 marked serratures, silvery whiteness beneath, the great prominence of 

 the primary veins, and the wide, ovoid, not oblong-ellipsoid cup, with 

 very much more conspicuous and distinct scales. The two agree in 



* Trimen, Journ. Bot. ,xii., 242. 



