CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CE. QUE’RCUS. 1937 
banks of rivers, It is weg! allied to Q. molacca Rumph. The wood, although more fibrous and 
less compact than that of the common oak of Europe, is fit for building, more particularly when 
in water. (Blume.) 
Q. pruindsa Blume Fi. Javy., t. 1.; and our fig. 1836. The frosty Oak. Leaves ovate or oval- 
oblong, acuminate ; roundish at the base. Branchlets and leaves covered beneath with small yellowish 
scales, Fruit aggregate, in short spikes. Cup concave, covered with small scales. Nuts roundish- 
ovate. A beautiful tree, from 50 ft. to 60 ft. high, with a thick bark. A variety of this species has 
the leaves oval-oblong, and acute at each end; and the midrib and branchlets downy. Common 
in woods upon mountains. (Blume.) 
Q. angustata Blume Fi. Jav., t.7.; and our fig. 1835. The narrow-leaved Oak. Leaves oblong, 
lanceolate ; acute at each end; shining above, glaucous beneath. Catkins axillary, terminal, 
elongated. Cups flattish, rough with small scales. Nuts roundish-ovate. A large spreading tree, 
80 ft. high, with compact wood. Common in the mountains of Gedé, at elevations of 4000 ft. and 
Sead te (Blume.) A most desirable species, which would probably prove hardy in the climate of 
ndon. 
Q. pallida Blume Fl. Jav., 
t. 4. and 5.; and our jigs. 
1837. and 1838. The pale 
Oak. Leaves oval-oblong, 
very much pointed ; acute 
at the base, quite entire ; 
glabrous; pale-coloured be- 
neath. Catkins terminal, 
dicecious ; the male catkins 
branched, fastigiate; the 
female ones simple. A tree, 4 
from 50 ft. to 60 ft. high; 
flowering in June and July. 
Found by Blume near the 
sources of the river Tji- 
barrum, in the mountains 
of Gedé. (Blume.) 
Q. élegans Blume FI. Jav., 
t. 10.; and our fig. 1859. 
The elegant Oak. Leaves 
obovate, or oval-oblong, 
bluntly acuminate, narrow- 
ed into the petiole, glabrous. 
Fruit in long spikes. A 
magnificent tree, with a 
thick trunk, se pe ate 
taining the height of 60 ft. 
A native of the woods of 
the province of Bantam, and in mountainous places. (Blume.) 
Q. placentaria Blume F'., Jay., t. 9.; and our fig. 1840. The placenta-cupped Oak. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, bluntly acuminate ; roundish at the base; coriaceous, glabrous. Fruit in clusters, Cup 
covered with small tubercles. Nuts roundish, depressed. A tree, about 40 ft. high, found on the 
volcanic mountain of Gedé, at an elevation of ft. The wood is rarely used, although very hard, 
aud capable of taking a fine polish. (Blume.) This species would probably bear the climate of 
on, 
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