CHAP. CV. CORYLA CEH. QUE/RCUS. 1939 
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cate, depressed. Cup tuberculated. A large tree, with brownish bark; a native of Sumatra. 
Branches smooth. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, acuminate, attenuated to the petiole ; nerves 
well marked, and reddish beneath, 6 in, to 8. in. long. Stipules small, linear. Male spikes numerous 
panicled, terminal ; and, from the axils of the upper leaves, which are crowded round the thickened 
extremity of the branch, slender, hoary; flowers sessile, aggregated. Female spikes at first termi- 
nal, becoming afterwards lateral by the shooting up of the branch : flowers numerous, dense, sessile. 
Males: calyx 6-parted, segments acute; stamens 15—20. The centre of the flower is occupied by 
a densely villous disk. Female: calyx rugose, turbinate, umbilicate ; ovary 3-5 celled ; each cell con- 
taining 2 ovula, attached by a thread to its summit. Acorns large, depressed, umbilicate, with a 
short mucro. Cup flat, embracing the nut for about half its height ; nearly 1 in. in diameter ; tough, 
with angular imbricated tubercles, which are large towards the base, and become small towards 
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