CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CER. QUEF/RCUS. 1941 
handsome tree, from 40 ft. 
to 50 ft. high; found on 
the mountain of Salak. It 
is nearly allied to Q. glatca 
Thunb.; but the leaves 
are broader, less acute at 
the base, and not glau- 
cous beneath. (Blume.) 
The acorns are of a very 
singular shape, and are en- 
closed in the cup. 
Q. lineata Blume Fi. 
Jav., t.19.; and our fig. 
1851. The parallel-veined 
Oak. Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, sharp at both 
ends, serrated or entire ; 
glabrous above, glaucous 
and downy beneath. Nuts 
small, scarcely reaching a 
i line above the cup; crown- 
ed at the tip by a long 
umbo. A large tree, at- 
taining the height of 80 ft. 
and upwards. A native of 
the west of Java, in woods, 
at elevations of 5000 ft. to 
6000 ft. (Blume.) 
App. viii. Mexican Oaks not yet introduced. 
The first 22 of the following oaks are described and figured in Humboldt and Bonpland’s magni- 
ficent work on the plants of Mexico, entitled Plante /‘Equinoctiales. The i4 that follow these are 
taken from Nees, as quoted in Rees’s Cyclopedia; and many of them are probably indentical with 
those of Humboidt. 
Q. zalapénsis Humb. et Bonp. Pl. quin., t. 75., and our fig. 1852., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 1. 
p. 109.; Roble de Duela, Span. Leaves on long footstalks, oval-lanceolate; acute at each end, 
remotely toothed with bristly teeth, quite glabrous. Fruit almost solitary, sessile. (Humb. et Bonp.) 
A tall tree, glabrous in every part, except the cup. Branches alternate ; younger ones covered with 
round tubercles. Leaves crowded towards the tips of the branches, 3 in, to 4in. long, somewhat 
leathery. Petioles 1 in. or 13 in. long; a little thickened towards the base, slender. Female 
flowers axillary, almost solitary and sessile. Cup goblet-shaped, closely imbricated. Scales oval, 
membranaceous; covered on the outside with a peculiar down, scarious on their margins, and 
blunt at their apex. Nut ovate, obtuse, terminated by the persistent style. Very common in the 
forests near Xalapa, in New Spain, at an elevation of about 4000 ft. (677 toises). From the wood, 
which much resembles that of Q. Rdbur, the Spaniards have given it the name of Roble de Duela, 
that is, the Timber Oak; a name which indicates that this oak is applied to the same uses as 
Q. Rdbur. This is a valuable tree, and it will one day become of such great importance in Mexico, 
that the inhabitants ought to take more pains to increase it. Michaux describes it as a very lofty 
tree, with a trunk 2ft. in diameter. It bears abundance of acorns, which, though they soon ger- 
minate, might, with proper care [ packed in moist Sphagnum], be sent to England. 
Q. glaucéscens Humb. et. Bonp. Pl. Zquin., t. 78., and our fig. 1853., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 
p. 11]. Leaves on short footstalks, wedge-shaped, obovate ; entire at the base ; slightly repand and 
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