Plate 2591 



QUERCUS CARLESII, I/emsl. 



CUPTJLIFERiE. 



Q. Carlesii, IlemsL (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate Q. cuspidate?, 

 Thunb., differt imprimis foliis minus coriaceis glandibus minoribus 

 sphseroideis. 



Arbor parva ramulis ultimis glabris vel cito glabrescentibus gracil- 

 limis. Folia distincte petiolata, tenuia, eoriaeea, glabra, oblongo- 

 lanceolata, cum petiolo 2-3 poll, longa, caudato- acuminata, prsecipue 

 supra medium paucidenticulata, subtus pallida, venis utrinque inconspi- 

 cuis. Flores feminei spicati, spicis axillaribus folia paullo superantibus. 

 Involucrum cinereo-pubescens, nucem omnino includens, demum 

 irregulariter r upturn, squamarum apicibus liberis par vis. Glaiis 

 sphseroidea, pisiformis, 3-4 lin. dia metro. 



China : Kushan Temple, Foochow, Fokien, W. R. Carles. 



This species is remarkable for its very small acorns. — W. Botting 

 Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, an acorn ; 2, the same with the cup removed. Both enlarged. 



