Puate 2661. 
QUERCUS EDITHA, Skan. 
CUPULIFERE. 
Q. (§ Cyclobalanopsis) Edithe, Shan (sp. nov.) ; Q. semiserrate, Roxb. 
valde aftinis, differt foliis semper obtusis, nucibus longioribus angus- 
tioribusque 
Arbor 30 bead alta (fide Ford). Ramuli juniores primo ferrugineo- 
tomentosi, citissime glabrescentes, minute lenticellosi. Folia elliptica 
vel elliptico-oblonga, adulta 3-5} poll. longa, i}-2t poll. lata, petiolata, 
inferiores subintegras superiores crenatas connatis. onga, 
1 if 
apiculata 
Cun : new British territory on ie A ara Hongkong, near 
Tatitin, at 500 feet above sea-level, Ford, 6 
n examination of further material of this oak, remarkable among 
it 
half as long, as those of Q. Edithe ; but it appears to be extremely 
variable both in fruit and foliage. Q. Edithe is aaa after Lady 
rae wife of Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.— 
SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART III. 2 
