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PLATE 2662, 
QUERCUS BLAKEI, Skan. 
CUPULIFERA. 
Q. (§ st eacagane g Pera Skan (sp. nov.); ad Q. Edithe, 
Skan, maxime acc ffert foliis angustioribus sre ete a 
involucris seme Fe a oe brevioribus crassioribusque 
Arbor 30 ped. alta (fide Ford), ramulis foliisque tantum visis glaber- 
rimis. Ramuli juniores graciles, teretes, inconspicue lenticellosi. 
folia oblongo- lanceolata, 35-7 poll. longa, 1{-2 poll. lata, utrinque 
sensim angustata, apice breviter acuminata, superne undulato-serrata, 
mariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 14 su a planis, infra distincte 
elevatis ; petioli — hme an longi, ansitgretes, basi incrassati. 
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valde incrassato. pment stedesaind, poll. latum, intus 
ferrugineo-tomentosum, extus subtiliter pubescens, bracteis in laminas 
6-7 annulares concentricas integras connatis. Wu elliptico-globosa, 
12-14 lin. longa, subtiliter adpresse tomentosa, passim cito glabrescens, 
breviter apiculata. 
Cuina: New British territory on mainland opposite Hongkong, 
near Tatitin, at 500 ft. abave sea-level, Ford, 622. 
. Blakei is easily distinguished from all the previously described 
Chinese species of the section Cyclobalanopsis by the broad, shallow 
cupule. It is named ee the distinguished Gov: vernor of Hong Kong, 
colony have received constant support and encouragement.— 
Say. 
Figs. 1 to 4, acorns and cupules in different positions, Natural size. The shallow- 
ness of the cupules j is not represented so distinctly as it might have been, 
