Puate 2663. 
QUERCUS REX, Jems. 
CUPULIFER. 
Q. (§ pasha ya Rex, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); ad Q. velutinam, 
Lindl., accedit mnibus partibus minoribus, foliis anguste oblongo- 
lan teolatis, nuce go haud excavata. 
Arbor 60-pedalis (fide Henry) ramulis floriferis graciliusculis glabris 
nitidaque, subtus etiam glabra glaucaque, distincte petiolata, coriacea, 
lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, maxima (in ramulis 
oie circiter 10 poll. longa, acuminata sed vix acuta, basi cuneata, 
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circiter 3 aggregata, subtermin renee tenuia, initia, pendula, 3-6 
poll. longa. Perianthiwm florum culinorum alte 6-lobatum, lobis 
patentibus rotundatis. Stamina 6, ‘filamentis. glabris, antheris pi 
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entatas connatis. Wa ossea, depresso-globosa apice pcre ete e 
cupula semi-exserta. Semen unicum, cotyledonibus sinuato-lobatis 
Cuina : Szemao, Blasi at 4000 ft., A. praities 12665. 
It is, however, more closely allied to Q. velutina, Lindl., but the differ- 
ences are more easily seen than described. part from the smaller 
i of Q. velutina are thicker and harder in texture, 
broadest below the middle, and have ote primary veins. In both 
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OTTING HEMSLE 
Fig. 1 i male flower; 3, a fruit; 4,a nut; 4, 
cross section of the ; 6 and 7, embryo in different eatin: 8, soa —Figures 
1, 2, and 8 iateiieed: ‘the rest natural st 
