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C YCLOB AL AN PS IS. 



Capules sessile, hemispheric; the lamella from 5 to 8, flat; the lower denticulate' 

 the upper sub entire, puberulous when ripe, *3 in. to *5 in. in diameter and # 2 in 

 to *3 in. deep. Glans much exserted, narrowly ovoid or cylindric-conic, apiculate 

 smooth, shining, *6 in. to '8 in. long, and *3 in. to *4 in. in diameter. — Bank's Ic 

 Select Kaempf. t. 17 ; Blume Mas. Lugd. Bat. i. 289 ; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 100 with 

 vars. ; Sieb. and Zucc. Abhandl. Bayer. Acad. 526; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 115 

 Franchet et Savatier Enum. PI. Japan i. 448 ; Hook. FL Br. Ind. v. 604 ; Wenzig in Jahrb 



Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 233. — Q. annulata, Sm. (not of Korth.) in Rees' Cycl. 29, No. 22 

 Wall. Cat. No. 2767; Miq. I.e. 114; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 100; Brandis For. Flora (excl 



yn. semiserrata, Roxb.) 488. t. 65; Gamble Ind. Timb. 387. — Q. Phullata, Ham. Don 



Prod. FL Nepal o7.— Q. dentosa, Wall. Cat. No. 2775, and Q. laxiflora, Lindl. in Wall 



Cat. No. 2774: DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 108. 



Valleys of the outer Himalaya from Hazara to Bhotan ; Khasia Hills at elevations of 

 about 5,000 feet. Distribution : Japan. 



This is a widely distributed species, and presents some variety of form. As I have 



remarked under Q. lineata, BL, I doubt whether it should not be united with that species 

 The only distinction between the two which appears to me to approach constancy is the 

 form of the acorn. Loudon (Encye. of Trees, 888) seems first to have suggested the identity 

 of annulata, Sm. with glauca, Thunbg. Blume (in Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 303) gives four 

 varieties of this from Japan (viz. nudata, fasciata, stenophylla, and caesia). These forms differ 

 chiefly in leaf characters: there are some excellent remarks upon them in Franchet and 



Savatier's work above quoted. Q. annulata, Korthals, is Q. Teysmannii Blume 



Plate 23.— #. glauca, Thunbg. 1, branch with male spikes; 2, branch with 



{both from WallicKs specimen, Cat. 27674) ; 3, branch with ripe acorns from Sikk 

 4, branch with ripe acorns from Khasia : all of natural size. 



acorns 



lm; 



12. Quercus argentata, Korth. in Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 215. t. 47. /. M 7 . 



Young shoots and rachises of the inflorescence glabrescent, much lenticellate. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, long-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate entire 



acuminate 



ily sub-repand ; the apex shortly caudate-acuminate ; the base acute or _ „ 

 rounded ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower dull from the presence of a l7yer"of 

 minute silvery pubescence; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sub-prominent below, rather straight- 

 length of blade 4-5 to 6-5 in., breadth 17 in. to 2-2 in.; petiole -7 in. to 1-1 in., slender' 

 Female spikes (when young) much shorter than the leaves. Oupules solitary, sessile minutelv 

 pubescent, sub-globular and enveloping all but the apex of the glans; lamellse' about 8 

 thin, broad, their edges denticulate. Glans globose, apiculate, smooth, shining Male 

 spikes unknown.— Blume Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 229; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 91- Miq Fl Ind 

 Bat i. 658 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat i. 115 ; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot Gart Berl iv 230* 



Sumatra^ — Korthals, Forbes (2719, 2753). 



This species is very poorly represented in collections, and I have nowhere seen ripe 

 fruit. I g!ve a figure of the ripest I have seen, and it is manifestly immature The 

 young tw Ig s of tins are remarkably lenticellate. The original specimens in Leiden bear 

 he MSS. ^name Q .caesut. The Quercu, named argentata in the late Dr. Hance's herbarium 

 (now id the British Museum) does not appear to me to be the true plant of Korthals It 

 has a narrow, deep, sub-cylindric, boldly-lamellate cupule, from which half the glans is 



