SECTION VI.-LITIIOCAEPUS. 



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Lith.0 carpus. — Spikes erect ; styles and leaves as in Pasaxia. Involucres large, 



thick, woody ', ovoid or sub-globose, concentrically or obliquely zonate. 

 or tubercled, completely enveloping the glans (except in c<>styta and 

 kotundata, where the apex is naked), and more or less adlwrvnj to it, 

 not dehiscent ; pericarp of glans osseous or granular, not polished when- 

 adherent to the involucre, 



Cupule zonate. 



Acorns much broader at the apex than at the base. 



Apex naked, shining 7-'). Q. c*4*U. 



Apex covered by the umbonate involuore . » 7$. Q. Manujayii. 



Acorns ovoid -spheroid, narrowed towards the apex. 



Leaves pale and minutely tomentose on the lower surface 77. Q. Br v a. 



Leaves glabrous, their surfaces concolorous 78. -V- Javentis. 



Cupule tubercled, not zonate. 



Glans entirely covered by the involucre ~ 9 - Q- ^'Acarpa. 



Apex of glans not covered by the involuore. 



Female flowers in threes, connate in fruit, one or more aborting .... 80. Q. truncnta. 



Female flowers solitary. 



Cupule minutely tubercled only in its upper third ; the lower part 



1 81. Q rofunrtn* i. 



smooth £ . 



Cupule everywhere boldly tubercled «- +¥» lcl 



75. Quercus COSTATA, Bl. Bijdr. 522. 



Young branches slightly lepidote, speedily becoming glabrous. Leaves coriaceous. 



elliptl-obfong or elliptic-lanceolate (sometimes oblaneeo.ate' , rather abrupdy and shorty 



u JLe entire ; the'base acute; upper surface glabrous, sh.n.ng; lower surface shghth 



Ann. Roy. Box. Gard. Calcutta, Vol. II. 



