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77. Quercus Beccariaka, I nth. m Hook: Ic. Plant. 1315. 



Young shoots minutely puberulous. Leaves coriaceous. Immolate, ah rtlv 

 entire, the base acute; upper surface glabrous, the low- r pale and minutely 

 mam nerves o to 6 pairs, prominent; length of blade 9 5 in. to I* in.. I,n I, 1 in. 

 1-4 m.; petiole about -5 in., slender. Male spike, short, in shoftlv-htanched, cr. rmina] 



panicles, much longer than the leaves; perianth (deleft; stamens 10. FnaU V i^# at the 

 base of the panicle, solitary, axillary, pubescent; flowers solitary, mil ; ._ 



7-zoned; styles 3, short. Ripe acorns ovoid or obovoid, prominently um'bonan <eesil 



ifcjps eqwfe woody, thick-walled, indehisceut, closoly enveloping the wh lo of the laaa 



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the styles, and partly adnate to it; externally sub-glabrous, rugo with 4 to "> 

 slightly prominent, wavy zones; length 2 in. to 8*5 in., diam tet 15 in.— 7/so*. fit. Fl Br 

 Ind. v. 617. 



Borneo, —Beccari (P. #. A 7 *?. 3310); Penang,— CW*#r, 



This is also referred by Dr. Wenzig to Q. Javensis, Miq., from which, however, it differs 



greatly in its leaves. 



Plate 78. — Q. Beccariana y Benth. 1, branch with flowers and young fruit; 2, ripo 

 fruit; 3, longitudinal section of the same, — of natural size ; 4, male Bower: 5. female flower: 



6, longitudinal section of the same : enlarged. Copied from Hooker* 9 looms Plantarum. /. 1 . . 



78. Quercus Javensis, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 117. 



Young shoots glabrous (? glaucous). Leaves thickly i >riaceous, ovate-lance* .late, 

 acuminate, entire; the base acute or acuminate; upper surface glabrous, shining: lower 

 very minutely lepidote-pubescent, glabrous when old; main nerves indistinct, a 1 ■ »ut «> 

 or 7 pairs, forming loops at some distance inside the ed e; the secondary nerves and 

 reticulations very distinct ; length 2*5 in. to 3o in.j breadth 1*25 in. to 1 •?•"> in. ; petiole *25 

 to -5 in. Inflorescence androgynous; the spikes longer than tho leaves and on lax, 

 axillary and terminal, erect panicles. Male flowers crowded, suh-glomerulate; the 

 perianth 6-cleffc ; stamens about 12; rudimentary ovary large, villous. Female flowers at 

 the base of some of the lower male spikes. Acorns pedunculate, obovoid when young 

 ovate-spheroid when adult; the apex narrow, depressed- truncate, 1*5 in. long and 1-2"' 

 in. in diameter; peduncle '25 in. C«pule woody, about -1 in. thick, enveloping the 

 whole of the glans except its apex, and partly adnate to it; minutely lepidote-puberulou* 

 externally, with 3 or 4 obscure wavy zones. Glans bony, rugose.— DO. Prod. xvi. ii. 

 104- Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 23$.~Ltthoearpu» Ja #, Bl. Bijdr. 527 



Fl. Jav. Cup. 35. t. 20 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. I. 863 ; Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat I 

 118 • Oudem. Annot. Crit. Cup. Javan. 19. t. 11.—/ Q. variagaf 'dia, Miq. in PI. Jungh. 



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Mountains of Western Java,— Bhm> Junghuhn, Forbes; Sumatra,— Beccari (/'..*. 75). 



at elevations of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. 



A tree, 80 to 130 feet high. In its leaves and male flowers tins r« mbies 

 Wenzigiana, King, and Bassa, Miq. ; but the leaves of this are much thicker, and the 

 fruit of course differs widely. Miquel himself (Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1. 865) redu. s h 



h I h 



are 



species jQ. varinywfolia here. The only specimens of the latter 

 leafy branches collected by Junghuhn in Java (Herb. Jungh. No. 11), and they arc 



Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, V l. II. 



