LITHOCAlIPVS. 



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chis of about the length of the leaves. Cupula woody, senile, sub-infumliW.fnrm at 



first, afterwards sub-hemispl 



flat 



ly surrounding all j»:tit* of 



apex; the scales broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, addressed 



and 



the lower smooth, completely connate; the upper striate; their apices f 

 much imbricate. Cupules of each glomerulus connate by their bases, or in tv 

 solitary by abortion. Glans depressed-ovoid, sericeous, enclosed in th enpule except the 

 flat apex, in the middle of which stand the remains of the unit- I bases o the 



Assam; Naga Hills; at Piphema, at 2,000 ieou-Co!lr/f ; Puling Had l n. r K,.hima 

 Watty Prain, Clarke; common at elevations of 2,000 to 6,000 feet. 



A very distinct and handsome species, at once distinguished by its fruit. 



Plate 80.— #. truncata, King. 1, flowering branch; 2 & 3, clusters ol half ripe fruits; 

 4, ripe fruits, solitary by abortion,— 0/ natural tize; -"», male flown-: enUimol. 



81. Quercus rotundata, Bl. in Batav. Verh. ix. 210. 



Young shoots glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblong-laneeolat , acuminate 

 entire; the base acute or obtuse; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, prominent: length of blade 

 4 to 6 in., breadth 1-5 to 2 in.; petiole *75 in.; adult leaves glabrous above, glabreacent- 

 glaucescent beneath; stipules linear-pubescent. Spikes androgynous; the females below 

 terminal or axillary, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3. Male flowers glomerular •. /,' 

 fruit in short, stont spikes. Cupules shortly pedunculate, sub-hemispheric or broad lv 

 campanulate, woody; the scales in the lower two-thirds completely connate; their apices 

 obsolete; in the upper third broadly ovate-apiculate, the free apices minute; irlans olx-onit" 



its upper part (apex) almost flat, faintly striate, sub-glabrous, scarcely projecting above 

 the edge of the cupule; the remains of the united styles forming a short point in its 

 centre.— i?/. Bijdr. 521; Flor. Jav. CupuJ. 22. t. 11 ; Mus. Bot, Lugd. Bat. i. 294; Mig. 11. 

 Ind. Bat. i. 852; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 110; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 2b8; Wen 2 1 in Jahrb. 

 Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 239. 



Western Java, — Blume. 



A species related to Q. cornea, Lour., by its remarkable truncate obconi. fruit, but 

 distinguished from cornea by its leaves, and by other characters. 



Plate 100 A. — Q. rotundata, Bl. 1, branch with spikes; 2 & 3, ripe acorns,— oj mtaral 



size. 



82. Quercus pulchra, nov. spec 



Smaller branches striate, minutely but rather densely fulvous or fuscous-tomentose 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, shortly and rather suddenly acumi- 

 nate, entire; the base acute or acuminate; main nerves 8 to lb' pairs, bold and prominent 

 beneath, sub-obsolete above; both surfaces of the young leaves, but especially the lower, 

 lepidote-pubescent ; adult leaves with the upper surface (except the midrib and nerves) 

 glabrous and shining; lower surface pale, minutely stellate-tomentose ; the midrib, nerves, 

 and petiole dark-coloured and pubescent; length of blade 5*5 to 8*5 in., breadth 2*25 

 to 3*25 in. ; petiole -6 in. Spikes mostly male, short, in crowded terminal panicles ; the 

 rachises minutely fulvous-pubescent. Male flowers in glomeruli; the perianth with 6 acute 

 teeth ; anthers about 12. Female flowers on spikes which bear a few male flowers towards 



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



