1936 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



TART III. 



above, ami yellowish beneath. The flowers are ilisposctl in two or three cottony spikes at the ter- 

 mination of the branches. , ., _ .,„ o .u • 



Q. cuncentrica Lour. Coch., 2. p. J72., Willcl. Sp. I'l., 4. p. 427., N. Du Ham., 7. p. Ia3., Smith in 

 Hecs's Cycl., No. 10. Leaves laiiceolate-ovate, iiointcil, incurved, entire. Calyx lax, very short, 

 furrowed concentrically. {If'ill'l.) A large tree, a native of the lofty forests of lochin-China; with 

 asccndiiiK branches, and comparatively few leaves, which are stalked, and smooth on both udef. 

 The acorns are olilong-ovate, and borne on peduncles ; the nuts are smooth, red, pointed ; andthecu(>« 

 short and lax, markeil externally with several parallel circular furrows. 



Q. ncK/fi Thunb. Jap., 175., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 429., N. Du Ham., 7. P- l'')4., Smith in Reess 

 Cycl., No. 17., has the leaves obhnig, entire, and terminating in a sharp cuspidate point ; rounded 

 at the base ; glabrous above, but downy beneath when young. The branches of this oak are knotty, 

 smooth, except near their extremities, which are downy. The under sides of the leaves are, also, 

 covered with a ferruginous down, when young, as are the si)ikes of flowers. A native of Japan. 



O. sc<ni<<i Thiinb. Jap., 17fi., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 4;31., N. Du Ham., 7. p. !.">.")., Smith in Kees's 

 Cycl., No. 2.5., has the leaves oblong, serrated, velvety, and downy beneath, when young, with parallel 

 veins. The trunk of this oak is divided into alternate, and rather knotty, branches, which are ot a 

 greyish colour, with white .spots. Found on the mountains of Japan. 



Q. glatica Thunb. Jap., 175., Hanks Ic, Ka;mpf , t. 17., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 427., N. Du Ham., /. 

 p. 1.59., Kees's Cycl., No. 21. ; Kas no Ki, Kicmpf. Aman., p. 81ii. ; has the leaves obovate, pointed, 

 serrated towards the extremity, and glaucous beneath. 'I'he nuts are roundish and pointed ; and 

 the calyx, which is shallow, is marked with concentric lines. Ka^mpfer calls this oak an " ilex, with 

 short thick acorns, of which there aie two kinds." Thunberg found it near Nagasaki, in Japan. He 

 describes it as a very large tree, with spreading branches, somewhat resembling the ilex, or cork tree ; 

 but with verv large, broad, pointed leaves, smooth above, and very glaucous or mealy, and feather- 

 nerved beneath. Smith supposes it to he the same as his Q.annulata, Q. PfiuUata Don. (See p. 1922.) 



Q. cus/wV/o/rt Thunb. Jap., 176., Willd. Sp. PI., p. 4;0., N. Du Ham., 7. p. 159 , Smith in Rees's 

 Cycl., No. 24. ; S,/i, vulgi) Ssi no Ki, Kxmpf. AniKU., 816. Leaves ovate, pointed, serrated, smooth. 

 Calyx prickly. {Thunb) Kfempfer calls this " /^gus fWio Fraxini," a beech, or beech-like oak, with 

 the leaves of an ash : but Thunberg describes it as only differing from (i. coccifera in its leaves being 

 cuspidate, and their teeth not spiny. The leaves are small, and very glabrous; and the acorns, 

 which are as large as a common walnut, have bristly cups. A native of Japan. 



Q.deiilctta Thunb. Jap, 177., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 452., N. Du Ham., 7. p. ISO., Rees's Cycl, 

 No. 26. ; Koku, Kaniiif. Amcext., 816. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, deeply toothed ; downy beneath. 

 {Thunb.} A tree, with thick, erect, furrowed, knotty branches ; cottony at the summit of the tree. 

 The leaves are produced in tufls at the extremity of the branches, on very short petioles: they are 

 soft to the touch, very lax and pliable, velvety on the upper surface, and covered with a very white 

 cottony down beneath. Ka^mpfer calls this tree the white ilex, and says that the wood is also 

 white. 'I'hunlierg states that it is a native of the hills of Japan. 



The oaks of China have been enumerated, as far as they are known, in p. 177. The following have 

 been described : — , j ■ 



Q. chincnsis Kiinge Mem. .\cad. Scien. Petersb., 2. p. 135. Leaves ovate-oblonp, elongated, acumi- 

 nated, mucronato-serr.ite ; hoaiv beneath. Cups axillary, twin. Scale? lanceolate, hoary ; exterior 

 ones squarroso, lon(;er than the globose nuL A tree, a native of mountainous places in China ; flower- 

 ing in April, and ripening its fruit the following year. It has exactly the habit and leaves ol 

 Castrmea v.'sca, and is ()robably the C chint'nsis of S'prengel, with 1-seeded fruit. C vesca is a very 

 common tree in the north ot China, with fruit always 2— 3-seeded,and very like those of Europe; and 

 the Chinese deny that there is anv other species. 



O. obovuta Hunge iMem. Acad. Scien. Petersb , 2. p. l.^. Leaves obovate, nearly sessile, thickly 

 sinuated ; lobes round, quite entire, covered with rough dots above; tomentosc beneath, as are the 

 young branches. Print terminal, aggregate, sessile. Outer scales of the cup ovate-olilong, blunt, 

 silky ; inner ones elongated, linear, acute, bent back, longer than the roundish nut. A tree, a native 

 of mountainous places near Pekin ; flowering in March and .\pril. Runge observed a third species, 

 on the mountains in Pan-Sclian, very similar to (i. mongolica lusch. isee p 1932 ; ; but nothing 

 certain can be determined respecting it, from the imperfection of the specimens. 



vii. Oaks of Java, Sumatra, and the Molucca Isles, not yet 

 introduced. 



Q. sundaica Blumc FL Jav., t. 2. and 3. ; and our ft «s. 1833. and 1834. The Sunda Oak. Leaves 

 eIlT|)tic, acuminate ; narrowed towards the base ; glabrous above, somewhat glaucous beneath ; veins 



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covered with down. Catkins solitary. A tree, attaining the height of 80 fl. and upwards, with 

 smooth bark. It is not unfrcquent in the woods of Western Java, in low grounds, and on the 



