ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM 



I'ART III. 



Q. giab^rrima Blume Fl. Jav., t. 8. ; and out fig. 1842. The smoothest./fnvcrfOak. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, bluntly acuminate; obtuse at the base; very glabrous. Fruit in dense oval or roundish 

 ipikes. A beautiful tree, from 25 ft. to 30 ft. high, with leaves from 4 in. to 7 in. long, and from 

 15 in. to 3 in. broad. It is tound upon the volcanic mountain of Gedi-, as well as on those surrounding 

 it, at elevations of 4<300 ft. or 5000 ft. It is somewhat allied to Q. squamata Smi//i ; which, however, 

 has the spikes much more elongated. {Bluine.) This appears also a desirable species for introduction. 



p. costata Blume Fl. Jav. t. 1.3, 14. ; and out Ji^s. 1841. 1S4.3. The ribbed-rH;;p<i/ Oak. Leaves 

 oblong, acuminate; acute at the base; glabrous; glaucous beneath. C'atkiii.s branched. Fruit 

 peduncled. Nuts flat above, round beneath, immersed in the cup. Cups without teeth, surrounded 

 by circular ribs. A tree, 70 fl. high, found in mountainous places. It is easily distinguished from 

 all the others by the singular form of its cup. 



Q. rotundata Blume Fl. Jav., t. 11.; and our fig. 1844. The rounA-fruited Oak. Leaves ob- 

 long, acuminate; attenuated at the base; glabrous; glaucous beneath. Fruit in short one-sided 

 tpikes. Cups hemispherical, scaly at the margin, but without teeth at the base. Nuts plano-convex 

 on their upper part, rounded beneath. A tree, 70 ft. high, with compact heavy wood. It is found 

 on high mountains, and flowers in August. (Blume.) 



Q. platycdrpa Blume Fl. Jav., t 15. ; and our fig. 1846. The broad-fruited Oak. Leaves oval- 

 oblong, acute; somewhat wedge-shaped at the base; glabrous; shining above, glaucous beneath. Fruit 

 peduncled, in short spikes. Cups surrounded beneath by hollow rings. Nuts round, depressed. A 

 large tree, a native of the woods in the south of the province of Bantam. {Bliinic.) 



Q. dap/ino(dea Blume Fl. Jav., t. Ifi. ; and oxir fig. 1845. The Daphne-like Oak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate ; sharp at both ends, quite entire, smooth ; somewhat glaucous beneath. Fruit in long 

 Blender catkins, almost solitary. Cups surrounded by concentric rows of tubercle.*. Nuts ovate, 

 sharp-pointed. A tall tree, a native of Bantam. (Blume.) 



Q. racembta W. Jack. Hook. Comp. Hot Mag. 1. p. 255. ; Punning Punning Bunkars, Malay. 

 Leave* broad lanceolate, quite entire ; glabrout. Male spikes panicled. Fruit spiked.^ Nut umbili- 



