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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



the edge. This is a very i^pleiuliil species, from tlie fjrcat size of its racemes and acorns. I'tinning 

 Punning is tlie generic appellation of the oak in Malay: in the Rajang dialect it is called 

 Pasang. 



Q. RenicUiJlura Blume IH. Jav., t. 17. ; and our fig. 1H47. The twin-flowered Oak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sharp at both ends, remotely serrated, glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Female peduncles 

 generally '.'-flowered. A middle-sized tree, a native of the lofty mountains of Salak and Kandang. 

 The wood is very compact, and excellent for btiilding purposes. {Blume.) 



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■ Q. indiitii Blume I'l. Jav,, t. 12. ; and our fig. 1848. The cloth-c«;};)frf Oak. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminate ; acute at the base ; glabrous ; downy beneath. Cups tubercled, without teeth. Nuts de- 

 pressed and hemispherical. A handsome tree, 'l((Oft. high, found on Mount (iedc. {Blume.) 



Q- uiceo/i'iris VV. Jack. Hook. Comp. Bot, Mag., i. \i. '■25i\ Leaves elliptic-oblong, long and slender 

 at tbe point, quite entire, glabrous. Fruit spiked. Cup somewhat hemispherical, with a spreading 

 limb. A tree, with rough bark, a native of Sumatra. Leaves alternate, pefiolate, terminated by a 

 long slender acumen ; coriaceous, pale beneath ; 8 in. to i) in. long. Fruit on lateral racemes. Acorns 

 rounded and flattened at top ; umbilicate in the centre, and mucronate with the three persistent 

 styles ; rather perpendicular at the sides, half-embraced by the calyx, which is cup-shaped, marked 

 on the outer surface with small acute scaly points, concentrically arranged, and whose margin expands 

 into a spreading, nearly entire, waved limb. The ovary is three-celled, each cell containing two 

 ovula, and is lodged in the bottom of the large funnel-shaped calyx. Tlie acorn contains a single 

 cxalbuminous seed, placed a little obliquely. The spreading limb of the cups forms a good distinctive 

 character, and renders this a very remarkable and curious species. 



Q. Pseiiiio-molucca Blume Fl. Jav., t. (i. ; and 

 our /g. 1849. The false Molucca Oak. Leaves 18 ly 



elliptic-oblong, acuminate; acute at the base; 

 glabrous ; shining above, glaucous beneath. Cat- 

 kins almost terminal. Cups not much hollowed, 

 covered with small scales. Nuts hemispherical. 

 A very branchy tree, found in the forests of the 

 west of Java. (Blume.) 



O. molucca Lin. Sp. PI., 1412., Willd., No. 11., 

 liumph. Amb., 3. p. 85., N. Du Ham, 7. p. 153., 

 Smith in Kees's Cyclo., No. 11. The Molucc.i Oak. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, acute at each 

 end, smooth. Nut roundish, furrowed. {Smith.) 

 " Native of the Molucca Isles. A large and lofty 

 tree, the wood of which is hard and heavy'; 

 lasting long underwater. Leaves liin. or8 in. long, 

 and 3 in. broad, on short stalks, 

 gular lateral veins. Acorns short 

 furrowed in their upper part ; 

 warty, liy Rumphius's account, there seem to 

 be more species than one comprehended under 

 the chapter above cited ; but he docs not give 

 us sutticient marks to define them sipeciHcally." 

 (Smith in Hees's Cycl.) 



g. turbinuta Blume Fl. Jav., t. 18. ; anAourJig. 1850. Tlietop-shaiK-d-cuppfrfOak. Leaves oblong- 

 Janceolate, sharp at both ends, sharply serrated towards the apex, gl.abrous. Cups top-shaped. A 



s, with 8 or 10 irre- iV 

 hort and roundish, c5 

 ■I; the cup short, *; 



