133 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



hemispheric, about in. in diameter, with grey tomentose scales, connate into seven 

 or eight concentric zones. 



This is a rare tree, occurring in Japan, where it was found near Nikko by 

 Savatier, and in the mountains of Chekiang, in China, whence it was introduced ' into 

 cultivation, under the name Q. bantbusifolia, by Fortune in 1854. Fortune 2 saw 

 trees 30 to 50 ft. in height ; but, as far as we have seen, it has remained shrubby in 

 this country. There are specimens at Kew, Eastnor, and Syon. (A. H.) 



QUERCUS ACUTA 



Quercus acuta, Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 175 (1784) ; Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. Forest. Japon, text 60, t. 32, 



figs. 1-13 (1900). 

 Quercus Buergerii, Blume, in Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 299 (1850). 

 Quercus marginata, Blume, in Mas. Lugd. Bat. i. 304 (1850). 



A small tree; young branchlets covered with a dense brownish tomentum, 

 speedily deciduous, though traces of it persist near the tip of the branchlet and 

 above the insertions of the leaves. Buds spindle-shaped, \ in. long, with reddish 

 glabrous scales. Leaves (Plate 338, Fig. 56) coriaceous, persistent for two years, 

 4 to 5 in. long, i^to 2 in. wide, elliptical ; gradually tapering at the base, and pro- 

 longed as a narrow wing on each side of the petiole ; abruptly contracted into an 

 acuminate apex ; entire in margin or with undulate slight crenations towards the 

 apex ; lateral nerves about nine pairs, dividing and looping before reaching the 

 margin ; glabrous on both surfaces, dull or yellowish green below ; petiole \ to 1 in., 

 glabrous. 



Fruit (section Cyclobalanopsis) ripening in the second year, clustered on a 

 tomentose peduncle ; acorn ovoid, with a laminate pubescent umbo ; cupule hemi- 

 spheric, with tomentose scales connate into about six concentric zones. 



This species, which is a native of Japan, was introduced into England by 

 Maries in 1877. It forms a large bush in this country, where it is perfectly hardy, 

 the finest specimen probably being one at Coombe Wood, 3 growing on a cold clay 

 soil in an exposed position, and about 20 ft. in height. Seedling plants vary much 

 in habit. 



A specimen at Kew, from Holker Hall, bears immature fruit. (A. H.) 



1 Cf. F. B. Forbes, in/ourn. Bot. xxii. 85 (1884). 



1 Gard. Chron., i860, p. 160. In the Cambridge Herbarium there is a specimen dated 1860, from a plant in Glen- 

 dinning's nursery, raised from acorns sent by Fortune, and labelled Q. bambusifolia. The leaves of this specimen, like most of 

 the plants in cultivation, have smaller serrations than those which occur on native adult trees. 



3 Hortus Veitchii, 405 (1906). Cf. also Woods and Forests, 1884, p. 85, and The Garden, xix. 285, fig. (1881). 



