322 AMENTACE^. [QueTcus. 



A tree of about 20 ft., glabrous, except the inflorescence. Leaves long-stalked, 

 oblong, or elliptical, obtusely acuminate, 4 or 5 in. long, or in some speci- 

 mens 6 to 8 in., entire or slightly undulate, gi-een and glabrous on both sides, 

 the primary veins prominent underneath, with very fine transverse reticulations. 

 Flowers apparently dioecious. Male spikes solitary in the upper axils, 1 to 1|- 

 in. long, erect, tomentose. Stamens about 10. Female spikes terminal, 

 rigid, flexuose, 2 to 3 in. long. Styles 3 to 5, stiffly subulate, divergent. 

 Fruit-cups hemispherical, about 8 lines diameter, the scales very obtuse and 

 not prominent. Nut much exserted, about 1 in. long and 11 lines broad, 

 brown and shining, marked when dry with longitudinal fissures. 



Ill the Happy Valley woods, Hance, Chamjnon, Seemann, Wright. Not known from 

 elsewhere. 



7. Q. Hanceiy Benth., n. sp. A tree?, glabrous like the last; the 

 flowering branches short and stout. Leaves long-stalked, obovate or oblong, 

 acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long, quite entire, green and shining on both sides as 

 in Q. Harlandi, but more coriaceous ; the primary veins less prominent, but 

 the minor ones much more reticulate. Spikes tomentose, paniculate, erect, 

 and stiff" either aU males, and 2 or 3 in. long, or the terminal one or nearly 

 all female or androgynous and 3 to 6 in. long. Stamens 10 to 12. Styles 

 usually 3, stiff and divergent. Fniit not seen. 



On Victoria Peak, Champion, in a ravine of Mount Gough, Wilford; also Hance and 

 Wright. Not known from elsewhere. 



8. Q. cornea, Lour.; Seem. Bot. Her. 413, t. 87. A tree, the young 

 shoots tomentose. Leaves stalked, oblong, acuminate, usually 2 or 3 in., but 

 sometimes 4 or 5 in. long, slightly ciliate-toothed below the point, green and 

 glabrous on both sides when fidl-gro^\Ti, the primary veins very prominent, the 

 minor ones transverse. Spikes mostly androgynous, tenninal, erect, stout, 1 

 to 1|- in. long, tomentose. Stamens 10 to 12. Styles 3, diverging, almost 

 acute. Cup liroadly turbinate, tomentose, more than 1 in. diameter, muricate 

 mth the shortly prominent scales, the upper ones turned inwards round the 

 acorn. Nut hemispherical and glabrous in the enclosed part, the exserted 

 fiat top slightly convex and tomentose. Cotyledons lobed and furrowed. — 

 Synredrys ossea, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. ii. 441. 



Hongkong, Champion, Hance, Wright. Also S. China. This species fm-nishes the edihle 

 acorn kno^^^a in China, according to Seemann, under the names of Shi-Li or King-Li. 



3. MYRICA, Linn. 



Flowers dioecious or rarely monoecious. Male ffowers in simple or branched 

 catkins. Perianth none. Stamens 2 to 8 within each primaiy scale, often 

 with 2 or more secondary scales under them or between the lower ones. Fe- 

 male ffowers in short catkins or spikes, 1 or 2 within each scale. Perianth 

 adhering to the base of the ovary, with 2 or more projecting lobes. Ovary 

 1-ceUed, with 1 ovule ascending from the base. Styles or stigmas 2, linear. 

 Fruit a resinous nut or drupe. Seed erect, without albumen. — Shnibs or 

 small trees. Leaves alternate, usually resinous-dotted. 



A genus of several species, dispersed over the temperate regions of the globe, or the great 

 mountain ranges within the tropics. 



1. M. rubra, Sieb. and Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. ii. 106. A shrub or tree. 



