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ARBORETUM ET rRUnCETUM BRITANNICUM. 



like Oak. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; sharp at both ends, quite entire, smooth; 

 somewhat glaucous beneath. Fruit in long slender catkins, almost solitary. 

 Cups surroundetl by concentric rows of tubercles. Nuts ovate, sharp-pointed. 

 A tall tree, a native of Bantam. (Bbime.) 



Q. racemosa Hook, in Conip. B. Mag., Q. gemeWiMra Bl time FL Jav. t. 17. 

 (owrfig. 1662.), Q. induta Blitme Fl. Jew. t. 12. (our/g. 1663.), Q. urceolaris 

 Hook., and Q. Pseudo-molucca Blume FI. Jav. t. 6. (our 

 %. 1664-.), are described in our first edition. Pji^ /i 



1664. Q. Pseiido-molijcca. 



1665. Q. turbinSita. 



Q. vwlucca Lin. Sp. PI. U12., Willd. No. 11., N. Du Ham. 7. p. 153. 

 The Molucca Oak. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, acute at each end, 

 smooth. Nut roundish, furrowed. (Smith.) 



Q. turbindla Blume Fl. Jav. t. 18. ; and our fig. 



1665. The top-shaped-(^j/)<?f/ Oak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sharp at both ends, sharply serrated 

 towards the apex, glabrous. Cups top-shaped. A 

 handsome tree, from 40 ft. to 50 it. high ; found on 

 he mountain of Salak. It is nearly allied to Q. 

 glauca Thiinb. ; but the leaves are broader, less 

 acute at the base, and not glaucous beneath. 

 (Blume.) The acorns are of a very singular shape, 

 and are enclosed in the cup. 



Q. linedta Blume Fl. Jav. t. 19. ; and ojjr fig. 



1666. The parallel- veined Oak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sharp at both ends, serrated or entire ; 

 glabrous above, glaucous and downy beneath. Nuts 

 small, scarcely reaching a line above the cup ; 

 crowned at the tip by a long umbo. A large tree, 

 attaining the height of 80 ft. and upwards. A native 

 of the we.st of Java, in woods, at elevations of 

 5000 it. to 6000 ft. (Blume.) ^see. Q.iiueita. 



Many of the above species would doubtless prove hardy in the climate of 

 London. 



App vi. Mexican Oaks only partially/ introduced. 



Acorns of many kinds of Mexican oaks have lately been sent home by 

 Hartweg, and other botanical collectors, so that tiiere can be no doubt that 

 several of the species enumerated above are already in the countr}-, 



Q. .ra/apcnsis Huiiib. et Boiip. PI. ^Equin. t. 75." (oy\r fig. 16G7.) Intro- 

 duced in 1837. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



