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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



the edge. This is a very splendid species, from the great size of its racemes and acorns. Punning 

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

 Pasang. 



Q. gemelliflora Blume Fl. Jav., t. 17. ; and our fig. 1847. The twin-flowered Oak. Leaves oblong- 

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

 generally 2-flowered. A middle-sized tree, a native of the lofty mountains of Salak and Kandang. 

 The wood is very compact, and excellent for building purposes. (Blume.) 



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Q. induta Blurae Fl. Jav., t. 12. ; and our fig. 1848. The cloth-cupped Oak. Leaves oval-oblong, 

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

 pressed and hemispherical. A handsome tree, 100ft. high, found on Mount Gede. (Blume.) 



Q. urceplaris W. Jack. Hook. Comp. Bot Mag., i. p. 236. Leaves elliptic-oblong, long and slender 

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

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

 long slender acumen ; coriaceous, pale beneath ; 8 in. to 9 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. The acorn contains a single 

 exalbuminous 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. Pseitdo-molAcca Blume Fl. Jav., t. 6. ; and 

 our fig. 1849. The false Molucca Oak. Leaves 

 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.moluccaUn. Sp. PL, 1412., Willd., No. 11., 

 Rumph. Arab., 3. p. 85., N. Du Ham, 7. p. 153., 

 Smith in Rees's Cyclo., No. 11. The Molucca 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 under water. Leaves 6 in. or 8 in. long, 

 and 3 in. broad, on short stalks, with 8 or 10 irre- 

 gular lateral veins. Acorns short and roundish, 

 furrowed in their upper part; the cup short, 

 warty. By Rumphius's account, there seem to 

 be more species than one comprehended under 

 the chapter above cited ; but he does not give 

 us sufficient marks to define them specifically." 

 (Smith in Rees's Cycl.) 



Q. turbinata Blume Fl. Jav., t. 18.; undourfig. 1850. Thetop-shapcd-cK/J/vrfOak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sharp at both ends, sharply serrated towards the apex, glabrous. Cups top-shaped. A 



