FAGACEAE. — LITHOCARPUS 207 



lated to L. truncata Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. (Q. truncata King). On the moun- 

 tains of western Hupeh and of eastern Szech'uan, L. cleistocarpa is a common 

 inhabitant of the woods and forests between 800 and 1500 m. altitude. In 

 western Szech'uan it is rare. It forms a tree of moderate size, rarely exceeding 

 30 m. in height, and has a much branched widespreading and flattened crown. 

 The fructification is biennial. Colloquially this tree is known as the Chou-li or 

 Chou-ko-li and it is valued for its wood, which is hard and tough. 



Lithocarpus spicata Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Quercus spicata Smith in Rees, Cyclop. XXIX. No. 12 (1819). — D. Don, 

 Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 56 (1824). — Wallich, PI. As. Rar. 1. 40, t. 46 (1830). — 

 Miquel, Fl. Ind. Batav. II. 848 (1855); in Ann. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1. 106 

 (1863-64).— A. De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 85 (1864). — Oudemans in 

 Verh. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam, XI. No. 3, 2, t. 1, fig. 1-3 (Annot. Cupid. 

 Jav.) (1865). — Brandis, Forest Fl. Ind. 489 (1874); Ind. Trees, 629, 

 fig. 194 (1906). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 486 (1877). — Wenzig 

 in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berlin, IV. 224 (1886). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 

 609 (1888). — King in Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutta, II. 47, t. 41, fig. 1-2 (1889).— 

 Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIll. 155 (1899), quoad specimen e Yunnan. — 

 Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 521 (1899), quoad specimen Delavayi. — 

 Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java, II. 65 (1912). 



Quercus elegans Blume in Batav. Verhand. IX. 208 (1825); Bijdr. 518 (1825); 

 Fl. Java, Cupulif. 21, t. 10 (1828-29). — Oudemans in Verh. Akad. Wetensch. 

 Amsterdam, XI. No. 3, 2, t. 3, fig. 1-4 {Annot. Cupul. Java) (1865). 



Quercus Arcaula Hamilton ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 56 (pro synon.) (1825); 

 apud Sprengel, Syst. III. 857 (1826). — Blume, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 I. 290 (1850). 



Quercus squamata Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. III. 638 (1832). — Wight, Icon. PI. 

 Ind. Orient 1. t. 213 (1840). 



Pasania spicata Oersted in Kjoebenh. Vidensk. Meddel. XVIII. 83 Q866). 



Synaedrys spicata Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 198 (1916). 



Yunnan: Yuan-chiang, alt. 1150m., A. Henry (No. 13238; tree 10-13 m. tall). 

 This variable species, which ranges from Yunnan through the Malay Peninsula 

 to Java, is represented in western Szech'uan by the following variety. 



Lithocarpus spicata, var. mupinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



A typo praecipue differt gemmis subglobosis, foliis minoribus et 

 angustioribus, cupula parva breviore imam tantum basin glandis coni- 

 cae minoris amplectente. 



Arbor 13-20-metralis; gemmae subglobosae, leviter pubescentes. 

 Folia tenuiter coricaea, lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, subito acu- 

 minata, basi attenuata, integra, 5-9 cm. longa et 2-3 cm. lata; petioli 

 circiter 0.5 cm., rarius 1 cm. longi. Fructus biennes, in spicis subter- 

 minalibus 9-10 cm. longis; cupula 10-13 mm. diam., circiter 5 mm. 

 alta, bracteis leviter incrassatis arete adpressis; glans conico-ovoidea, 

 apiculata, circiter 1.5 cm. altus et 1.3-1.5 cm. diam. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands, alt. 1000-1600 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 3629). 



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