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one-thirKi or less of the oblong-cylindric acorn; the scales of the cup are closely 

 appre^ed and are densely villose. In autumn the leaves change to orange-red and 

 crin>!^on. In Hupeh this Oak is known as the Peh-fan-h. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 568 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs, in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 426, and also in the collection 

 of his Japanese photographs, Nos. x90, x613. 



Quercus aliena Blume, Mus. BoL Lugd.-Bat. I. 298 (1850). — A. 

 De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 14 (1864). — Hance in Jour. BoL XIII. 

 361 (1875). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 445 (1875). — 

 Bretschneider, Chinese Silkworm Trees, 5 (1881). — Forbes in Jour. 

 Bot. XXII. 85 (1884). — Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin, IV. 219 

 (1886). — Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 505 (exclud. synon.) 

 (1899). — Seemen in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 288 (1900). — Shirasawa, 

 Icon. Ess. For. Jap. I. 55, t. 28, fig. 12-22 (1900). — Palibin in Act. 

 Hort. Petrop. XVIII. 196 {Consp. Fl. Kor.) (1900). — Komarov in 

 Act. Hort. Petrop. XXII. 75 {Fl. Mandsh. II.) (1903). — Pavolini in 

 Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 439 (1908). — Pampanini in Nuov. 

 Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 251 (1910). — Nakai in Jour. Coll. Sd. 

 Tokyo, XXXI. 209 {Fl. Kor. II.) (1911). — Matsumura, Ind. PI. Jap. 

 II. pt. 2, 25 (1912). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXVI. 163 

 (sphalmate " alieana ") (1912). — Nakai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXIX. 

 59 (1915), exclud. syn. Q. Griffithii Hooker f. & Thomson. 

 Quercus hirsutula Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I. 298 (1850). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 November 1907 (No. 782; tree 6-13 m. tall, girth 1-1.5 m.); Ichang, 

 Dr. Aldridge; without locality, A. Henry (No. 3080); Patung Hsien, 

 woods, alt. 1000-1600 m.. May 1907 (No. 527''); bank of Yangtsze 

 River, April 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4501, tree 8 m. tall). West- 

 ern Szech'uan: southeast of Tachien-lu, near Moshi-mien, alt. 1600 

 m., October 1910 (No. 4282; small tree 5-8 m. tall). Chekiang: 

 " near Tangsi," June 1907, F. N. Meyer (No. 442). 



NORTHEASTERN ASIA. Korea: Fusan, temple gardens, September 6, 

 1903, C. S. Sargent; same locality. May 1906, U. Faurie (No. 197) ; Seoul, east 

 Palace park, September 24, 1905, /. G. Jack. 



This form, with broad, rounded, obtuse teeth separated by shallow sinuses, 

 which Blume makes the type of the species, is very rare in China; in Japan Wilson 

 did not meet with it. In habit and other features it is identical with the following 

 variety, which unquestionably represents the phylogenetic type. The different 

 dentation, however, makes the leaves look very distinct. 



A picture of Q. aliena will be found under No. 615 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 432. 



