FAGACEAE. — QUERCUS 233 



Quercus liaotungensis Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXVI. 166 (1912); in 

 Matsumura, Icon. PI. Koisikav. I. 109, t. 55 (1912). 



Quercus mongolica, ^ liaotungensis Nakai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXIX. 58 



(1915). 

 Quercus funebris L6veill6 in litt. ex Nakai, 1. c. (pro synon.) (1915). 

 Quercus undulatifolia L(5veill6 in litt. ex Nakai, 1. c. (pro synon.) (1915). 

 Chili: Hsiao Wu-tai-shan, alt. 2000 m., August 13, 1913, F. N. Meyer (Nos. 

 1211, 40; low scrubby growth). 



It is possible that this is merely a form or state of Q. mongolica Fischer with very 

 small leaves and fruits. The cup resembles that of Q. mongolica, var. grosseser- 

 rata Rehder & Wilson, but is smaller. Unfortunately our material is insufficient 

 to decide the question. 



Quercus Griffithii Hooker f. & Thomson apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 

 I. 104 (1863-64). — De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 14 (1864). — Wenzig in Jahrb. 

 Bot. Gart. Berlin, IV. 218 (1886). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 602 (1888).— 

 King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, II. 21, t. 18 (1889). — Franchet in Jour, de Bot. 

 XIII. 147 (1899), exclud. speciminibus e Tibet et Sutchuen. — Koidzumi in Tokyo 

 Bot. Mag. XXVI. 164 (1912). 



Quercus aliena Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 505 (non Blume) (1899), 



quoad synon. Q. Griffithii. 

 Quercus aliena, var. Griffithii Schottky in Bot. Jahrb. XLVII. 635 (1912). 

 CHINA. Yunnan: Szemao, forests, alt. 1600-1800 m., A. Henry (Nos. 

 11687, 12435, 12435^ tree 6 m. tall). 



Skan reduces this species to Q. aliena Blume, from which, however, the pubescent 

 branchlets and the fringed rim of the cup of the fruit readily distinguish it. 



Quercus phill3rraeoides Gray in Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. VI. 406 (Bot. Jap.) 

 (1859). — Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. I. 104 (1863-64). — A. De Candolle, 

 Prodr. XVI. pt. 2, 39 (1864). — Masters in Gard. Chron. n. ser. I. 632 (1874). — 

 Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. 1. 446 (1875). — Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. 

 Berlin, IV. 220 (1886). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. 1. 58, t. 31, fig. 1-12 

 (1900). — Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 290 (1900). 



Quercus Ilex, var phillyraeoides Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 152 (sphalmate 



" phyllireoides ") (pro parte) (1899). — Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 



516 (1899). — Matsumura, Ind. Fl. Jap. II. pt. 2, 28 (sphalmate " phylfi- 



raeoides ") (1912). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXVI. 160 (sphalmate 



"phyllireoides") (1912). 



Quercus phillyreoides, var. sinensis Schottky in Bot. Jahrb. XLVII. 643 (1912). 



CHINA. Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 



363, small tree 6 m. tall). Szech'uan: Nanch'uan, August 25, 1891, A. von 



Rosthorn (No. 621). Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hongkong 



Herb. No. 3482). 



In central and western China this Oak, as far as is known, is rare. In Hupeh it 

 grows on the cliffs of the gorges and glens at a low altitude, but in exposed situations. 

 In Japan it is found from the neighborhood of Yokohama southward to Yakushima 

 and in the warmer parts is common, especially on the seacoast. Usually it is a 

 dense bush from 1 to 3 m. high, but occasionally it forms a small bushy tree from 

 6 to 8 m. tall. The leaves are coriaceous, dark green, quite glabrous, or with shght 

 floccose tomentum, usually finely serrate, sometimes quite entire or occasionally 

 dentate in the apical part and slightly undulate on the margin. The fruit is bien- 

 nial, very short-peduncled and subterminal in axils of the upper leaves of the 

 season's growth; the cup is shallow with short closely appressed scales. 



