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verticem cinereo-tomentosum glaberrima nitidiuscula stylis tribus 
_ crassis brevibus stigmatibus punctiformibus depressis coronata, 
In insula Luzon Philippinarum legit am. W. W.. Wood, cujus 
to me this appears most closely 
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conspicuous primary veins, Q. Korthalsit, Bl.! It differs manifestly 
from all the Philippine oaks described in the Prodromus, of which I 
— . % Quercus ( Cyclobalanus) umbonata, sp. nov.—(Foliis floribusque 
E dan cupula turbinato-patelliformi lignosa crassa tomentella 20 lin, 
 dametro : - / — : 
asin occupans tomento pallido fulvo velutino 
ad altitudinem 5-linealem ultra cupula rta me 
- depressa umbonem validum conicum stylis tribus crassis connatis 
_ ronatum gerente, 
In insula Penang legit Dr. J. B. King, a. 1865 
: on Tegret being obliged to characterise this from the fruit alone, 
 ,. ™ unwilling to leave so fine an -marked a species un- 
‘escribed; and 1 was assured it was quite impossible to obtain leaves, 
~The trunk rising amidst the forest to a height of 100 feet before send- 
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never been matched with f liage. Amongst published 
3 lieve it stands nearest to Q. platycarpa, Bl. ! + 
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Mw ee at Kew, has nothing in common with Q. /umellosa, Sm., 
. With : Alphonse De Candolle referred it. Itisa true Pasania, not 
FS fe ene the cup, and its nearest ally is Q. brevipetiolata, Scheff. !§ 
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| Observ. Phytolog., ii, 47. + Blume, FI. Jav., iii. Cupulif., t. 15. 
» Tourn; Bot., viii., 4. § Scheff., Obs. Phytol., ii., 47. - 
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