- 82 ON SOME CHINESE SPECIES OF OAKS. 
“« Quercus densifolia (1. c. p. 363).—Q. foliis ovato-oblongis apice : 
attenuatis subtus albicantibus, ramulis pubescentibus, spicis termi- — 
nalibus erectis. Habitat prope lacum Poyang, prov. Kiangsi. 
a, su venosa, 
aiténietainiienis albicantia, venosa, venis rornetucte cram Petioli 
semi-unciam longi, pubescentes. 
‘* Quercus chinensis (1. c. p. 863)—Q. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis — 
basi in petiolos attenuatis, spicis fructiferis deflexis. Habitat — 
rope lacum Poyang, prov. Kiangsi. or excelsa. muli — 
substriati dichotomi. Folia alterna petiolata, 5 ad 6 uncialia, 
extra medium 
ibu ; 
tecti — oblongis, valde sericeis, apicibus cuspidatis glabris; _ 
intus sericei. i 
oar ee 164 and 165 of his ‘ Narrative,’ Abel speaks of oaks — 
found near Tatung, which is in An-whei province, but whether — 
here is a confusion of ae or whether, as is probable, the — 
ea ne e found in both — no practical pores 3 
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head, crowning a naked ai: scab stem. Its fruits grewin long — 
upright spikes, terminating the branches. Another species, — 
Q. chinensis, growing to the height of fifty feet, bore them in long © 
pendulous spikes. : 
imowiez, to whom I wrote on the muuetts answers that 
he has no MET Fe of what Q. densifolia may be, arking, however, 
that it would suggest @. thalassica Hance, were core not for the very 
small leaves described by Abel. The typical leaves of Dr. Hance’ : : 
species are 3-5 inches long, but there are Chusan specimens 
Sloane Herbarium, labell ed Q. inversa Tiindl. (reduced Py DeCandolle : 
to Q. Ealnssion), the leaves of whic average about two inches 10 — 
length, which in other respects see answer to Abel's 
Mae St3 abe: 
With regard to Abel’s Q. chinensis, the case is somewhat . 
simplified by his fuller description, and gue 
facing page 165, drawn by Sir William (then Mr.) Hooker. After a 
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chinensis, while it is erect in Lindley’s Species, and ae dichotomy > 
of the branchlets, though sonra and is not commo in the latter. 
arruthers, who examined the specimens 
inclined to attach no great tS areleas to these differences. On 
th and, M. Maximowiez wikes that his specimens of 
