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basi cuneatis apice breviter cuspidato-acuminatis meyers 
utrinque subopacis subtus glaucescentibus nervatione supra paru 
conspicua costa costulisque tenuibus ad utrumque latus cire. 8: ott 
angulo 45° egressis subtus prominulis 84 poll. longis 20 lin. * otis 
petiolo 7-8-lineali, spicis feistiicis folio longioribus rachi tenui 
angulata tomentella, floribus ternis dissitis arcte coalitis, squamis 
cire. 3-seriatis oblongis tomentellis, stylis 3 liberis divergentibus. 
n silva Wong-nei-chung, ins. Hongkong, d. 80 Julii 1880, leg. 
el. C. Ford. (Herb. prope n. 22160.) 
Perhaps near Q. spicata Sm., perhaps allied rather to Q. fenes- 
ao eee gy this cannot be settled without ripe fruit. 
r takes this opportunity of stating that the nearest 
giv of the | Cambod ian Q. fe inulenta Hance!, which he had stationed 
next Q. thalassica Hance}, fon unquestionably Q. rotundata 
GF 5, Quercus (Pasani) iteaphylla, sp. nov. — Ramulis angu- 
latis nigricantibus glaberrimis, foliis coriaceis lanceolatis integerri- 
in. latis 
petals 3 Sinai amentis masculis ‘sinpiicll us folio rovioribolk 
densiusculis rachi floribusque cano-tomentosis, sbicia: femineis 
floribus solitariis dissitis cum rachi cano- -tomentosis, stylis 3 cylin- 
seen liberis divergentibus, cupule nascentis squamis circ. 3-seriatis 
oblongis 
In silvis vallis wee -nei-chung, ins. Hongkong, Apr. 1881, 
Maio 1882, leg. C. Ford. (Herb. propr. n. 2180 
n the absence of frit the precise affinities of this species are 
6. Quercus (Cycnopananus) silvi moines: sp. nov. —Foliis?, 
territorio ane Thi, ins. Hai-nan, d. 16 Nov. 1882, 
leg. rev. B. C. Henry. (Herb. propr. n. 22215.) 
Though the foliage of this oak is unknown, the writer yet 
ventures to name and describe it from the fruit alone, as there can 
be, he thinks, no doubt that it is new. It is allied to the Sumatran 
Q. omalokos Korth.! and the Philippine Q. Woodii Hance!, but 
differs from both by the much smaller acorns, and the more 
cupuliform cups, with a larger number of oa ag rings. 
7 Eyrei h. — This remarkably elegant species, 
which the late Colonel Champion by some cisaks. declared to be 
until Mr. Ford found it in flower in June, 1879, and again wi 
young fruit in July, 1881, and in the autumn of 1882 Mr. 
* Journ, Bot, 1875, p. 366. 
