896 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICEYTUM BRITANNICUM. 
1656. Q. élegans. 1657. a,b,c. Q. placentaria. 
1658. dye. @. costatae 1659. @Q. glabérrima. 
margin, but without teeth at the base. Nuts plano-convex on their upper 
part, rounded beneath. A tree, 70 ft. high, with compact heavy wood. It 
is found on high mountains, and flowers in August. (Blwme.) 
Q. éegans Blume FI. Jav. t. 10.; and our fig. 1656. The elegant Oak-— 
Leaves obovate, or oval-oblong, bluntly acuminate, narrowed in the petiole, 
glabrous. Fruit in long spikes. A magnificent tree, with a thick trunk, 
frequently attaining the height of 60 ft. A native of the woods of the 
province of Bantam, and in mountainous places. (Blume.) 
Q. placentaria Blume Fl. Jav. t. 9.; and our fig. 1657. a, b,c. The 
placenta-cupped Oak.—Leaves ovate-oblong, bluntly acuminate; roundish 
at the base; coriaceous, glabrous. Fruit in clusters. Cup covered with small 
tubercles. Nuts roundish, depressed. A tree, about 40 ft. high, found on 
the volcanic mountain of Gedé, at an elevation of 6000 ft. The wood is 
rarely used, although very hard, and capable of taking a fine polish. (B/uze,) 
Q. glabérrima Blume FI. Jav.t.8.; and our fg. 1659.—Introduced in 1837, 
Q. platycdrpa Blume FI. Jav. t. 15.; and ourfg. 1660. The broad-fruited 
