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all very leafy. Leaves tlirce inches long, and one and a 

 half broad, (lightly revolute ; finooth above ; roughi(h and 

 veiny beneath, the veins forked. Fooljlalks thick and very 

 fhort. Ncc. 



17. Q. acuta. Pointed-leaved Japan Oak. Thunb. Jap. 

 i"!^. Willd. n. 15. — " Leaves oblong, pointed, entire, 

 with parallel veins ; rounded at tiie bafe ; downy when 

 young." — Obfcrved by Thunbcrg in Japan. The tranches 

 are knotty, afli-coloured, dotted witii white, Imootli downy 

 at the fummit. Leaves alternate, (talked, fniooth, when 

 full-grown ; covered at the baak, when young, with rufty 

 down. Spiies axillary, clothed with (imilar pubefcence. 

 Thunlierg. 



18. Q. magnollxfo/ia. Magnolia-leaved Oak. Willd. 

 n. 16. Nee in Annal. Scient. Nat. v. 3. 268. Fifch. MiCc. 

 Hifp. V. I. 103. — " Leaves ovate-oblong, coriaceous, entire, 

 iiiining ; downy beneath ; lomewhat emarginate at the bafe. 

 Fruit racemofe." — Found by Louis Nee, in the kingdom 

 of Mexico, between Chilpancingo and Tixtala, and about 

 the river Azul. This is an elegant tree, twenty feet, or 

 more, in height. Trunk thick, with a dark-coloured bark 

 full of filFures. Branches horizontal ; younger ones fur- 

 rowed, and dotted with white. Leaves fix or eight inches 

 long, and three broad, ovate, rigid ; fonietimes emarginate 

 at the bafe ; green and (liining above ; downy beneath, with 

 the larger veins prominent, and the fmaller reticulated. 

 Footjlalis thick, a line in length. Slipulas crifped, downy, 

 deciduous. Female clujlers fohtary, axillary, two inches 

 loag ; the lower ones alternate, upper oppodte. Acorns 

 ovate, half covered by their hemifpherical cup, which is the 

 fize of the feed of Cicer arieiinum, its fcales fcarcely at all 

 imbricaied. Nee. 



19. Q. luiea. Yellow-leaved Mexican Oak. Willd. 

 n. 17. Nee in Anml. Scient. Nat. v. 3. 269. Fifch. Mifc. 

 Hifp. V. I. 105. — " Leaves obovate, entire, fhining ; fome- 

 what heart-fhaped at the bafe ; downy and yellow beneath." 

 — Found in Mexico by the fame celebrated traveller and 

 botanilt. This agrees with the preceding in its mode of 

 growth, and frudlification, infomuch that it may be thought 

 a variety ; yet the leaves are very different. They are ot a 

 larger fize, broader towards the end, and contrafled to- 

 wards the Jootjlalk, as well as more deeply emarginate at 

 the bafe ; and their under fide is clothed witii ochrey yellow 

 pubefcence. 



20. <^. femeearpifolia. Marking-nut-lcaved Oak — Leaves 

 obovate, obtufe, coriaceous, entire ; heart-(haped at the 

 bafe ; downy beneath ; the young ones with fpinous teeth. 

 — Gathered by Dr. F. Buchanan, on the banks of torrents 

 in Upper Nepaul, where its Parbuttie appellation is Co/fur, 

 and its Nawar name Ghirfi. This is a middle-fized tree, with 

 angJilar branches, clothed when young with fcaly down. 

 Leaves evergreen, alternate, on (hort thic^^flalks, oborate- 

 oblong, four or five inches in length, and two in breadth ; 

 more or lefs heart-(haped at the bafe ; their upper furface 

 fmooth and (hining ; the under opaque, clothed with rufty 

 down, and furni(hed with numerous, irregular, rather dif- 

 tant, tranfverfe, prominent veins ; their margin entire, (liglitly 

 wavy. The extremity is ufually rounded and obtufe, fome- 

 times abrupt, fometiines tipped with a little fpine. On young 

 branches the leaves are ferrated with ftrong fpines, or even 

 finuated, and clothed on both fides with rufty down. Stipulas 

 in pairs, awl-(haped, ereft, permanent, as long as the foot- 

 ■ftalks. Dr. Buchanan did not obferve thejiowers or fruit. 

 The afpeft of the adult leaves is much like thofe of Semecarpus 

 Anacardium, or fome of the entire-leaved fpecies of Ficus. 



Seftion 2. — Leaves more or lefs toothed or ferrated, 



21' Q- gfauca. Glaucous-leaved Oak. Thunb. Jap. 



175. Banks Ic. Kaempf. t. 17. Willd. n. 11. (Kasnokis 

 Kacmpf. Amoen. 816.) — Leaves obovate, pointed ; ferrated 

 towards the extremity ; glaucous beneath. Nut roundi(h. 

 — Gathered near Nagafaki,in Japan, by profedorThunberg, 

 to whom we are obliged for a ipecimen. He defcribes it as 

 a very large tree, whofe branchis are fomewhat umbellate, 

 crcft, round, purple, fmooth, except fome prominent 

 white points. The leaves are cdternate, about three inches 

 long, and near two broad, vvitli a blunt projefting point ; their 

 upper furface (mooth and polilhed ; the under covered with 

 a fine glaucous mealinefs, and marked with prominent, 

 (Iraight, parallel, but rather dillant, obliquely tranfverfe 

 veins ; the margin diftantly ferrated upwards. Foolflalks 

 about half an inch long, purple. Flowers axilljry. Acorns, 

 by Ksmpfer's figure, axillary, often in pairs, of a roundidi 

 tumid (liape, pointed, not an inch long, their cups (liort, 

 feemiiigly marked with concentric lines j \\\m Jlalhs fimple, 

 (hort and thick. 



22. Q. annulata. Ring-cupped Oak. — Leaves obovate, 

 pointed ; ferrated in their upper half ; fomewhat glaucous 

 and downy beneath. Fruit fpiked. Nut oblong. Calyx fur- 

 rowed concentrically. — Gathered by Dr. Buchanan, at va- 

 rious places in Upper Nepaul, bearing fruit, in December 

 1802. A very large tree, whofe wood is excellent ; the 

 branches two or three together, fmooth. Leaves evergreen, 

 rigid, exaftly like thofe of the laft fpecies, but fomewhat 

 filky beneath, and lefs glaucous ; the young ones very filky. 

 Stipulas linear, hairy, longer than the footftalks, deciduous. 

 Male flowers in pendulous, hairy, yellowiih, (hortifh fpikes, 

 fpringing from buds below the leaves, whofe fcales are im- 

 bricated in five row.s : female from three to fix, in folitary, 

 axillary, upright, ftalked, fniooth fpikes, about the length 

 of the footftalks. Calyx of the female flowers globofe, 

 fmaller than hempfeed, compofed of ieveral concentric im- 

 bricated layers, of which the outermoft is fmooth and 

 notched, the reft downy and entire. Germen globofe. Style 

 very (hort and thick. Stigmas three, obtufe. Acorns 

 quite feifile on the common flower-ftalk. Cup rather fmaller 

 than that of our Britilh oaks, entire and even at the edge, 

 compofed of feven or eight concentric, annular, imbricated, 

 crenate fcales, externally filky. Nut ovate, acute, fmooth 

 and even, twice as long as the cup. The Parbuttie* call this 

 tree Phullaat ; the Nawars Guflii, or Pacajlringali. 



We find great realon to think that it may be, as Dr. Bu- 

 chanan fufpedled, the fame fpecies with Thunberg's glauea 

 laft defcribed. The leaves of his fpecimen (hew a flight 

 degree of pubefcence about the veins, but have not the mi- 

 nute filkinefs of our's. The greateft and moft effential dif- 

 ference, if Kxmpfer be as correal as ufual, confifts in the 

 female inflorefcence. He delineates the acorns of glauea on 

 iliort, fimple, at^Wzxyflalks, either folitary or in pairs ; and 

 Thunberg defcribes the flowers as axillary. In our plant 

 the female flowers are indeed axillary, but they compofe a 

 ftalked fptke, and neither they nor the acorns have any par- 

 tial llalks. Such differences are found between other fpe- 

 cies of Oaks, and pr»ve eflential and invariable. We there- 

 fore cannot but, for the prefent at leaft, rely on Kasmpfer's 

 known fidelity, and propofe our g. annulata as a diiUnft 

 fpecies. 



23. Q. lamellofa. Many-cupped Oak. — Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, pointed, ferrated, many-veined ; glaucous and fome- 

 what downy beneath. Calyx of many concentric entu'e 

 layers, as long as the nut. — Difcovered by Dr. Buchanan, 

 in the more remote woods of Nepaul, bearing fruit in De- 

 cember 1 802. In the Nawar language it is called TuppafuJhL 

 The tree is lofty, with fmooth bluntly-angular branches. 

 Ltaves alternate, fix inches in length and two in breadth, 



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