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AHBOHETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III, 



the edge Plus is ■ wry splendid species, ttora the great .size of its racemes ami acorns. Punning 

 Punning la the generic appellation of the oak. in Malay: in the Rajang dialect it is called 



Q sjesjseii . Blume l'l. Jav., t. 17. ; and Gmfig, 1S17. The twin-flowered Oak. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, sharp at both ends, remotely serrated, glabrous ; glaucous beneath. Female peduncles 

 ■tenenlrj ^flowered. A middle-sised tree, a native of the lofty mountains of Salak and kandang. 



The stood is very compact, ami excellent for building purposes. {Blume.) 





Q, ni(iht,i Blume Fl. Jav., t. 12. ; and our fig. 1848. The cloth-CM/>/>cyf Oak. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminate ; acute at the base ; glabrous ; downy beneath. Cups tubercled, without teeth. Nuts de- 

 pressed and hemispherical. A handsome tree, 100ft. high, found on Mount Cede. (Blume.) 



<J. urccoluris W. Jack. Hook. Comp. Bot Mag., i. p. 256'. Leaves elliptic-oblong, long and slender 

 at the point, quite entire, glabrous. Fruit spiked. Cup somewhat hemispherical, with a spreading 

 limb. A tree, with rough bark, a native of Sumatra. Leaves .alternate, petiolate, terminated by a 

 long slender acumen ; coriaceous, pale beneath ; 8 in. to 9 in. long. Fruit on lateral racemes. Acorns 

 rounded and flattened at top; umbilicate in the centre, and mucronate with the three persistent 

 Styles) rather perpendicular at the sides, half-embraced by the calyx, which is cup-shaped, marked 

 on the outer surface with small acute scaly points, concentrically arranged, and whose margin expands 

 into a spreading, nearly entire, waved limb. The ovary is three-celled, each cell containing two 

 ovula, and is lodged in the bottom of the large funnel-shaped calyx. The acorn contains a single 

 exalbuminous seed, placed a little obliquely. The spreading limb of the cups forms a good distinctive 

 character, and renders this a very remarkable and curious species. 



O. Pa int-i-inuli'imi Blume l'l. Jav., t. 6. ; and 

 our fig. 1849. The false Molucca Oak. Leaves 181.9 



elliptic -oblong, acuminate ; acute at the base ; 

 glabrous ; shilling above, glaucous beneath. Cat- 

 kin* almr*st terminal. Cups not much hollowed, 

 covered with small scales. Nuts hemispherical. 

 A very branchy tree, found in the forests of the 



• ' ! . -'•. I '.hi in, 



In Bp.PL, 1112., Will.l., No. 11., 

 Rumuh. A.nb, .;. p. 86., N. Du Ham, 7. p. I.Vi., 

 Smith in !'■• • - < >' i"-, No. 1 1. The Molucca Oak. 

 I elliptic-lanceolate, entire, acute at each 



Doth. Nut roundish, furrowed. {Smith.) 

 " Native', I the Molucca Isles. A large ami lofty 

 tree, tin- wood of which is hard and heavy; 



tig under water Leaves bin. or 8 in. long, 



broad on ihorl stalk*, sritb 8 or jo irre- 



AcorriH short and KHindl b, 



in their upper part; the cup short, 



Bj RumphiUS'S account, there , | m to 



i comprehended under 

 • ited ; but he does oof give 

 to define them specifb afly " 

 [fimith In A 



■ i Blume I i Jav., t. 18.; andour.A/f. 1850, Thetop.sbapad-cwjP/vdOak Leaves oblong* 

 t both ends, sharply sgrrated toward the apex, glabrous. Cups top-shaped, a 



