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871/9 Merritt, January, 1908; Mount Inauan, For. Bur. 8721 Merritt, January, 
1908. Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya and Mount Apo, Williams 260S; 3035. 
April, July, 1905; Copeland 111)5, 1271, April, 1904. 
By far the most common and widely distributed species of the genus in the 
Philippines, and rather variable. Vidal’s type is minutely matched by Elmer 
61)1)3, and by the specimens from Rizal Province cited above. Quercus concentrica 
Blanco non Lour., and Q. molucca Blanco non Rumph., are referred here, as 
Blanco’s descriptions apply closely to the present species. Quercus clementiana 
was admitted by me on the strength of identifications made by Von Seemen, but 
an examination of authentic material of King’s species, shows that it is 
distinct from Q. soleriana. The mature glans is about 2 cm long, and from 1.8 
to 2.4 cm in diameter. Local names, T., Hayopag, Alayan, ex Blanco; Cacand ex- 
Vidal; Basacan, Catabang ; Bogobo, Ulaian; Moro, Ulan. 
12. Quercus philippinensis A. DC. Prodr. 1 6 2 (1864) 97; F.-ViH- Nov. App. 
(1883) 208; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1886) 147; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 265; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 165; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin 
4 (1886) 231. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao, Cuming S09, type; Elmer 8185, 
May, 1907; For. Bur. 7 910, 7911 Curran & Merritt, November, 1907; Mount Mala- 
raya, For. Bur. 7 81)S Curran <t Merritt, November, 1907 : Province of Zambales, 
Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8100 Curran <£ Merritt, December, 1907. 
This species is manifestly allied to Quercus soleriana Vidal, but is well char- 
acterized by its very prominently caudate-acuminate leaves. It appears to be 
rather local. King states that he can see no reason why this species should not 
be reduced to Quercus lineata Blume, of the section Cyclobalanopsis, but its leaves 
are entire, and recently collected material from the type locality shows it to 
have erect male spikes, and therefore to be a true Cyclobalanus. Wenzig 1. c. 
states under Q. philippinensis: ‘ : Q. llanosii DC. N. 235, Q. ovalis Blanco fl. de 
filip. (ed. 2) p. 502, DC. N. 236, Q. Blancoi A. DC. N. 237 * * * sunt nonnisi 
formae Q. philippinensis DC.,” but Q. llanosii is a species very distinct from 
Q. philippinensis, while Q. blancoi is an exact synonym of Q. ovalis, which is 
a species entirely different from both Q. llanosii and Q. philippinensis, as shown 
above. 
13. Quercus bennettii Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1856) 857; DC. Prodr. 16 2 
(1864) 94; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 2 (1889) 64, pi. 58Aj Merr. in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 41. 
Q. llanosii F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 208; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) XLI, 
t. 92, f. F. ?, non A. DC. 
Quercus wenzigiana Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 41, non King. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Williams 7 05, 
March, 1904; Wliitford 295, 365, May, June, 1904; For. Bur. 51) Barnes, October, 
1903; For. Bur. 632, GS5, 759, 781 Borden, April, May, 1904; For. Bur. 7221) 
Curran, June, 1907; Bur. Sci. 1572 Foxworthy, October, 1906; Leiberg 6052, July, 
1904: Province of Zambales, Masinloc, Merrill 291)1, May, 1903: Province of Rizal, 
Antipolo, Merrill 1709, March, 1903: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 1S26 Elemme, 
September, 1904. 
Some of the specimens from the Province of Bataan were identified by Von 
Seemen as Quercus bennettii Miq., and others as Q. wenzigiana King, but they 
are manifestly all one species, and appear to me to be closer to Q. bennettii Miq., 
than to Q. wenzigiana. They are certainly very close to Maingay’s Malacca 
specimen in Herb. Kew, referred by King to Miquel’s species. Local names, T., 
Bayucan, Basacan, Catibang, Palonapoy. 
Malacca, Borneo, and Bangka. 
