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14. Quercus merrillii Seem, in Fedde Repert. 5 (1908) 21. 
Palawan, Mount Pulgar, For. Bur. 3857, 3858 Curran, February, March, 1906; 
Bur. Sci, 566 Foxworthy, March, 1906. 
A very distinct species, known only from Mount Pulgar. 
§ Chlamydobalanus. 
15. Quercus cooperta Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 503. ' 
Castanopsis costata F.-Vill. Nov.' App. (1883) 209, non A. DC. 
Castanea cooperta Oerst. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V 9 (1873) 379.- 
Quercus fernandezii Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) XLI, t. 92, f. E. ; Rev. PI. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 260. 
The only specimen of this species that I have seen is Vidal 617, from Angat, 
Province of Bulacan, Luzon, in Herb. Kew, a topotype of Blanco’s species. 
Although Blanco’s description is very short, I can see no particular reason for 
displacing his specific name, which is here accepted. Vidal placed the species in 
the section Lithocarpus, but it appears properly to belong in the section Chlamy- 
dobalanus. 
16. Quercus reflexa King in Ann. Bot. Card. Calcutta 2 (1889) 78, t. 72. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya, Copeland 1289, April, 1904. 
This very characteristic specimen agrees closely with King’s description and 
figure of Quercus reflexa. It is well distinguished by its acorns being entirely 
inclosed by the cups, the latter being covered with short reflexed tubercles. 
Borneo. 
§ Lithocarpus. 
17. Quercus curranii sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 20 m alta, ramulis densissime ferrugineo-tomentosis ; 
foliis oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 10 ad 12 cm longis, basi 
acutis, apice breviter obscureque acuminatis, integris, supra nitidis, subtus 
pallidioribus, plus minus ferrugineo- vel cinereo-pubescentibus ; cupulis 
turbinatis, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, supra tuberculatis, vix zonulatis, 3 
cm longis crassisque. 
A tree about 20 m high. Branches terete, brownish, slightly pubescent, 
the branchlets very densely ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, entire, 10 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, 
the base acute, the apex shortly and obscurely acuminate, the upper 
surface brownish, shining, in age glabrous, when young somewhat pubes- 
cent, especially along the midrib, the lower surface pale, somewhat 
cinereous-pubescent, the midrib and lateral nerves ferruginous-pubescent ; 
nerves 9 to 11 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, the reticula- 
tions obscure; petioles ferruginous-tomentose, about 1 cm long. Flowers 
unknown. Involucre turbinate, 3 cm high and 3 cm in diameter, 
narrowed from the upper third to the base, and with a stout 1 cm long 
stalk, rather densely ferruginous-pubescent, the lower two-thirds smooth, 
or with very few scattered spines above, the portion covering the top of the 
glans with numerous stout tubercles, which become more numerous and 
