CYCLOÜAL.INOPSIS.
8. QUERCUS OIDOCAEPA, Korth. in Verh. Gcsch. Bot. 216. t. 47. f . 18.
Young shoots puberulous, lentieellate. Leaves oblong-lauceolate, more or less acuminate,
serrulate or undulato in the upper fourth; the base acute or acuminate, sometimes
unequal; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, slightly
prominent on the under surface; length of blade 4-5 to 7 in., breadth 1-5 to 2-5 in.;
petioles -75 in. to 1 iu., slender. Male spikes unknown. Female spikes eoUtary, shorter
than the leaves; cupules sessile, obovoid or hemispheric, truncate when young,
cylindric-hemispheric when adult and embracing three-fourths of the glaus; 1 in.
in diameter and about the same in depth; lamellas 7 or 8, broad, minutely tomentose,
the edges of the lower boldly crenata-denticulate, those of the upper sub-entire. Glans
oYoid-cylindric, apiculate, minutely toujeutose, l-2o in. long and -75 in. in diameter.—
Blume in Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 302; DQ. Frod. xvi. ii. 99; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat i. 8-56;
Ann. Mtis. Lugd. Bat. i. 115; Weiizig in Jakrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 233; Hook. fiL Fl.
Br. Lnd. v. 603.
S u m a t r a . — F o r l e a (585); Perak (King's Collector, 3723, 8258),—
Scortcckini (acorns only); Burmah (acorns only) ,~Pam/2; Borneo,—J?eccan (P. B. 1876 and
2919).
PLATE 21 A.—Q. oidocarpa, Korth. 1, branch with one ripe and one nearly ripe acorn;
2, spike of young acorns; 3, half-ripe acorn: all of natural size.
9. QUERCUS LOW, nov. spec.
Young shoots minutely cinereous-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly ovate, bluntly
acuminate, remotely serrate in the upper half; the base rounded or sometimes minutely
cordate; upper surface, when old, glabrous, except the midrib, which, like the under
surface and petiole, is minutely cinereous-tomentose; main nerves 7 paii'S, slightly i>rominent
below; length of blade 3 to 4 in., breadth 1-6 to I'Toin.; petiole '65 in. Ripe cupules
6 in. in diameter and -3 in. deep, minutely tomentose, cup-shaped, embracing only the
lower fourth of the glans; lamella about 7, flat, crenulate. Glans ovoid-cylindric, slightly
conic-apiculate; the base slightly narrowed, truncate, minutely scurfy-tomentose; nearly
1 in. in length and -6 in. in diameter.
Borneo, on Kina Balu, at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet,—Lov).
A tree about 10 feet high.
I have seen only Sir Hugh Low's specimen of this very distinct species. JIale
flowers are unknown.
PLATE 21B,— Q. Lovjii, King. 4, leaf-twig with ripe fruit; 5, cupule; 6, glans; of
natural size.
10. QUERCUS SEMI-SEBRATA, Hoxb. Fl. Lid. iii. 641.
Young shoots softly fulvous-tomentose, speedily glabrous and lentieellate. Leaves
sub-coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, coarsely
serrate or sub-serrate in the upper half; the base acute or acuminate; upper surface
glabrous, shining; lower glaucous or glaucescent; main nerves 9 to 11 pairs, straight,
prominent beneath; length of blade 5 to 7 in., breadth 1-25 in. to 3 in,; petiole
•5 in. to nearly 1 in., rather slender. Male spikes pendulous, solitary, axillary, or in
small fascicles, fulvous-tomentose. Female spikes solitary, axillary, little longer than the
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petioles, 2 to 3-flowerod; the styles long, divaricating, bifid; the stigmas sub-capitate.
Cupules sessile, solitary, hemispheric; the lamella; about 6, the lower denticulate, the
upper entire; broad, minutely fulvous-flocculent, tomentose at first, but ultimately
glabrescent; when young eml)racing the whole glans except its apex; when adult 1
in. in diameter and -6 in. deep, embracing only the base of the glans. Glavs, when
young, depressed, turbinate; when adult elongate; ovoid, apiculate, smooth, 1-75 in.
long (including the apiculus) and '75 in. in diameter.— Wight Icon. 211; DC. Frod.
xvi. ii. 99; Kurz F. Flor. B. Burm, ii. 488; Hook. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 604; Miq. Ann.
Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 112.—Q. Eorsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 856; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 99.
Plains of Assam and Cachar, and on the Gar-o and Khasia Hills up to elevations of 2,000
to 3,000 feet,—Mann, Fisher; Burmah,—Falconer, Brandis, Kurz, Gallatlg; Banka and
Sumatra,—Diepenhorst.
A large tree. It has been suggested that Q. velutina, Lindl., is the same as this, and that
when he described that species Lindley had before him only specimens of this in young
fruit. In support of this view it must be admitted that the distinction on which Lindley
relies moht in distinguishing his Q. velutina is its depressed glans, and it is also true that the
glans of sc7niserrata when young is depressed. But as the fruit of semiserrata ripens
the acorns elongate, and when mature they are four times as long as the cupule; while
those of velutina remain permanently deprcssed-turbinate and half enveloped by the cupule.
There are, however, other distinctions which I have noted under velutina. The opinion
that the two are identical may have originated in the fact that Wallich issued as velutina
some specimens which arc semiserrata in young fruit.
It has also been suggested that semisei-rata, Roxb., is the same as Q. annulata, Sm. (=<9.
glauca, Thunbg.), but the differences between them appear to me to be considerable; moreover,
the altitudinal range of the two is quite distinct—this being a tropical or sub-tropical
tree, while that is a temperate or sub-temperate species. I cannot see how the specimens
from Banka aiid Sumatra, which Miquel named Q. Horsfieldii, differ from semiserrata as
described by Roxbm-gh, and I have therefore reduced that species here.
VAU. ILAKNIR, Eook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 604.
Cupule with thick everted mouth, which is thickly covered with dense velvetty tomentum.
Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed to the base ; nerves straight, ascending, 14 to 12 pairs.
Assam, Makum Hills,—Branr?« ; Khasia Hills,—Í?. Mann.
PLATE 22.—Q. semiserrata, Roxb. 1, branch with ripe cupules; 2, ripe glans and
cupule; 3, young acorns ; 4, male s p i k e s ,—o f natural size.
11. QUERCUS GLAUCA, Thunhg. Fl. Jap. 175.
Young shoots sparsely pilose, speedily glabrous, and afterwards lentieellate. Leaves
thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, acuminate,
more or less shari^ly serrate in the upper half; the base acute acuminate or rounded,
both surfaces at first sparsely pilose or sericeous, ultimately quite smooth; the lower
glaucous; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, pron.inent beneath; length of blade 3 to 4'5
in., breadth 1 in. to l-o in.; petioles -5 in. to -75 in., rather slender. 31alo spikes
axillary, solitary, or in small lax panicles, sparsely sericeous, shorter than the leaves;
flowers glomerulate, perianth 4 to 5-cleft; stamens 4 to 5, anthers broad. Female
spikes (on • different trees ?) solitary, axilloiy, shorter than the leaves, 2 to 4.flowered.