LITHOCAEPUS.
certainly qnite diflerent from Q. Javenm, Bl., but there may hnye been some
of labels. "
P l a t e 7eB.-Q. Javenm, Miq. 3, branch with androgynous indorescenee • 4 si>ike
with female Sowers [frmi Omkmam)-, 5, young acorn; 6, side view of half ripe acorn-
7, rips acorn,—(IZ^ of natural size. '
79. Qdekcu.s XYLOc.lliPi, ICm-!. ill Jonn. As. Soc. Bem/til, 1875 pt 2 198 t xW
fgs. 5 fo 8. ' r , • •
Young branches fuscous, pnberulous. Lomcs thinly coriaceous, naiTowly elliptic-oblong
or oblong-scunimate, entire; the base acute; main nerves about 12 pairs, thin but rather
promineut beneath; glabrous on both surfaces, glancescent on the lower; length of blade
4 to S ic„ breadth 1-75 in. to 2 in.; petiole stout, rmder -5 in. Ripe fruit on short,
stout, axillary spikes; the capuks entirely connatc into irregular masses of three one or
more of Ti-hich may be abortive; the entire glans encased in the depressed-globose
woody cupule which is covered by hard, striate, conical tubercles or spines, -which sometimes
have their apices produced into spreading or refleiiod ,joints. Glaas closely invested
by the enpule and with dilBcnlty separated from it, turbinate, crowned by the remains
of the styles, smooth, about -75 in. in diameter ; masses of connate cupules 2 in. in
diameter or more.—iio-s for. Fbm Burmah W. 489; Baalc. fil Fl. Br. Jml. v. 618.
A s s a m , — ( a c o r n only); Kupra, im the Munipore Frontier, at elevations of
from 6,000 to 7,000 feet,—C. Watt: Garo Hills, FUer; Kohima, at 6,500 feet,—C. B.
Chrb, D. Prain ; Burmah (fuk Kiirz), east of Akyab, at an elevation of 4,000 to 5,000 feet.'
In Assam this occurs as a gregarious tree or gro-ws mixed with Q. lainelhsa {jiii
Prain). Of this species, a single mass of fruit -without leaves was sent to the Calcutta
Herbarium many years ago by Colonel Jenkins, then Commissioner of Assam. On these
acorns Kurz founded the species, but it was not until Dr. Watt visited Munipore in 1882
that its leaves were known. Male and female flowers are still desiderata. According to
Kurz, the cupule opens transversely when ripe, and the glans becomes exposedbut
I have seen no evidence of this.
PL«TE 79.—e. xalocarfa, liurz. 1, branch with two leaves ; 2, spike of nearly ripe fruit;
3 & 4, fruiting-spikes, with an involucre partly removed to show the ^\iiTis,~allof natural size ]
5, scales of cupule: enlarged.
80. QuEiicus TiiUNCATA, King in Jlook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 618.
All parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous. Leaots ovate-lanceolate to oblonglanceolate,
acuminate, entire, gradually narrowed from the middle into the rather long,
slender petiole; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, rather prominent below; both surfaced
glabrous-the upper shining, the lower dull, pale; length of blade 5 to 8 in., breadth I-7.0
in. to 3 in.; petiole about -65 in. Spikes solitary, axillary, or in small terminal paniclesthe
female .spikes few and below the male, all ivith pubescent rachises. Mate Jhwer,
in glomcruK of 4 to 8; each glomerulus with long subulate bracteoles; perianth with 6
blunt lobes, tomentose outside; stamens 8 to 10. Fe^iale Jlmers in glomeruli of 3 or
more; the styles erect, sub-divergent. liipe fruit on a stout, pnberulous, lenticellatc
LITHOCAEPirS. grachis
of about the length of the leaves. Cupules woody, sessile, sub-infundibuliform at
first, afterwards sub-hemispheric; at all ages completely sm-rounding all parts of the glans
except its flat truncate apex; the scales broadly ovate, abruptly acuminate, adpressed;
the lower smooth, completely connate; the upper striate; their apices free, numerous and
much imbricate. Oupules of each glomerulus connate by their bases, or in twos or
solitary by abortion. Gtam depressed-oToid, sericeous, enclosod in the cupula except' the
flat apex, in the middle of which stand the remains of the united bases of tlie styles
Assam; Naga Hills; at Piphema, at 2,000 UA,-Collett; Pulina Badza near' Kohima
— Watt, Pram, Clarke; common at elevations of 2,000 to 6,000 feet.
A veiy distinct and handsome species, at once distinguished by'its fruit
P l a t e 80. -8. irunmlu. King. 1, flowering branch ; 2 & 3, clusters of half-ripe fruits -
4, ripe fruits, solitary by abortion,-»/ natural size; 5, male flower : enlaraei
81. Queecus rotunda t a , Bl. in Batav. Verli. ix. 219.
Young shoots glabrous, leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate
entire ; the base acute or obtase; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, prominent; length of Hadó
4 to 6 in. breadth 1-5 to 2 in.; petiole -75 in.; adult leaves glabrous above, glabr.scent
glaueeseent beneath; stipules linear-pubescent. Spike, androgynous; the fcm!les below
termmal or axillary, sohtary or m fascicles of 2 or 3. Male fl,„ers glomernlate Iw
fruu in short, stout spikes, «„»fa shortly pedunculate, sub-heinis,Lric broalC
campaiiulate, woody; the scales in the lower two-thirds completelv connate - tl,.-
obsolete; in the upper third broadly ovate-apiculate, ^^^
Its upper part (apex) almost Sat, faintly striate, sub-glabrous, scarcely Droiecti„„ ,
the edge of the eupnie; the remains of the united s^les foi^i in/aVer t p inf l Í T
c e n t r e . - ^ , . Bijir. 521; Flor. Ja,. Cupul. 22. 11; MIS. Bel. Lu d. 204 * 7l
Ind. Bat. i. 852; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 110; DC. Prod xvi. ii will'^I f '
Bet. Cart. Berl.i-r.iS^. ' "
Western JílYtí,—Blume.
A species related to Q eornea, Lour., by its remarkable truncate obconie fruit but
distinguished from conieo by Its leaves, and by other characters.
^^^ PL.VTE lOOA.-e. rolunJala, Bl. 1, branch with spikes; 2'^ 3, ripe acorns,
82. Qmacus pblciira, rnti. spee.
Smaller branches striate, minutely but rather densely fulvous or fuscous torn t
Leaves eoriaeoous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, shortly and r a l r s, H 1 7
uate, entire; the base acute or acuminate; main nerves 8 to
benealh, sub-obsolete above; both sm-facc Tthe
lepidoto-pubeseent; adult leaves wHr the , T ® .
teeth; anthers about 12. Female f ibers ou^ikes w h ^ T e : " : f : r r L t s t^:::
AX-K. EOY. HOT. G-inii. CAICBITA, TOI,. II.