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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

the edge. This is a very splendid species, from the great size of its racemes and acorns. PunningPunning is the generic appellation of the oak in Malay : in the Rajang dialect it is calledPasang.

Q. gemellifibra Blume FI. Jav., t. 17.; and our fig. 1847. The twin-flowered Oak. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sharp at both ends, remotely serrated, glabrous; glaucous beneath. Female pedunclesgenerally 2-flowered. A middle-sized tree, a native of the lofty mountains of Salak and Kandarig.The wood is very compact, and excellent for building purposes. {Blume.')

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Q. indhta Blume FI. Jav., t. 12. ; and our fig. 1848. The cloth -cupped Oak. Leaves oval-oblong,acuminate ; acute at the base; glabrous; downy beneath. Cups tubercled, without teeth. Nuts de-pressed and hemispherical. A handsome tree, 100 ft. high, found on Mount Gede. {Blume.)

Q. urceolaris W. Jack. Hook. Comp. Bot Mag., i. p. 256. Leaves elliptic-oblong, long and slenderat the point, quite entire, glabrous. Fruit spiked. Cup somewhat hemispherical, with a spreadinglimb. A tree, with rough bark, a native of Sumatra . Leaves ^alternate, petiolate, terminated by along slender acumen; coriaceous, palebeneath; 8 in. to 9 in. long. Fruition lateral racemes. Acornsrounded and flattened at top; umbilicate in the centre, and mucronate with the three persistentstyles 5 rather perpendicular at the sides, half-embraced by the calyx, which is cup-shaped, markedon the outer surface with small acute scaly points, concentrically arranged, and whose margin expandsinto a spreading, nearly entire, waved limb. The ovary is three-celled, each cell containing twoovula, and is lodged in the bottom of the large funnel-shaped calyx. The acorn contains a singleexalbuminous seed, placed a little obliquely. The spreading limb of the cups forms a good distinctive

character, and renders this a very remarkable and

Q. Pseudo-molucca Blume FJ. Jav., t. 6 .; andour fig. 1849. The false Molucca Oak. Leaveselliptic-oblong, acuminate; acute at the base ;glabrous ; shining above, glaucous beneath. Cat-kins almost terminal. Cups not much hollowed,covered with small scales. Nuts hemispherical.A very branchy tree, found in the forests of thewest of Java. {Blume.)

Q. moliiccaJJ\Ti. Sp. PI., 1412., Willd., No. 11.,Humph. Amb., 3. p. 85., N. Du Ham, 7. p. 153.,Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 11. The Molucca Oak.Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, acute at eachend, smooth. Nut roundish, furrowed. (Smith.)“ Native of the Molucca Isles. A large and loftytree, the wood of which is hard and heavy;lasting long under water. Leaves 6 in. or 8 in. long,and 3 in. broad, on short stalks, with 8 or 10 irre-gular lateral veins. Acorns short and roundish,furrowed in their upper part; the cup short,warty. By Rumphius ’s account, there seem tobe more species than one comprehended underthe chapter above cited ; but he does not giveus'sufticient marks to define them specifically.”{Smith in Rees's Cycl.)

Q. turbinata Blume FI. Jav., 1.18.; andourjjg. 1lanceolate, sharp at both ends, sharply serrated tc

curious species.

). Thetop-shaped-ci^ppcd Oak. Leaves oblong;rds the apex, glabrous. Cups top-shaped.