Quercus. MONORCIA POLYANDRIA, 637 
Kanta gola Batana, the vernacular name in Chittagong, | 
where it grows to be a large and useful timber tree. It flow- 
ers in May, and the acorns ripen about the close of the rains. 
Young shoots somewhat villous, Leaves short-petioled, 
broad-lanceolar, entire, acuminate, smooth on both sides, from 
six to twelve inches long, by three or four broad, _ Female 
spikes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, villous, the 
upper three-fourths occupied with distinct female flowers, 
Involucre large, hoary, imbricated upward with acuminate — 
scales. Perianth minute, five-toothed. Germ broad-ovate, 
three-celled, with one ovulum in each, attached to the top of 
the cell, Style short. Stigma three, cylindric, Nut ovate, 
smooth, brown, rather longer than the common acorn, Cup 
saucer-shaped, echinate, with short projecting sharp prickles, 
embracing about one-fourth part of the nut only. Embryo 
inverse, as in the genus. : 
40:Q. lap pacea, Roxb. 
Leaves lanceolar, entire, mach acuminated, downy under- 
neath. Spikes axillary, solitary. Nut ovate, villous, slight- 
ly embraced by the inoffensive, echinate, saucer-shaped cup. 
Ooloo chukma, the vernacular name in Silhet.. On the 
hills which bound the north side of the province, it grows to — 
be a large tree, and furnishes the natives with strong wood 
in colour like that of the common oak, but of a harder tex- 
ture and close-grained. Flowering time December; the 
seeds ripen in the September following. 
Young shoots densely clothed with very soft down.’ Leaves 
alternate, short-petioled, lanceolar, entire, much acuminated, 
nearly smooth above, tomentose underneath, from six to eight 
inches long, by about two broad. Stipules very downy, 
- and falling early, Spikes, or aments, axillary, solitary, near-_ 
ly as long as the leaves, slender, very downy, some entirely _ 
and densely covered with small yellowish, downy, male fone. 
ers, others equally crowded with male ones, at the apex 
a few remote at the base, the rest or middle part, occu prec 
