.640 MONOECIA POLYANDRIA, Quercus, 
over the whole of the outside, with strong, sharp, compound 
spines; and lined with alittle sericeous pubescence. 
_ 10. Q. armata. R. 
Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, entire, smooth. Cup an en- 
tire, evalvular capsule, armed with many compound thorns, 
hiding completely the sub-ovate acorn. 
A large timber tree, a native of the mountainous countries 
immediately east of Bengal. At Chittagong, it is called 
Kanta-lal batana ; at Tippera Singhara ; and in the forests 
near Gwalpara, Kanta Singur. 
11. Q. castanicarpa, R 
Leaves oblong, entire, smooth, Nués ovate, a little hairy, 
completely hid in the evalvular, capsule-like cup, which is. 
completely armed with numerous, ramous, sharp spines. 
- Lumba kanta hurina batana is the vernacular name at 
Chittagong, where it grows to be a large tree, with many far- 
extended branches, It flowers in July and August, and the 
acorns, which are small, ripen in the cool season. The leaves 
in this are very large, generally about a foot long, and from 
four to five inches broad, 
— 12. Q. glomerata, R. 
Leaves elliptic, entire, polished on both sides. Female — 
flowers on long, terminal, glomerate spikes. Acorn ovate, 
| sneeths, half hid in the tubercled cup. 
* 
_ Alarge tree, found in the forests of Pulo Pinang by Mr. 
WwW; Roxburgh; male flowers not seen, 
13. Q. depressa, Roxb. 
Acorns depressed, with the remains of the semeeagiuti the 
middle of the concavity. Cup flat, with a thick, callous mat- 
gin, and five, concentric, imbricated lamella underneath. =~ 
An immense tree, a native of the forests of Pulo Pinang. 
It differs from Louriero’s Q, concentrica, in the depressed 
. shape of the acorn and cup, 
