640 MONOECiA POLVANDRIA. Quercus. 



over the whole of the outside, with strong, sharp, compound 

 spines; and lined with a little 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. Nuts ovate, a little hairy, 

 completely hid in the evalvular, capsule-like cup, which is 

 completely armed with numerous, raraous, sharp spines. 



Lumba kanta huvina 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, 

 smooth, half hid in the tubercled cup. 



A large tree, found in the forests of Pulo Pinang by Mr. 

 W. Roxburgh ; male flowers not seen. 



13. Q. depressa. Roxb. 



Acorns depressed, with the remains of the large style in the 

 middle of the concavity. Cup flat, with a thick, callous mar- 

 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. 



