Qncrcus, monofxia polyandria. 641 



14. Q. lamellata. R. 



Scorns much flattened, but convex at both ends, and hid- 

 den in the round cup, whicli is imbricated with ten or twelve, 

 concentric lamella. 



A native of the forests of Pulo Pinang-. 



15. Q. semiserraia. R. 



Leaves petioled,lanceoIar, firm and lucid, anterior margins 

 serrate; veins simple and parallel. Female flowers in axil- 

 lary pairs. .V«<s oval, acuminate, smooth, of a chesnut colour, 

 base only embraced by the saucer-shaped, thick, belted, vil- 

 lous cup. 



A large timber tree, a native of the mountains in the vici- 

 nity of Silhet, where it is called Ramkatha ; there it flowers 

 about the beginning of the hot season, and the seed ripens in 

 August. 



Hark of the young shoots smooth, lucid green, except 

 when just unfolding, thin, clothed with a soft, ferruginous, 

 woolly substance. Leaves scattered about the ends of the 

 twigs, petioled, lanceolar, with the anterior margin remotely 

 and acutely serrate, the apex acute, the texture hard, and po- 

 lished, and the veins simple and parallel, from four to eight 

 inches long, by one to three broad. Petioles about an inch 

 long, smooth. Female flowers axillary, paired and sessile. 

 Involucre composed of from five to six, concentric, incurved, 

 villous lamina. JViits oval, pointed, smooth, of a chesnut co- 

 lour, the size of a large olive ; a small portion of the base 

 only is embraced by the thick, hard, villous, saucer-shaped 

 cup. Embryo inverse, without perisperm, as in the genus. 



16. Q. serrata. Willd. iv. 431. 



Yon7i(j shoots densely clothed wilh ferruginous down. 

 Leaves oblong, lucid, hoary underneath, parallel-veined, 

 most acutely gross-serrate. Spikes terminal, male and fe- 

 male mixed. 



Gol-Shingra the vernacular name in the Silhet district be- 



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