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Q. roLTSTAcnvA, "Willi. Ava Hills. 



Cup about \ an inch iu diaiucter. Leaves opaque ami glaucous. 



Q. BANCi^A, Scbeff. IliUs East of Toung-ngoo at 3000 to 5000 feet. 



As tlie last, but the leaves not reticulated and veined. 



Q. TnoMsoxi, Miq. E.T. Cliittagong. 



Cup 5-8 lines in diameter. Leaves glaucous bcneatli. 



Q. spicATA, Sm. E.T. Cliittagong and Tcnasserim. 



Leaves glossy, one-coloured. Cup as the last. Flowers in densely whitish 

 tomentose appressed oblong clusters. 



f f Leaves pidesccnt leneath. 

 Q. LrxDLETANA, "Wall. E.T. Ava Hills. 



Cups usually connate, thickened zonate, about -A- an inch iu diameter or less. 

 Leaves coarsely and obsoletoly repaud towards the apex. 



X X Fruiting peduncle short, 1 or rarely up to 2 iuchcti long. Cup wrinkled-rough, 

 but glabrous, brown. 



Q. EUMOUPHA, Kz. E. T. Nat-touug in ilartaban at over GOOO feet. 



Cup obsoletely sealy-znnate, 7-8 lines in diameter, almost resinous. Leaves 

 smooth, repand-serrate at apex. 



** The cup consisting of lamellate, entire, crenate, concentric rings. Fruiting 

 peduncle 1-2 inches long, usually few-fruited. Leaves repand-serrate towards the apex. 



X JVuts depressed, hardly crserfcd. 

 Q. TELUTiNA, Ldl Eastern Slopes of the Pegu Range and Tenassorim. 



Cup an inch iu diameter, softly tawny or fulvous villous. Petioles usually 

 tawny or fulvous pubescent, or villou.s, tlic nerves curved. 



X X ^^ul-^ ovoid, exserted. 

 Q. SEMisEKUATA, Eoxb. E.T. Eng forests of Ava, Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Cup about an inch in diameter, softly tawny-villous, petioles smooth. Leaves 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, the nerves rather straight. 



a. BfiAXDisLiXA, Kz. E.T. Eng forests of Martaban at 1000 to 4000 feet. 



Cup i- an inch across, greyish velvety. Petioles slender, glabrous. Leaves 

 Bomewliat rugate, glaucous beneath. 



Q. MEsi'iUFoi.iA, Wall. E.T. Ava, Promo, and the Arakan Range 



at -lOOO to 5000 feet. 



Cup more than an inch wide and deep, greyish velvety. Leaves smooth, one- 

 coloured. 



I distrust the vernacular name of QuercHs given by Kurz, as I have always 

 found Gyndi to be the term used in Pegu. Mason gives the following names tor 

 oaks iu Sgau-karen, Thae-ghau, Tliae-wa, Thae-ti, Thae-lae-nau, and Thae-lae- 

 ka-sen. 



Of the oak, as a tree regarded mythologically, l)e (jubernatis thus writes: " Le 

 chene nieriterait a lui seul tout un livre explicatif, tellenieut son role mythologique, 

 et Icgendaire est important dans la tradition Europeeiine. II resume cu elfet, tous 

 les attributs mythologiques ([ui appartienncnt, dans les legendes oricntales, ii 

 Va^vattha, au ccdre, au palmier, au cypres, au pin. Lo plus vaste, le plus fort, 

 et, comnie on I'a dit, le plus utile d(^s arbres, est devenu en Europe le roi de la 

 vegetation. La place d'houneur (|ue I'aigle et le lion ont ocenpee panni les animau.K 

 revient, parmi les vegetaux, au chene." — Jlytholvgie des I'lantes, vol. ii. p. Gl. 



The interesting mass of legends, however, connected with the oak have rather 

 a European than Asiatic interest, and those who would know more thereof can 



