176 PLANTS OF CHINA. 
QUERCUS THALASSICA ; 
Foliis oblongo-elliptieis longe cuspidato-acuminatis integerrimis | 
coriaceis glabris superne laete virentibus subtus pallidis, basi in petio- 
lum folio 6-plo breviorem angustatis, floribus spicatis, spicis axillaribus 
densis cylindricis erectis 2—8 fasciculatis foliis plerumque paulo brevi- 
oribus, fructibus biennibus sessilibus, cupulis hemisphaericis suberoso- 
lignosis extus squamis plurimis arcte adpressis mucronatis cano-tomen- 
tosis vestitis intus albo-velutinis, glandibus maturis ad tres quartas 
longitudinis e cupulis emersis ovatis glabris sparse pruinosis spadiceis 
vertice (e reliquiis albentibus calycis laciniarum) umbonatis. 
Arbor 20-80 pedalis et ultra, in silvulis insulae Hongkong Sinensium 
crescens. 
IPOMOEA FULVICOMA ; 
Simul repens et volubilis, caule laevi striato, foliis cordato-ovatis 
aut cordato-sagittatis acuminatis nune integerrimis nunc subsinuolatis 
supra sparsissime pilosis subtus incano-pubentibus, petiolis pubescenti- 
B. Ad cautes litoricas ins. Hongkong. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Dr. Tuomas THomson’s Scientific Mission to THIBET. 
(Continued from page 154.) 
Kashmir, Oct. 5th, 1848. 
On my return to Nubra, T found the crops ripe, and the barley for 
the most part cut. The buck-wheat and a few fields of millet were 
still green. As autumn was approaching rapidly, I lost no time in 
proceeding to Lé, as I was anxious to get to the Kashmir valleys 
