CHAP. Cv. CORYLA‘CER. QUE’RCUS. 1933 
App. v. Himalayan Oaks not yet introduced. 
It is observed by Dr. Royle, that the Himalayan oaks vary much in appearance, and that, in all 
probability, the number of kinds at present enumerated as species will hereafter undergo “‘some 
reduction.”’ It has also been suggested to us by Professor Don, that several of the Nepal and Japan 
oaks described by authors under different names are probably the same. 
Q. spicita Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 12., D. Don in Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 56., Wallich Pl. As. Rar. 
Catkins long and slender, erect, axillary, solitary, in terminal fascicles. Fruit in fascicles, upon a very 
long spike, Nut roundish, smooth, terminated by a point. Cups very small, lamellar, (IWadirch. 
