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For. Flora 486; Hook. FL Br. IncL v. 601: Gamble Man. Ind. Tim' St.-Q. Rosberghu, 

 Endl. Suppl. 4. 28 — Q. polt/antha, Lindl. in Wall, i at. 'J771 A and B. 



Kumaon, Nepal,- Wall h; Sikhim,— /. />. ff«d r ; Khasia and Naga Hills at leva- 

 tions of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet, many collectors ; Toungyi in the Shan Hills at an elevation 



of 5,000 feet,— General II. CuUctt. 



A medium-sized deciduous tree very common in the Khasia Hills, much less so in 



Sikhiin. General Collett's discovery of this specie 



Slum Hills 1 



distribution may extend to the bill ranges of Southern China. 

 The variety Roxburgh* differs from the typical Japanese form of Q. terra ta chief! 

 having the scales of its cupules ovate-lanceolate ii trid of linear, find in also having 



broader stipules. Sir D. Bnmdis in his For** Flora remarks that Roxburgh's dra> n 



f the plant, called by him {FL Ind. Bi. 074) Q. terrain, Thunb., is not this plan 



but probably Castanopsis hidica, A.DC. I entirely agree with this remail ind i 



al of Roxburgh's description of his Q. scrrata shows that, while it does not lit 

 errata, Thunbg., it answers very well for the young shoots and leaves (Boxburgh 

 had seen no fruit) of C. indica, A.DC. The probability of this identification is increased 

 by the fact that (unless this explanation be correct) Roxburgh's Flora contains n< 

 description of C. indica, A.DC, although it is one of the commonest trees of the 

 region known to Roxburgh as Sylhet, and from which he di KJribed so many plants. 



In what appear to be young leaf specimens of this from the Khasia Hills, the leaves an 

 oblong or obovate with very short petioles 



Plate 16.- #. scrrata, Thunbg., var. Roxburghii, DC. 1, branch with ripe fi 



2 



ch with male spikes ; 3, single male spike ; 4, ripe fruit ; 5, glans,— all of 



6, male flower; 7, stamen: enlarged, 



3. Quercus dilatata, Lindl. (n Wall. Cat. 2785 

 Youno* parts glabrescent, ultimately all parts quite glabrous. Leaves sub-Coriaeeoui 



lanceolate, oblong to ovate-rotund, acute, rarely sub-obtuse; the edges entir or 

 spinose-dentate ; base rounded or sub-cordate; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, not prominent 

 and not bifurcate ; reticulations minute, distinct ; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 1 to 1*5 in. 

 petiole -25 in. or less; stipules lanceolate, -25 in. long. Male spikes slender, the flown 

 sparse; bracts ovate-acute; perianth obtusely 6-cleft, hairy externally; anthers 4 to B, 

 glabrous, apiculate. Female inflorescence short, few-flowered; styles 3 to 5, linear-da vate. 

 Acorns generally solitary, sub-sessile; cupule hemispheric, nearly -5 in. deep and rather 



diameter, embracing the lower half of the glans ; its scales closely adpressed 



more in cnameiei, emuiawng 



oody, 

 p ; gla 



1 



lanceolate, connate and pubescent below, free and sub-glabrous at the very 



ns ovoid, apiculate, smooth, brown, twice (sometimes nearly two and a half times 

 than the cupule.— Bogle III. Him. hot 846. t. 84./;-. 2; (tub. nam. dealbata) ; IV 



Prod. xvi. ii. 41 ; Brandts For. Flora 482 ; Gamble Ind. Timh. 3S3 ; Seek. FL Brit. I* 

 602 ; Wenzi'f m Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 220.- Q. floribunda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2".; 



Eastern Afghanistan; Safedkoh; Suliman Range; the outer Himalayas as far east 

 Kumaon ; at elevations of from about 4,000 to 9,0<i<) feet 

 This is a g 



evergreen tree, sometimes attaining a height of v feet. The 

 leaves vary a'Vod deal, those of young shoots often having spiny edges. They are 



labrous when adult, and nearly so when young. The glabrescent forms of 

 Q. semen arpi folia resemble this, but are distinguishable by their boldly bifurcating nerves 

 d rather more rigid texture. 



lway 



Aru. Roy. Bot. (jakd. Calcutta, Yol. II. 



