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and prominent ; length of blade 5 to 8 in., breadth (at broadest part) 2*5 t in. ; pet 



long; stipules linear, hairy, fugaceous, -5 



tpikcs crowded at the ba of 



young shoots, sub-pendulous; perianth de ply 6 to Ocleft, hairy; stamen* 8 to 1 

 mthers broad, hairy. Acorns in clusters of 2 or 3 near the apices of the b 



the cupule hemispherical, *25 in. deep and about *6 



externally, nearly smooth internally; the scales closely idpressod, ov e-acmninate, not 

 more than -15 in. long; the upper rows the narrowest; giant twice as long os the cupul 

 elongate-ovoid, smooth ; the united bases of the styles pub scent, persi nt.—Miqucl ■< An. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat i. 104; Wenz i in Jahrb. Bot Gart. Bert. iv. 218; Ganib. Int. Timb. 881 

 J look. Ft. Br. Ind. v. 602. 



Khasia Hills, — Griffith, Simons, J. D. Hooker, Mann, Clarke and others; Naga Hills,— 

 Watt, Prain, Clarke ; Burmah, — Brand is. 



A considerable tree, growing at elevations of from 3,000 to 0,000 feet. 



Var. oblonga. 



Leaves oblong, slightly obovate, shortly acuminate, sub-entire or slightly dentate ; 



under surface puberulous or sub-glabrous, not pale. 



Naga Hills at Kohima,— C. B. Clarke (41481) ; Khasia Hills,— Mann. 



This is a very distinct and constant variety. 



This species must come very near Q. aliena, Bl. Neither Blame's original description 

 (Mus. Bot Lugd. Bat i. 286) nor De Candolle's (Prod. xvi. ii. 14) contains any account 

 of the male flowers or acorns of aliena. There are, however, good specimens from the 

 St. Petersburgh Museum in the collections at Kew, Calcutta, and in the British Museum; 

 and, except that the acorns of aliena are rather larger than those of Grijjithii, and that tho 

 leaves of aliena are generally more glabrous, I cannot see how the two differ. Q. OrtffitkH 

 comes also near Mongolica, Fisch., crispula, Bl., and grosse-serrata, BL ; ami I think it highK 

 probable that, when fuller materials are got together, it will be found that the foregoing are 

 merely different names for one plant which is distributed from the Eastern Hiniala) 

 and the valley of the Bhramaputra and Irrawady to Mongolia and Japan. 



Plate 18. — Q. Grijjithii, Hook fil. and Thorns. 1, branch with ripe acorns; 2 younj 

 branch with male spikes, — of natural size ; 3, male flower ; 4, male perianth (from another 



specimen) ; 5, stamens of No. 4 ; 6, acorn ; 7, two scales from cupule : enlarged. 



6. Quercus lanuginosa, Don. Prodr. Fl. Nep. 57. 



Young shoots and leaves densely tawny or rufous-tomentose. Leave* coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute, coarsely serrate, especially in the upper two-thirds; 

 the teeth triangular, not spinose ; slightly narrowed and entire towards the obtuse or sub- 

 acute, never cordate, base; the upper surface when adult glabrous; lower more or less 

 tomentose, except the 9 to 14 pairs of stout nerves which are glabrous; length of blad< 

 3*5 in. to 8 in., breadth 1*6 to 3*5 in.; petioles *5 in. to 75 in., tomentose; stipules ovate, 

 hairy in the middle outside, the edges scarious. Male spikes crowded, much short r than 

 the leaves ; bracteoles ovate-acute, ciliate ; perianth broadly 5 to 6-cleft, pilose externally ; 

 : mthers 7 to 10, glabrous. Female inflorescence few-flowered, tomentose; styles linear. 

 Acorns solitary or in pairs, axillary, sessile; cupule woody, hemispheric,— embracing 

 the lower half of the ovoid, umbonate glans; scales of the cupule adpressed, woody, 

 ovate.— DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 51; Brandis For. Flora 48!; Gamble Ind, Timb. 384; Hook. 



