CVC LOR.VLANOPSIS. 





petioles, 2 to 3-flowered ; the styles long, divan*, sting, bifid; the stigmas sub-capitate. 

 Cupules sessile, solitary, hemispheric; the lamellae about 6, the lov r denticulate, the 

 upper entire; broad, minutely fulvous-flocculent, tomentose at first, but ultimateh 



glabrescent; when young embracing the whole glans except its apex; when adult 1 



in. in diameter and -6 in. deep, embracing only the base of the lans. Glans, when 



young, depressed, turbinate; when adult elongate; ovoid, apiculate, smooth, 1 75 in. 

 long (including the apiculus) and '75 in. in diameter.— 7/ 'iyht Icon. 211; DC. Prod. 

 xvi. ii. 99; Kurz F. Flor. B. Furm, ii. 488; Hook. Fl. Br, Ind. v. <»4; Mu. Ann. 



Mus. Lvf/d. Bat. I 112.— Q. Hors/cldX, Bfiq. Fl. Ind. 1 tt. i. 856; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. !>9 



Plains of Assam and Caehar, and on the Oaro and Khasia Hills up to elevations <>f2,0i > 

 to 3,000 feet,— Mann, Fisher; Burmah, — Falconer, Jirandis, Kurz, Gallafh/ ; Banku and 

 Sumatra, — Diepcnhorst. 



A large tree. It has been suggested that Q. velulina, Lindl., is the same as this, and that 



he described that species Lindley had before him only specimens of 



) 



fruit. In support of this view it must be admitted that the distinction on which Lin 

 relies most in distinguishing his Q. velulma is its depressed fflans, and it is also true that 



of Q. semiserrata when young is depressed. Ihit as the fruit of semiserrata ripen 



the acorns elongate, and when mature they are four times 



the cupul 



those of vclutina remain permanently depressed-turbinate and half enveloped by tho cupa' 

 There are, however, other distinctions which I have noted under vehdina. The opinit 

 that the two are identical may have originated in the fact that AVallich issued as veluti 

 some specimens which are semiserrata in young fruit. 



It has also been suggested that semiserrata, Roxb., is the same as Q. annnlata, Sm. 

 glanca, Thunbg.), but the differences between them appear to me to be considerable; more- 

 over, the altitudinal range of the two is quite distinct— this being a tropical or sub-tropical 

 tree, while that is a temperate or sub-temperate species. I cannot see how the specimens 

 from Banka and Sumatra, which Miquel named Q. Ilorsficldii, differ from semiserrata as 

 described by Roxburgh, and I have therefore reduced that species here. 



Var. Mannii, Hook. fit. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 604. 



Cupule with thick everted mouth, which is thickly covered with dense velvetty tomentum. 

 Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed to the base ; nerves straight, ascending, 14 to 12 pairs. 



Assam, Makum Hills, — Brandis ; Khasia Hills, — G. Mann. 



Plate 22. — Q. semiserrata, Roxb. 1, branch with ripe cupules; 2, ripe glans and 



cupule; 3, young acorns; 4, male spikes, — all of natural size. 



11. Quercus glauca, Thunbg. Fl. Jap. 17">. 



Young shoots sparsely pilose, speedily glabrous, and afterwards lenticellate. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 more or less sharply serrate in the upper half ; the base acute acuminate or rounded . 

 both surfaces at first sparsely pilose or sericeous, ultimately quite smooth; the lower 

 glaucous; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, prominent beneath; length of blade 3 to 4-5 

 in., breadth 1 in. to Po in.; petioles '5 in. to -75 in., rather slender. Male spikes 

 axillary, solitary, or in small lax panicles, sparsely sericeous, shorter than the leaves; 

 flowers glomerulate, perianth 4 to 5-cleft; stamens 4 to 5, anther broad. Female 

 spikes (on different trees?) solitary, axillary, shorter than the leave 2 to 4-flowered. 



