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CY CLOBALANOPSIS. 



diameter, and only 2 or '3 in. deep. 



Glans turbinate, 1 in. in 



long. 



, Thomsoniana, DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 98. 

 Sikkim, Himalaya, at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet, 



Bhotan,— Griffith, No. 4456. 



diameter and *6 in 



Hooker, Gamble, King; 



Var. 7. Hilldebrandi, King in Hook, fit. Fl. B. Ind. I 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, minutely serrate towards the acute apex 



the base rounded 



glaucous beneath; fruit 1 



rip 



pul 



shaped, contracted at the base, about 



1*3 in. in diameter 



lamella about *6 in. crenate. Glans hemispheri 



smooth, 1*2 in 



diameter, *8 in. long. 

 Burmah, Arakan Hills,— Mr. H. H. Hilldebrand 



Plate 26 



lineata. Bl 



1 



twig of typical Q. lineata, Bl., with young fruit (ft 



B lume 



specimen 



t Leiden) ; 2, twig 



of var. 



Merkusii, Wenzig (from type specimen 



of 



Q. turbinate Bl. at Leiden) ; 3, twig of var. oxyodon with ripe cupule and glans ; 4 



twig 



of 



Lobbii with youno- 



& 



fruit; 5, twig of var. Griffiihii with 



pe 



fruit 



Platk 27 

 female spikes 



lineata, Bl. 6, var. Thomson 

 8 & 9, the same with ripe ci 



with 



m 



ale sp 



7, the same 



pule 



d glans 



10 to 12, lea 



with 

 and 



pe 



pule 



and glans of var. 



Hilldebrandi, — all of natural 



16. 



Quercus mespilifolia, Wall. Cat. 2766. 



Young 



shoots minutely fulvous-tomentose 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, 



•lanceolat 



oblong-lanceolate or oblong, slightly narrowed to the sub-obtuse or acute apex 



J 



iy 



I 



serrate in the upper three-fourths; the base cuneate 



ded; upper surface glab 



S 



the lo 



dull, deciduously tomentose 



the midrib; otherwise glabr 



mai 



nerves 



12 to 16 pairs, prominent beneath; length of blade 5 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 2'75 



m. 



petiole about *6 in. 



Male ft 



nkno 



Gup 



hemisphe 



of the glans, -75 



wide and *5 



deep 



lamellae about 10, flat, sub 



embracing half 



minutely 



tomentose. Glans cylindric-hemisphe 

 minutely lepidote-tomentose when 



to *6 in. 



Fl. Br. Ind. v. 605 



the apex depressed apiculate ; the base 



young, 



glab 



when old, *6 in. in diameter and *5 



high 



DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 102; Kurz. F. Flor. B. Burm. ii. 488; Hook, fil 



Burma, on Ava Hill 



Wallich : on the hill s near Pron 



Wallichs Kurz : on the Arak 



Hills 



Kurz 



on the Burma-Manipur frontier 



Watt 5120,6614, 6615; at elevations of 



from 3,000 to 5,000 feet 



Wallich' 

 detached: th 

 the same plant 



Kurz 



d Watt's specimens are all in adult leaf 



d th 



fruits 



is 



j 



are 



& to 



M 



therefore, some uncertainty as to the leaves and fruit belongii 

 r. Gallatly, collecting for the Calcutta Garden, sent from Taep 



(elev 



4 000 feet), young leaves with male spikes of an oak which I think it probable 



belongs to this; but the 



leaves are too immature for ab 



determination. If these 



Taep 

 male 



specimens 

 pikes 



do belong, then 



mespilifolia is a Ci/clobalanopsis ; for the tomentose 



are 



pendul 



and fascicled at the b 



of the 



youn 



branches 



The 



flowers have a 4-cleft perianth and 8 stamens 



2 



i 



Plate 28 



leaf from his 277 6 A 



mespilifolia, Wall. 1, leafy branch from 



Wallich's specimen 2776B 



acorns 



j 



pules 



d 



g 



from Dr. W 



specimen 



N 



120 



male spikes from Gallatly's N 



i 



3 



>/ natural 



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