1934- 



ARBORETUM AND FHUTICETUxM. 



PART III. 



t. 46., and our fg. 1828.; d. squamAfa Ilur. Hurt. Bcng., p. 68.; Q. A'rctJa Ham. MSS. Leaves 

 elliiJtie-laiiceolate, quite entire, very sharply pointed ; acute at the base; .-ometimes obtuse, smooth. 

 " This is one of the largest, as well as the commonest, sorts of oak in Nepal, where it attains the most 

 gigantic size. The wood is exceedingly like the English oak in colour, and, most probably, equals it in 

 other respects ; but the mountaineers do not esteem it much, owing, as they say, to its speedy decay; 

 a circumstance owing, no doubt, to their employing it in its green state. A similar prejudice 

 prevails in that country against the other species. I am unable to distinguish it," Dr. Wallich adds, 

 " from Dr. Roxburgh's Q. squamMa, which is a native of the mountains bordering on the district of 

 Silhet. It flowers in April and May, and the fruit is ripe in October." {Wall.) " Female flowers on 

 a separate tree [probably accidentally], crowded ;> together in sessile groups along the spikes. Acorns 

 eatable, but not very good ; the size and shajie of a large filbert, even-pointed, dark brown ; their cups 

 short, scaly." [Stnith in /lees's Ci/cl.) 



y. obtusif'ulia D. Don Prod Fl. N'ep., p. 56. Leaves heart-shaped, oblong, quite entire; tomentose 

 beneath, rounded at the apex. Cups urceolate, cami)anulate, nearly sessile, extremely scaly, lomen. 

 lose. Nuts globose, blunt. A tree, a native of Nepal. 



Q. grandifdlia D. Don, Lamb. Gen. Pin., 2. t. 8., and our Jig. 1829. The Magnolia-leaved Oak. 



Branchlcts round, glabrous. Leaves obov.ite-oblong or elliptic, quite entire, almost sessile ; naked and 

 shining on both sides ; auriculate at the base. Fruit terminal, in clusters. Cups sessile, rugged. Nuts 

 ^oundi^h, having small mucrones. (Z). Don.) .\ native of the woods of Nepal, where it was discovered 

 by the collectors sent out by Dr. Wallich. A large tree. Leaves from 9 in. to 1 ft. 6 in. long, and 

 from 4 in. to 6 in. broad above the middle ; its fine green foliage (vying, in this respect, with the 

 American magnolias), and sessile glomerated 

 fruit, distinguish it from every other known 

 species. [Lamb. Gen. Pin., t.S ) 



Q. veluftnn Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar., t. 150., 

 and our fig. 1830. I^ca^'es ovate-lanceolate, ser- 

 rated, glabrous, shining; of the same colour on 

 both sides ; quite entire and wedge-shaped at the 

 base ; petioled ; veins disappearing in the mar. 

 gin ; veinlets inconspicuous. Cups solitary, on 

 short peduncles, somewhat to|)-shaped, velvety ; 

 composed of scales forming closely imbricated 

 concentric layers, which surround the nut. Nut 

 velvety, having 6 styles, depressed, bossed, a little 

 longer, than the nut. Uranches covered with 

 small glands. (Lindl. MSS.) A native of Tavoy, 

 on the shore of Tenasserim ; and bearing fruit 

 in October. Branches slender, cylindrical, densely 

 marked with innumerable callous dots; yellow, 

 shining, and glabrous. Buds small, roundish, 

 villous. Leaves about 4 in. long, approximate 

 towards the point of the branchlcts. Inflores- 

 cence not seen. Fruit axillarv, solitary, almost 

 sessile. (H'all. Pi. As. Htir., t. 1.50.) 



Q. lamcllhsa Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 2.3., 

 Wall. I'l. As. Rar, t. H9 , and oxxrfig. IRil.; Q. im- 

 bricaU Ham. MSS., O. Don Prod. ^Fl. Nep., p. 57. 

 I^eaves elliptic or ovate, 6errate<l, flat, glabrous, 

 acute, on long footstalks; obtuse at the base; 

 glaucous beneath ; the veins continued to the ser- 

 ratures ; veinlets raised. Cups solitary, sessile, 

 depressed, downy; composed of scales forming 

 loo.>.ely imbricated, undulated, concentric layers, 

 which surround the nut. Nut tomentose, bossed, 

 depressed, shorter than the cup. (I.indl. MSS.) A 

 native of the mountains of Nepal ; ripening its 



