CHAP. CV. 



corylaVe^e. que'rcus. 



1935 



fruit towards the end of the year. The following are Dr Wallich's oh5Prva(in„c „„ .1, v 



-" This noble oak has been so well described hy Sir J. K Smfth in Bces'fclcZlZ h^.'^K^" ' 



very little to add .in this place. -=5--.=,I^j^ ti/clojjtrdia, that I have 



The young branches are thick, 



cylindric, and glaucous. Buds 



terminal, fascicled, or axillary 



and solitary ; ovate, obtuse, with 



many rounded, villous, ant" 



silky scales. Leaves very hand- 

 some, of a firm and leathery 



texture, sometimes Ift.long, and 



as much as 5m. broad ; smooth 



and glossy above ; more or less 



mealy, sometimes nearly white, 



underneath. The fruit is re- 

 markably large, being as much 



as Sin. in diameter." {Wall. 



Plan. As. Bar., t. 149.) Smith 



mentions that it was discovered 



by Dr. Buchanan (Hamilton) 



in the remote woods of Nepal, 

 bearing fruit, in December, 1SU2. 

 Q. semicarpifblia Smith in 

 Kees's Cycl, No. 20., Wall. PI. 

 As. Bar., t. 1/4.; and our Jig. 

 1832. ; Cnssina Ham. MSS., D 

 Don Prod. Fl. Nep. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, blunt, undivided, 

 entire, undulated, refuse at the 

 base ; covered with starry down 

 beneath ; the nerves and the 

 midrib very prominent. Fruit 

 axillary, terminal, solitary or 

 in pairs, almost sessile. Nut , 



SwlXweriS Aprif "a^,dTro'ju'"!i"a^ 'T''' ^t'h^'^^ -' (f^W,,,,,) a native 



"inhabits the summit oVlofty mountains^ const .n.?n'^^^^ Th.s tree, Dr. Wallich observes, 

 dendron. the chief forests of t^co n tr^anTlt « ^inl ° " l^"^ t'^e common Nepal rhodo- 

 from 80 f: to 100 ft. in height, with a girt of the trunU™^t^r fP^f"^"' ^l'^' ^' '"eas">-es frequently 

 I have met with individuals of far grfiter "^""'^' "' '^ " ^^""^ ">e ground, ot 14 tt to 18 ft 

 dimensions on the summit of .Sheopur 

 Ihe wood IS much esteemed by the natives' 

 who employ it for various purposes of build' 

 ing, and tor making bedsteads. The acorns 

 areaxiUary and terminal, mostly solitary 

 though sometimes geminate, oval, shinins 

 brown, smooth, about 1 in. long, termi 

 nated by a short columnar style, and sup 

 ported by hemispherical cups, about half 

 their size; each having a sharp and entire 

 circular oritice, with the outer surface 

 densely tomentose, and covered with nu- 

 merous, small, lanceolate, acute, imbricate 

 sea es. AH the young parts, as well as the 

 male inflorescence, the under surface of 

 the leaves, and the cup, are covered with a 

 copious, stellate, loosely attached tomen- 

 tum. I he leaves, in young trees, are more 

 or less spinous.dentate." {IVa/l. Plan. As 

 {tar., t L4.) This oak would be a most 

 desirable species to introduce, as it appears 

 from Dr. Royle's Illustratioiis of the Bo- 

 tony of the Himalat/as, to be much hardier 

 than Q. lanata. (See p. 1921.) He adds 

 that U. semicarpifblia generally forms the 

 1^'',®.^'^/' ^^"^'^ highest limits, at from 

 10,000 ft. to 12,000 ft. of elevation : 7t "s 

 Jound higher than any of the pines At 

 about 10,fJOO ft. on the mountain of Kedar- 

 kanta, the encampment was formed in " an 

 open glade, surrounded with magnificent 

 trees of ^"bies (Picea) Wehhiana, and 

 yuercus semicarpifblia ; among which ^ho 

 Uodendron campanulatum formed a large 



straggling shrub, in full flower, even in the mm 



midst of the melting snow " IJlhiiit n 00 > n- d«..i„ 1 



mountains stack the leave^of ffi-„' Vlmus and OuL'if n^<^"'l°"s 'hat the inhabitants of the 

 that he found a new Quercus in the villpv^n/'ufrl^ . •"'' ^\^ "'"I"''' ^"""^ '^°'" ''attle (p. I9.) ; and 

 wuercus in tne valleys ol the mountains, at an elevation of about 12,000 ft. 



App. 



VI. 



Oala of Japan, Cochin-China, and China, ivhich have 

 not yet been introduced. 



Q. ;?/u4ra Thunb. Jap., 17.5 . WillH Sn pi ± r, lo-r xi ta tt 

 long-fanceolate, glabrous acuminate narrowkta"^' tie ba^o" ^^^^T'^\Pi 1>2., has the leaves ob. 



6 k > s 



