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[Q nerc us. 



and the hills of the North-West Provinces, in Darjeeling and in the Khasia Hills. 

 The experiment is as yet quite recent, aod results are not sufficiently certain yet ; bat 

 considering the large number of plants now growing and many favourable reports, it 

 is probable that the experiments will be successful in some localities. Fagus sylvatica, 

 Linn., is the ' Beech ' Tree of Europe ; and Ostrya carpinifolia, Scop., the ' Hop Horn- 

 beam ' of the Mediterranean region. 



Pores generally arranged ifi radial lines or tails (not in Fagus sylvatica, 

 Castanea Vulgaris and Corylus Colurna) medullary rays generally of two 

 classes, broad and fine (not in Castanea Fesca, Castanopsis and four species of 

 Indian Oaks). Most species have a distinct heartwood, exceptions are 

 Corylus and Carpinus. 



1. QUERCUS, Linn. 



A large genus, one of the most important, not only in India and Europe, but also 

 largely represented in America, Japan, and other parts of the world. It contains nearly 

 300 known species, of which 30 to 40 are probably Indi.m. The following list is 

 taken from Alphonse De Candolle'a Monograph in the Prodromus, Vol. xvi., those lately 

 described by Kurz being given in brackets : 



SECTION I. LEPIDOBALANUS. 

 Q. Grffithii, Hook. f. and Th 



Q. semecarpifolia, Sm 



Q. Ilex, Linn 



Q. dilatata, Lindl. 



Khasia Hills, 5,000 to 



6,000 feet. 

 North-West Himalaya, 



Nepal. 

 North-West Himalaya, 



Afghanistan. 

 North -West Himalaya, 



Afghanistan. 

 Nepal, Khasia Hills. 



Q. serrata, Thunb 



Q. lanuginosa, Don. ...... Kumaun, Nepal. 



Q. incana, Roxb Outer North- West Hima- 

 laya. 



SECTION II. PASANIA. 



Q. Amherstiana, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 484. Wood used 



for boat building. Weight 58 Ibs. (Wallich) . Upper Tenasserim. 

 [Q. Falconeri, Kurz, in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal xliv. 



p. 197 ; Burma For. Fl. ii. 485] . . . Assam, Tenasserim, 

 Q. mixta,,A\ph. DC. ...... Upper Tenasserim. 



Q. fenestrata, Koxb. Sikkim, Khasia Hills, 



Eastern Bengal, Tetms- 



serim. 

 Q. dealbata, Hook. f. and Th. Vern. Dingir, Khasia . Nepal, Khasia, Hills, 



Eastern Bengal. 

 Q. spicata, Sm North-East Himalaya, 



Eastern Bengal, Burma. 

 [ Q. pachyphylla, Kurz] ...... Sikkim. 



Q. lappacea, Roxb. ...... Assam, Eastern Bengal, 



Bonn*. 

 Q. acuminata, Roxb. Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, 



Burma. 



SECTION III. CYCLOBALANUS. 



Q. Thomsoniana, Alph. DC. 



Sikkim, 5,000 to 8,000 

 feet 



% Q. oaryodon, Miq ........ Khasia Sills, 6,000 



Q. velutina, Lindl. ; Kur/, ii. 4S7 .... Cliittagong, Burma. 



Q. 



t. l,'..\li. : I Jramlis tSS ; Kurz ii. 488. 

 Vern. Thitkya, Burin. W.-i-hl, 48 lb. Sylhot, Burma. 



