388 CUPULIPEILE. [Quercu*. 



and instances of more than one year being taken are common. It is being largely 

 grown by planting in the Darjeeling Forests, where it is the principal and most im- 

 portant tree. 



ibs. 



E 434. Kangbul Forest, Darjeeling, 7,500 feet 63 



E 2452. 59 



E 2453. 57 



E 1438. Mishmi Hills (Griffith, 1836) 57 



E 1448. ; , 59 



15. Q. lanceaefolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 634; Brandis 489; Gamble 

 79. Castanea lanceafolia, Kurz ii. 482. Vern. Patle Jcatus, Nep. ; 

 Siri t Lepcha; Shingra } chauko, Garo; BucJclai, Ass.; Ilingori, Cachar ; 

 Dingsning, Khasia. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood greyish white, hard. Pores large, 

 enclosed in soft tissue and arranged in wavy, radial and oblique lines. 

 Medullary rays of two classes : numerous, very fine, uniform and equi- 

 distant rays, and few broad rays. Numerous, fine, wavy, concentric 

 lines. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, in Bengal and Chittagong, ascending to 4,000 feet. 



Weight, 42 Ibs. per cubic foot (Wallich and our specimens). Wood used for build- 

 ing in Assam. The acorns have thin, broad, ringed cups, which are set sideways on the 

 branch ; they have ruminate albumen. 



Ibs. 

 E 1262. Tezpur, Assam 42 



2. CASTANOPSIS, Spach. 



About 9 to 11 species. C. javanica, Alph. DC. (Castanea javanica, Bl. ; Kurzii. 

 479) is an evergreen tree of Burma. C. Hystrix,^ Alph. DC. Vern. Dingsning, 

 Khasia, is a tree of the Khasia hills. C. argentea, Alph. DC. ; Gamble 79 (Castanea 

 argentea, BL ; Kurz ii. 479.) Vern. Ilingori, Ass., is an evergreen tree of Sikkim, 

 Assam and Burma. (7. echidnocarpa, Alph., DC., is a tree of the Khasia hills from 

 3,000 to 5,000 feet. Castanea diversifolia, Kurz ii. 479. Vern. Kyanya, Burm., 

 is a tree of the Martaban hills, from 3,500 to 5,000 feet, and C. Roxburgh, Ldl. ; 

 Kurz ii. 480, is a large evergreen tree of Chittagong. Castanea rhamnifolia, Kurz 

 and C inermis, Lindl. ; Kurz ii. 481, are Burmese trees nearly allied to Quercus 

 lancecefolia. 



The species of Castanopsis have a uniform structure which resembles 

 that of the oaks with one class of medullary rays. Wood grey, moder- 

 ately hard to hard, does not split or warp, seasons well, durable. Pores 

 large, in wavy, radial bands, and lines very prominent on a vertical sec- 

 tion. Medullary rays of one class, very fine, uniform and equidistant. 

 Numerous, wavy, concentric lines. 



1. C. indica, Alph. DC. ; Brandis 490 ; Gamble 79. Castanea indica, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 643; Kurz ii. 478. Qnercus serrata, Roxb. 1. c. 611 

 (probably) Vern. Banj katus, Nep. ; KashwrSn, Lepcha; Serang, Ass. ; 

 C/iarang, Gdro; Tailo, Cachar; Nikari, gvl-shingra, Sylhet. 



A moderate-sized, evergreen tree. Bark silvery grey, J inch thick, 

 witli r<'ini];ir equidistant longitudinal fissures. Wood grey, hard. Pores 

 small to very lar^r, arranged in wavy, interrupted, radial lines ; the 

 l.-ir-cst, pores brinj often in tlu> middle of each line. Medullary rays 

 <'\f rciiM'ly line, uniform, equidistant, very numerous. Numerous, fine, 



:oiu:-nlri<: lines of soft tissue. 



