602 CXL. CUPULIFER/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Quercits. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Nepal, Wallich, to Sikkim, alt. 

 5-6000 ft., Bhotan. MUNNIPOEE and the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-5500 ft. 

 DISTBIB. Shan Hills, China, Japan. 



A deciduous tree of moderate size. Leaves 4-6 in., coriaceous, glabrous or with 

 tufts of hairs in the nerve axils, young tawny tornentose beneath ; nerves 14-16 

 pairs, ending in the often long slender teeth; petiole 1-2 iu. Male spikes long, 

 tomentose ; stems glabrous. Fern, spikes short ; fl. usually clustered j style slender ; 

 cups 1-1^ in. diam., at first enclosing the glabrous nut, which is -J | in. long. The 

 Indian plant differs slightly from the Japanese in the rather broader bracts and 

 stipules. 



3. Q. dilatata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2785; leaves short-petioled 

 glabrous oblong-lanceolate entire or spinous-serrate, nerves forked and 

 reticulate, cup hemispheric half enclosing the ovoid nut, bracts lanceolate 

 appressed. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 41 ; Royle III. 346, and Q. dealbata, t. 84, 

 f. 2; Brand. For. Fl. 482; Gamble Man. 383; Wenzig inJahrb.Bot. 

 Gart. Berl. v. 220. Q. floribunda, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2773. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 4500-9000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan (ascending to 10 ? 000 ft. ). 



A large subevergreen gregarious tree, 50-60 ft., but often 80-100 ft. ; trunk 

 attaining 20' ft. girth ; shoots flocculeut. Leaves 2-3 in., coriaceous, shining, base 

 rounded or cordate ; nerves 8-12 pairs ; petiole |- in. Male spikes crowded, 1-1$ in. 

 Fern, spikes short; fl. solitary; styles 3-5, linear- clavate. Gup f in. diam., 

 tomentose j nut f in. long. 



4. Q. Ilex, Linn. Sp. PL 995 ; leaves subsessile very coriaceous elliptic 

 oblong or orbicular entire or spinous-toothed base cuneate rounded or 

 cordate, softly and thickly tomentose or very pubescent beneath or at 

 length glabrous, nerves subsimple, cup campanulate obconic or turbinate at 

 first nearly enclosing the cylindric nut, bracts appressed tips narrow. 

 A.DC. Prodr. xvi. i. 39 ; Brand. For. Fl. 480; Gamble Man. 383; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, v. 1167; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xii. t. 642; Kotscliy Eichen, 

 t. 38. Q. Baloot, Griff. Itin. Not. 328; A. DC. 1. c. ; Eoiss. I. c. 1168 ; 

 Wenzig in Jahrl. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 200. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; in the drier ranges from Kumaon west- 

 wards, alt. 3000-8500 ft. DISTEIB. Afghanistan, and from Syria westwards to the 

 Atlantic. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, 40 ft., trunk attaining 7-8 ft. girth; shoots 

 stellate-pubescent. Leaves 13 in., very coriaceous, young pubescent above, 

 nerves 6-12 pairs, not strong; petiole %-\ in. Male spikes fascicled, stellately- 

 pubescent. Fern, spikes short, usually slender, flexuous, with 1 or more flowers at 

 the flexures ; styles 3-5, linear-clavate, surrounded by the perianth-limb. Cup very 

 thick, hoary ; nut 1-1-| in., tip conical. The specific identity of the Himalayan. 

 Q. Baloot, Griffith, with the Mediterranean Q. Ilex, has been carefully studied by 

 Thomson, Brandis and King, and settled affirmatively. The real or supposed 

 characters for the Indian plant were the pubescence of the leaves, and the smallness 

 and flatness of stellate hairs which have a more distinct centre and shorter more 

 slender rays. 



5. Q. Griffith!!, HooJc.f. Sf Thorns, in A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 14 ; leaves 

 large subsessile obovate-oblong or oblanceolate acute base cordate rounded 

 or acute entire or coarsely sinuate toothed or serrate pale and stellately- 

 pubescent or -tomentose or smooth and glaucous beneath, cup small sessile 

 hemispheric embracing half the ovoid-oblong nut, bracts appressed upper 

 acute. Gamble Man. 381; Miq. Ann. Mus. i. 104; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. 

 Gart. Berl. iv. 218. 



