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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



c. Natives of Nepal, 



X. Lanatce. Woolly or downy-leaved Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves oval-oblong or lanceolate, serrated or dentated, but not 

 sinuated or lobed ; woolly beneath. Trees evergieen, natives of Nepal ; 

 and only half-hardy in the climate of London. They may be propagated 

 by cuttings, which root without much difficulty; and the plants require the 

 protection of a wall. 



i 39. Q. Lana'ta Smith. 



The vioo\[y-leaved Nepal Oak. 



p. 57. ; Q. Bdnja Ham. MS3. ; ? Q. oblongata 



Identification. Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 27. 

 Synonymes. Q. lanuginosa D. Dim Prod. Ft. Nt'p. 



D. Don, 1. c. ; ? Q. incana Boyle Illust. p. 341. 

 Engraving. Owe fig. 1G33. from the tree at Kew. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves elliptic-oblong, sharply serrated, coriaceous ; densely 

 woolly beneath. Fruit in axillary solitary spikes. Calyx scaly, without 

 prickles. {Smith.) A large evergreen tree. Upper Nepal, on mountains. 

 Height 60 ft. to 80 ft. ; in England a half-hardy shrub. Introd. in 1818. 

 Flowers greenish white; May. Acorns occasionally produced. 



In its native country this is a tree of 

 vast dimensions, with a scaly bark, and 

 rigid, brown, warty branches, clothed, 

 when young, with dense white down ; 

 but in England it has not yet been seen 

 above 10 ft. high, and it requires to 

 attain this height the protection of a 

 wall. In the Hackney arboretum, and 

 in tliat at Flitwick, [)lants of this spe- 

 cies have stood out, without any pro- 

 tection, in the open garden for several 

 years, but they are annually killed down 

 within a short distance of the ground ; 

 nursery, plants in pots have borne acorns. 



Ifi33. 



nevertheless, 



Q. lanhta. 



in Messrs. Loddiges's 



i St 40. Q. annula'ta Smith. The ring-cupped Oak. 



Identification. Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 22. 

 Synonymes. Q.Phullata Ham. MSS., D Don Prod. 



Fl. Nep. p. 57. ; ? Q. KamrobpiV 1). Don, 1. c. ; U. 



glauca Lodd. Cat. td. 1836 ; ? Q glaiica Thunb. ; 



{ Q. acuminata Hort. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1634. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., c^-c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed ; dentately serrated, except to- 

 wards the base ; somewhat glaucous and 

 downy beneath. Fruit spiked. Nut 

 oblong. Calyx furrowed concentrically. 

 (^Sviith.) A large evergreen tree. Nepal, 

 in various places. Height 50ft. to 60 ft.; 

 in England a half-hardy shrub. Intro- 

 duced in 1822. 



Leaves evergreen, rigid, somewhat silky 

 beneath, the young ones very silky. Stipules 

 linear, hairy, longer than the footstalks, 

 deciduous. Male flowers in pendulous, 

 hairy, yellowish, shortish spikes, springing 

 from the buds below the leaves. There are 

 specimens of this tree in the Botanic Gar- 

 den at Kew, which are found to be deci- 

 dedly hardier than the plants of Q. lanata 

 in the same garden. 



!634. V' annuUW. 



