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C Ro.rhurghn Lindl. I. c. ; Quercus castanicarpa Rox. llort. Beng. p. 68., 

 Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 856. ; is a native of Chittagong. 



C. sphcBrocdrj^a Lindl. 1. c, Quercus armata Rox. MSS , is a native of the 

 mountains near Silhet. 



C. t.nbiii6ides Lindl. 1. c, Royle Illust. p. S+l. Quercus /ribuloides Smith in 

 Rees's Cycl. No. 13., D. Bon m Prod. Xep. p. 56 Wall, in Litt.; Q. Catungea 

 Ham. MSS. ; Q. ferox Rox. Hort. Beng. p. 68. This species, according to 

 Sir J. E. Smith, was discovered by Dr. Buchanan (Hamilton) in the forests 

 of Upper Nepal, flowering and fruiting at various seasons. Dr. Buchanan sup- 

 posed it to be an oak ; and he describes it as being a tree with smooth branches, 

 and leaves on short footstalks, lanceolate, more or less ovate, entire, taper- 

 pointed, somewhat unequal at the base, about 4 in. long, 1^ in. broad ; rigid, and 

 rather coriaceous, with irregular, distant, slightly curved veins ; the upper surface 

 polished, and the under one paler, and opaque. The flowers are generally 

 monoecious (though Dr. Buchanan observed one tree with only female 

 flowers), in slender, downy, clustered, axillary or terminal spikes ; the male 

 spikes being the more numerous. Stamens about 8, with a dotted central disk. 

 The calyx of the fiuit is armed with very numerous, rigid, prominent, sharp 

 thorns, a fourth of an inch or more in length, spreading in every direction. 



C. martahanica Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 107., and our_^g. 1709., has the leaves 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, quite entire, smooth, on short footstalks, acute 



1710 C. TangHrrui. 



The veins and catkins are 



at the base, silvery beneath, 

 downy, densely clothed with palmate 

 branchy spines, divaricate. ( Wa/l.) A 

 native of Martaban, near Amherst. 



C. Tnngurrut Bhtme Bjdr. Fl. Jnv. t. 

 22., and our Jig. 1710., has the leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, and ash-coloured beneath, 

 flowny. It is an immense tree, 150 ft. high ; and is found in the province of 

 Bantam, at an elevation of from 4000 ft. to 6000 ft. above the level of the 

 sea. The natives call it Tungurrut, or Tungerreh. {Blume Fl. Jav.) 



Casldnea argentea Blume Fl. Jav. t. 21., and our ^g. 1711., has the leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, much acuminated, narrowed towards the base, glabrous 

 and silvery beneath. Catkins silky. A tall tree, with a thick trunk ; a native 

 of mountains in the west of Java. The wood is used for beams and the axle- 

 trees of waggons ; and the acorns are eaten when boiled or roasted. ( Blume.) 



C.javdnica Blume Fl. Jav. t. 2.3, 24., and our^g. 1712., has the leaves falcate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, sharp at both ends, glabrous, ochreous beneath ; the 

 younger ones streaked underneath with dark yellow. A lofty tree, attaining 

 the height of 120 ft., with a trunk 7 ft. in girt. Common in the woods of 



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