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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



FART III. 



t. 46., and our fig. 1828. ; Q. squamata Ror. Hort. Seng., p. 68. ; Q. A'rcula Ham. MSS. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, quite entire, very sharply pointed ; acute at the base; sometimes obtuse, smooth. 

 " This is one of the largest, as well as the commonest, sorts of oak in Nepal, where it attains the most 

 gigantic size. The wood is exceedingly like the English oak in colour, and, most probably, equals it in 

 other respects ; but the mountaineers do not esteem it much, owing, as they say, to its speedy decay; 

 a circumstance owing, no doubt, to their employing it in its green state. A similar prejudice 

 prevails in that country against the other species. I am unable to distinguish it," Dr. Wallich adds, 

 " from Dr. Roxburgh's Q. squamata, which is a native of the mountains bordering on the district of 

 Silhet. It flowers in April and May, and the fruit is ripe in October." (Wall.) " Female flowers on 

 a separate tree [probably accidentally], crowded 3 together in sessiie groups along the spikes. Acorns 

 eatable, but not very good ; the size and shape of a large filbert, even-pointed, dark brown ; their cups 

 short, scaly." (Smith in ftees's Cycl.) 



Q. obtusifblia D. Don Prod. Fl.'Nep., p. 56. Leaves heart-shaped, oblong, quite entire ; tomentose 

 beneath, rounded at the apex. Cups urceolate, campanulate, nearly sessile, extremely scaly, tomen- 

 tose. Nuts globose, blunt A tree, a native of Nepal. 



Q. grandifdlia D. Don, Lamb. Gen. Pin., 2. t. 8., and our fig. 1829. The Magnolia-leaved Oak. 



Branchlets round, glabrous. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic, quite entire, almost sessile ; naked and 

 shining on both sides ; auriculate at the base. Fruit terminal, in clusters. Cups sessile, rugged. Nuts 

 roundish, having small mucrones. (D. Don.) A native of the woods of Nepal, where it was discovered 

 by the collectors sent out by Dr. Wallich. A large tree. Leaves from 9 in. to 1ft. 6 in. long, and 

 from 4 in. to 6 in. broad above the middle ; its fine green foliage (vying, in this respect, with the 



American magnolias), and sessile glomerated 

 fruit, distinguish it from every other known 

 species. (Lamb. Gen. Pin., t.8.) 



Q. velutma Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar., 1. 150., 

 and our fig. 1830. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ser- 

 rated, glabrous, shining; of the same colour on 

 both sides ; quite entire and wedge-shaped at the 

 base ; petioled ; veins disappearing in the mar- 

 gin ; veinlets inconspicuous. Cups solitary, on 

 short peduncles, somewhat top-shaped, velvety; 

 composed of scales forming closely imbricatc-d 

 concentric layers, which surround the nut. Nut 

 velvety, having 6 styles, depressed, bossed, a little 

 longer .than the nut. Branches covered with 

 small glands. (Lindl. MSS.) A native of Tavoy, 

 on the shore of Tenasserim ; and bearing fruit 

 in October. Branches slender, cylindrical, densely 

 marked, with innumerable callous dots; yellow, 

 shining, and glabrous. Buds small, roundish, 

 villous. leaves about 4 in. long, approximate 

 towards the point of the branchlets. Inflores- 

 cence not seen. Fruit axillary, solitary, almost 

 sessile. (Watt. PI. As. Rar., t. 150.) 



Q. lamellbsa Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 23., 

 Wall. PI. As.Rar., t. 149 , and ourfig. 1831.; Q. im- 

 bricata Ham. MSS., D. Don Prod. ft. Nep., p. 57. 

 Leaves elliptic or ovate, serrated, flat, glabrous, 

 acute, on long footstalks; obtuse at the base; 

 glaucous beneath ; the veins continued to the ser- 

 ratures; veinlets raised. Cups solitary, sessile, 

 depressed, downy ; composed of scales forming 

 loosely imbricated, undulated, concentric layers, 

 which surround the nut. Nut tomentose, bossed, 

 depressed, shorter than the cup. (Lindl. MSS.) A 

 native of the mountains of Nepal ; ripening its 



