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CVII. FAGACE.E 



[Quercus 



on the upper Yunzalin at about 3,000 ft. Fl. Oet.-March. Wood similar to that of 

 Quercus sessiliflora. Remarkable galls on the branches, consisting of densely packed 

 subulate scales, up to 1A in. long. Var. oblonya, Khasi and Naga hills, has nearly 

 entire 1. Q. aiiena, Blume, of Japan and several other sp. of Japan and China will 

 probably eventually be united with this sp. 



4. Q. incana, Roxb. ; King Ann. ii. t. 20; Collett Simla Fl. 475, fig. 154. 

 Vern. Rhin, Haz. ; Shiddar, Kashm. ; Ban, Ban}, Hind. 



A middle-sized or large evergreen gregarious tree, foliage grey, branchlets, 

 petioles and underside of 1. white-tomentose. L. coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 serrate, teeth sharp, mucronate, base acute, blade 3-6, pet. i in., stipules 

 linear, scarious, i in. long, early caducous. Catkins hairy, bracts obtuse, 

 scarious, perianth of 4-5 short unequal segments, anthers glabrous. Fr. 

 mostly solitary, ripe nuts ovoid-conical, 1 in. long, half enclosed in the rough 

 woody cup. 



Outer North- West Himalaya, eastwards as far as Nepal, 4-8,000 ft., occasionally lower 

 (Mothronwala swamp, in the Dun 1,900 ft.). Generally associated with Rhododendron 

 arboreum and Andromeda. The Deodar, often self-sown, readily comes up under its 

 shade. Leaves renewed in March and April, the young foliage coming out with a lilac 

 and purple tinge. Fl. about the same time, but occasionally irregularities occur ; 

 thus at Simla the Ban flowered abundantly in July 1902. Fr. in autumn, 15-17 

 months after fl. Coppices freely. Wood splits and warps, but makes excellent fuel, 

 bark rich in tannin. 5. Q. lanuginosa, Don ; King Ann. ii. t. 19. Kumaon, 4-8,000 ft., 

 gregarious in patches, often associated with Q. incana. Nepal. Bhutan. Vern. Ranj, 



Rianj, Rai ban), Ku- 

 maon ; Banya, Nep. A 

 large evergreen tree, 

 branchlets and under- 

 side of 1. densely 

 clothed with rufous or 

 tawny wool. L. cori- 

 aceous, upper surface 

 rugose, midrib often 

 hairy, serratures dis- 

 tant, blade 4-8, pet. \-X 

 in. long. Fr. solitary 

 or in short spikes, cup 

 i in. across, scales; 

 thin, appressed, nut 

 woolly with a short 

 cylindric umbo. 



B. Leaves glab- 

 rous when mature. 



6. Q. serrata, 



Thunb. ; King Ann. 

 ii. t. 16. A middle- 

 sized straight-stem- 

 med deciduous tree, 

 annual rings con- 

 spicuous by numer- 

 ous very large pores 

 in the spring wood, 

 concentric bands of 

 wood - parenchyma 

 obscure. Youngest 

 shoots and young 1. 

 clothed with soft 

 hairs, 1. thinly cori- 

 aceous, glabrous 

 when mature, shin- 

 ing, lanceolate or 

 elliptic - lanceolate, 

 blade 5-7, pet. 1-1 1 



Fig. 192. — Quercus serrata ; Thunb. \. 



