Quercus] CVII. FAGACE.E 629* 



16. Q. lamellosa, Smith ; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 149; Hook. f. 111. Himal. 

 PL t. 20 : King Ann. ii. t. 30. Vera. Shalshi, Budgmt, Nep. ; Bah; Lepcha. 



A very large evergreen tree, wood very hard and heavy. Buds silk} - , young 

 shoots with tawny deciduous pubescence. L. elongate-elliptic, acute at both 

 ends, sharply serrate to near the base, upperside glabrous, underside glaucous, 

 with deciduous pubescence while young, blade 8-18, pet. 1-2 in. long, sec. n. 

 18-25 pair, straight, impressed on the upper, very prominent on the under- 

 side. Ft. sessile on short spikes, peduncles thick, cup very large, up to 3 in. 

 across, wood}-, with 10 thin broad loose lamellte, enclosing the greater part of 

 the nut. 



Nepal Sikkim, 6-9,000 ft. Bhutan. Manipur, 7-9,000 ft. Fl. April, May. 

 17. Q. mespilifolia, Wall. : King Aim. ii. t. 28. Manipiir. Hills of Upper Burma. 

 Pegu. Martaban. Young shoots tawny-tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, obtusely 

 serrate to near the base, deciduously velvety, upperside glabrous when mature, blade 

 4-8, pet. i-1 in. Cup deep, enclosing more than half the nut, lamellse numerous, more 

 or less denticulate, nut depressed globose. 18. Q. oidocarpa, Korth. ; King Ann. II. 

 t. 21 A. Tenasserim (?). Malay Penins. A tall tree, I. glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 the upper fourth seriate, blade 3-7, pet. slender J-l in., sec, n. 10 pair, arching. Cup 

 deep, covering i-J of the nut, lamellse pubescent, appressed, more or less crenate, nut 

 ovoid, 1J in. long. 



Sect. iii. Pasania. Male spikes stout, erect, usually in terminal panicles, 

 rachis more or less persistent. Female involucres mostly in clusters of three, 

 often at the base of male spikes. Fruiting spikes usually long. Cups hemis- 

 pheric or ovoid, bracts imbricate. L. entire, edge undulate in Q. Lindhyana. 



A. Of the mature nut half or less enclosed iu the cup. 



19. Q. spicata, Smith; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 46.— Syn. Q. squatnata, 

 Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 213. Vera. Arkaula, Nep. ; Bara chakma, Beng. 



A large or middle-sized evergreen tree, glabrous excepting the hairy <J spikes. 

 L. shining, variable in shape. 3 spikes hairy, stout, 2-8 in. long, usually iu 

 dense terminal panicles, fl. closely packed in oblong woolly clusters in the axils 

 of acuminate bracts. Fr. more or less confluent iu clusters of 3-6, on stout 

 divergent spikes, 3-9 in. long, cup . L -l in. across, embracing one-third part of 

 the shining nut, scales more or less confluent, tips usually free. Xut adnate to 

 the cup with the circular base only. 



Eastern Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 2-5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi and Xaga 

 bills. Manipur. Fl. at different times, Sept. to May. Fr. ripens in autumn of the 

 following year. — Chiua. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bangka. 



Two principal forms may be distinguished: (a) spicata proper. King Ann. II. t. 41 

 1. coriaceous, from elliptic to obovate, lower part usually narrowed towards the rounded 

 or cordate base, blade .~>-12, pet. 0— J in., sec. n. prominent, nut globose, often de- 

 pressed, (b) Collettii {Chittagonya). Ann. II. t. 42. 1. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, blade 3-8, pet. A~J in., seen, mostly 

 slender, nut ovoid. Regarding the distribution of these 2 forms in Chittagong and 

 Burma, the following may be mentioned: (a) spicata; Upper Burma, hills east of the 

 Irawndi, 2-6,000 ft. I Ywetclian, Burm.). Martaban and Tenasserim, sometimes in 

 Kng forest. ibi t'otlrttiii Chittagong. Upper Burma, bills west of the Irawadi, 

 L-2,000 ft. {Zagat, Zagat pyaung, Burm.). Hills east of the Irawadi. :t -7..."ii ft. 

 [I'htt-r, Burm.j Wadun-pun, Kachin). Tenasserim. These two forms merit careful 

 study in the forest, chiefly in regard to their biological characters. They may prove 



to lie (list he I species, HUM logons to t be Kutopeail ',"" TCUt 'i«l'l>/»l'U a lid /»■■/ II If II lata. 



20. Q. Lindleyana, Wall.: King Ann. ii. t. 55, Bills of Upper Burma, east of the 



Irawadi river. A middle-si/.eil tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of I.. up]>erMdo 



of midrib, and sometimes 1 1 ntire upper surface, softly grey- or tawny-tomentose, I. 



thickly coriaceous, obovate, edge undulate, blade 6 9, pet. stout .{ in., sec. n. in i i ■ i 

 as also tertiary n. impressed on the upper surface. Male spikes softly tomentose, 

 axillary ami in large terminal panicles. Fr. connate in clusters of B-6, on spikes 

 8 12 in. long, peduncle stout and woody, cup enclosing one-fourth of the nut. which 

 is oylindric-conio, Indistinctly angular. 21. Q. lappacea, Roxb.; Wight [c t. 220; 

 King Ann. ii. t. 88. A.ssam. Khasi hills. Tenasserim, near the great falls of the 



Salwcen, in evergreen forest ill. H. April [s.Vi Malay Penins. A middle-sized tree. 



branchlets rusty-tomentose, I., hairy along midrib and nerves, elongate-elliptic, 



acuminate, see. n. 12- Is pair, aiiastomosin"; under the margin, blade ."• 9, pet. 1 in. 



