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CVII. FAGACE.E 



[Quercus 



<J spikes softly tomentose as long as 1., filaments long. Fr. 2-6 on spikes 2-5 in. long, 

 cup enclosing the base of the nut, bracts hairy, long-acuminate, appressed and spread- 

 ing, nut ovoid-conic, velvety. 22. Q. acuminata, Eoxb. Chittagong Hill tracts. Donat 



Fig. 194. Quercus spicata, Smith, i. 



pass, Tenasserim (D. B. April 1859). Similar to 21, but entirely glabrous, 1. on 

 both sides shining, cup hemispheric, velvety, bracts confluent, tips free. Nut broad- 

 ovoid with a flat base. 



23. Q. polystachya, Wall.; King Ann. ii. t. 44. Manipur. Hills of Upper Burma, 

 1,500-5,000 ft. Martaban hills near Lomatee. A middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, glau- 

 cous beneath, elongate elliptic, narrowed to both ends, blade 4-7, pet. J-l in. £ spikes 

 in large terminal panicles. Fr. 2-3 together, often with small abortive acorns, in 

 shortly stalked clusters, cups shallow, J in. across, nuts ovoid, shining. 24. Q. 

 Amherstiana, Wall. ; King Ann. ii. t. 32a. Pegu Yoma, near streams or in evergreen 

 forest. Bithoko range, near Hatgyi 2,000 ft., Martaban (D. B. 1859). Amherst. A 

 large evergreen tree, entirely glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, blade 6-12, narrowed into pet. J-§ in., sec. n. slender. Spikes 6-9 

 in. long, fr. solitary or in groups, cup embracing lower half of nut, edge thick, reflesed, 

 bracts indistinct, nut ellipsoid with rounded ends, 1J in. long. 25. Q. Falconeri, 

 Kurz ; King Ann. ii. t. 34. Tenasserim. Similar to 24, 1. shining, coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, blade 12-18, pet. stout, } in., sec. n. arching, impressed above, prominent 



