Quercus. | AMENTACES. 483 
to the preceding, but the cup — distinctly ap- 
aaa scaly, the leaves rounded a —_ cf short- and 
thick-petiolod, the nerves crenata . Q. Falconeri. 
oots greyish puberulous; cup only ibe * in. in "diameter 
leaves rather opaque mo a fore glauco . Q. polystachya. 
As former, but the reticulation and veination of "es ting . Q. Bancana. 
oo dpm apenas $ exp about 5-8 lin. ons cides slau 
us beneath - Q. Thomsoni, 
ee smooth ; leaves ‘aie one- edeends cup abo “ 5- 8 lin. 
across; flowers in densely whitish tomentose ilies oblong 
clusters - Q. spicata. 
tt Leaves pubescent. be b eneath. 
Cups usually connate, thickened-zonate, about 4 in, or less across ; 
: leaves coarsely and obsoletely repand towards apex Q. Lindleyana. 
OOo gue Lana cle short, 1 rarely up to 2 in. long ; 
inkled-rough, but glabrous, brown 
Cup obsoletely taly-sonate, about 7-8 lin, across, almost resinowss ; 
leaves smooth, r made at apex . Q. ewmorpha. 
= fen hastens of lame praaliaies entire, ceenaiel « or toothed, 
concentric rings ; fruiting peduncle 1-2 in. long, 
sar hn somewhat longer, Bice few) fruit “leaves 
epand-serrate, at aay caters 
O ruts depres 
Cup abont an inch in diameter, softly wny or fulvyous villous ; 
set s usually tawny or stad pubescent or villous, the 
: - Q. velutina. 
“OO Nuts o eid, exserted; 
Cup ier an inch across, softly tawny or fulyous yilloess petiol 
3 leaves shane cet glaucous beneath: the nerves rather 
. Q. semiserrata. 
Cup = 2 an in, ‘across, greyish velvety ; ; petioles slender, ‘glab- 
barre somewhat rugate, glaucous ben Q. Brandisiana. 
Cup m st hats an inch wide and iy greyish velvety leaves 
smooth, one-coloured - Q. mespilifolia 
* ae cup beset with more or less crowded scales (the scales 
ometimes becoming obsolete with ripening of the fruit and 
iDiseariuy as concentric thickened zones). 
1. Q. fenestrata, Roxb. —Thit-kya.—An evergreen large tree, 
the y ounger branchlets sparingly pubescent from fugaceous tawny 
_ fairs; leaves elliptically to oblong-lanceolate, on a glabrescent 
iole hardly half an inch long, contracted and acuminate at the 
5-6 in. lone, acuminate, firmly coriaceous, entire, glabrous, 
sae Pdeenline’d and often slightly appressed-pubescent on the — 
ib, ie — thin and prominent, the net-veina’ eee vee and 
—— eyish tomentose, the outer ract longest 
and lanceoiate decinate; pacieidl velvety ; nuts up to 7 lin. in 
oS diameter, in the first year laxly surrounded by a very scaly (scales 
UP to 13 lin. long, grey) involuere, the involucre brownish velvety, 
ae S$ very thin with ripening, and closing over the nut, leav- 
_ Mg only a larger or smaller circular opening at the top, usually 
free, rarely with 2 abortive fruits adnate to its base, the scales 
