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apicern exponentes, grosse et irregulariter lignoso-muricatee, glabrae, tuber- 

 culis (resp. squamis) brevi-conicis obtusiusculis lineam circiter longis mar- 

 ginem versus minoribus et obsoletis obsolete-multiseriatim obtectse. 



Hab. — Arracan Yomah, east of Akyab, at 4000 to 5000 feet elevation ; 

 Assam. (Hugbes). 



2. Qtjekctts olla, nov. sp., Plate XIV, Fig. 9. 



Rami adulti lseves, nigri ; spica fructifera c. 4 pollicaris, robusta ; 

 cupula? libera? cum 1 — 2 parvis abortivis basi adnatis, subturbinata?, poll. 

 in diametro et circiter \ poll, altse, crassissima?, fulvello-tomentella?, 

 squamis numerosissimis latissimis atque breviter et abrupte acuminatis mul- 

 tiseriatis obducta? ; glans depresso-globosa e cupula vix exserta, la?vis, nitens, 

 subcapitato-mucron ata. 



Hab. — Assam (Jenkins). 



3. Queecus pachyphylla, nov. sp., Plate XIV, Figs. 1 — 4. 



Arbor 50 — 60-pedalis, glabra, ramulis nigris, gemmis glabris ; folia 

 oblongo-lanceolata, petiolo crasso 2 — 3 lin. longo suffulta, longe et magis 

 minusve abrupte acuminata, basi inaequali acuta, crasse coriacea, 3 — 5 

 poll, longaj costa nervisque circiter 8 utrinque supra impressis subtusque 

 crasse prominentibus percursa ; spica? feminese crassse, pruinosse, 3 — 4 poll, 

 longa? ; flores feminei 2 — 4- (vulgo 3-) ni ; perigonium brunneo-squamatum 

 villosulum ; stigmata 3, raro 4, crasse linearia, lin. fere longa, erecto-paten- 

 tia ; pedunculus fructigerus crassus, 2 — 4 poll, longus ; cupula? maturse 

 \-\\ poll, in diametro, crasse coriacese, cinereo- v. subgilvo-tomentellse, 

 squamis lato-ovato-trigonis acutis crassis in series circiter 9 — 12 indistincte 

 annulatim dispositis, vulgo per 2 — 3 et plures in massam magis minusve con- 

 fluentes ; glans pollicem circiter lata, depressiuscule hemispherica, bene 

 evoluta e cupula fere semiexserta, glabra, nitida, in glomeribus nondum evo- 

 lutis minus exserta. 



Hab. — Frequent in tbe hill-forests of the Tongloo and Phalloot 

 mountains at 7 — 8000 ft. elevation (collected also by Gr. Mann, S. Gramble, 

 etc.) 



This species as well as the two foregoing all belong in the vicinity of 

 Que)'cus spicata. Q. pachyphylla very much resembles Q. squamata, Eoxb., 

 a species which in my opinion is incorrectly referred as a synonym to 

 Q. spicata. 



4. Quercus Falconeri, nov. sp. 



Arbor glabra ; folia iis Goniothalami sesqidpedalis simillima, elongato- 

 oblonga, \\ — 1 ped. longa, basi acuta, petiolo crasso glabro 3 — 4 lineali sutful- 

 ta, breviter acuminata v. apiculata, tenuiter coriacea, utrinque lucida, glabra, 

 nervis numerosis (circiter 20 utrinque) supra impressis, subtus prominentibus, 



