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892 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
equals it in other respects; but the mountaineers do not esteem it much, 
owing, as they say, to its speedy decay; a circumstance attributable no doubt 
to their employing it in its green state. A similar prejudice prevails in that 
country against the other species. Female flowers on a separate tree [pro- 
bably accidentally], crowded 3 together in sessile groups along the spikes. 
Acorns eatable, but not very good ; the size and shape of a large filbert, even- 
pointed, dark brown; their cups short, scaly. (Smith.) 
1645. @. grand folia, 
Q. obtusifolia D. Don, Q. grandifolia D. Don (Lamb. Gen. Pin., 2. t. 8; 
and our fig. 1643.), and Q. velutina Lind/. (Wall. Pl. As. Rar., t. 150. ; and our 
Jig. 1645.) are described 
in our first edition. 
Q. lamelldsa Smith. 
Q. imbricata Ham. 
MSS., D. Don Prod. 
Fl. Nep. -p. 57. (Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar., t. 149. ; 
our fig. 1644.)— Leaves 
elliptic or ovate, ser- 
rated, flat, glabrous, 
acute, on long foot- 
stalks ; obtuse at the 
base; glaucous beneath ; 
the veins continued to 
the serratures ; veinlets 
raised. Cups solitary, 
sessile, depressed, and 
downy; composed of 
scales forming loosely 
imbricated, undulated, 
concentric layers, which 
surround the nut. Nut 
tomentose, bossed, de- 
pressed, shorter than 1GAH “Qeterielioea. 
the cup. (Lindl. MSS., as quoted by Wallich.) A native of the mountains 
of Nepal; ripening its fruit towards the end of the year. 
