256 

 (1) Q. GHiFFiTHn. (Hooh. Sf Thorns. ined.J 



Bent. Deo. prod. XVI. s. 2. p. 14. 



Spec. Chae. Younger brandies and petioles sHgMly glabrous-: 

 leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, very shortly petioled, obtuse or 

 acute at tbe base, acute at the apex, dentato-serrate, teeth muticous, 

 adult ones slightly glabrous above, steUately pubescent beneath : 

 stipules linear, hairy outside : fruit 2 — 3-sub-sessile at the top of 

 the branch : scales of the hemispherical cup much adpressed 

 somewhat- silky, lower ones ovate obtuse, upper ones lanceolate 

 obtuse or the uppermost ones acute : acorn glabrescent twice as long 

 as the cup. 



Khasia mountains. 



(2) Q. SEEKATA. {Thunb.j 



Ident. Thunb. flor. jap.: p. 176 — Dec. 1. c. p. 50 — Eoxb. flor. 

 Ind. III. p. 641. (vwr.) Dec. 1. c. p. 51. 



Spec. Chae. Younger branches silky pubescent : leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, acuminate or rarely obtuse, crenate-serrated, teeth long- 

 bristly, younger ones above sparingly beneath, especially at the 

 nerves and margin silky, adult ones glabrous : aments loose- 

 flowered : bracts broadly ovate, puberulous externally : perianth 4- 

 lobed, puberulous outside : anthers globose : female flowers very 

 shortly peduncled, solitary or twin : cups hemispherical : scales ashy 

 velvetty, lowest ones ovate-oblong, middle and upper ones gradually 

 longer, lanceolate-Unear, oblong, or all at last spreading. 



Khasia. Silhet. The variety has broader stipules and larger 

 male flowers. 



(3) Q. FENESIKATA. (Roxl.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 633.— Dec. 1. c. p. 84. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 219. 



Spec. Ghae. Younger branches puberulous : leaves narrow at 

 the base, elHptic-obovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, quite 

 entire, coriaceous, glabrous : spikes solitary or fascicled, simple, 

 equalling the leaf or longer, hoary-velvetty : glomerules of male 

 flowers usually 3-flowered, 3-bracteate : external bract ovate-acute : 

 perianth 6 — 6-parted, velvetty externally : fruit fascicled or solitary 

 up to the spike : cups sub-globose : scales ovate-acute : aeom 

 globose scarcely exceeding the cup. 



Silhet mountains. 



