257 

 (4) Q. DEALBATA. fSook Sf Thoms.j 



Idmt. Hook. & Thorns, in. herb. Boiss. (non. Wall. nee. Royle). 

 — Deo. 1. c. p. 85. 



' 8yn. Q. dealbata, Royle in icon, .(not the text.) 



Spec. Chae. Younger branches thinly velvetty : leaves acute at 

 the base, lanceolate, aeuminate, entire, coriaceous, younger ones 

 very thinly puberulous, adult ones glabrous, shining above, pu- 

 berulous at the nerves beneath : parenchyma whitish, glabrate : 

 aments somewhat branched, shorter than the leaf : fascicles of male 

 flowers approximated : bracts puberulous at the back, outermost one 

 larger, lateral ones ovate-obtuse : lobes of the 6-parted perianth 

 elliptic, outwardly puberulous : female flowers connate at the base 

 into a fascicle : younger fruits sub-globose : scales ovate-lanceolate, 

 inflexed at the apex, velvetty. 



Ehasia hills. Eastern Bengal. , 



(5) Q. spiCATA. (Bmith.) 



Ident. Smith in Eees Cycl. 29. No. 12.— Dec. 1. e. Don prod, 

 flor. nep. p. 56. 



Syn. Q. squamata, Eoscb. flor. Ind. III. p. 638. Q. elegans, 

 Bhwme. 



Engrao. "Wight's Icon. t. 213. — ^WaU. pi. as. rar. I. t. 46. 



Spec. Chae. Sub-dioicous : leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous : spikes solitary 

 or fascicled, simple, hoary velvetty : male glomerules elongated, 3- 

 bracteate, bracts acuminate, external one more or less exceeding the 

 nearest flower: perianth 6-cleft, hairy externally: fruit densly 

 fascicled as far as the spike : cups connate at the base, broadly cup- 

 shaped : scales ovate-lanceolate, adpressed, convex, velvetty : acorn 

 ovoid-globose many times exceeding the cup. 



SUhet. Chittagong. Eastern Bengal. 



Yar. — hrevipetioiata. Petiole shorter : outer bracts of the male 

 flowers somewhat shorter, not exceeding the nearest flower. 



Ehasia. 



(6) Q. LAPPACBA. (Roxh.J 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. in. p. 637.— Dec. 1. c. p. 87. 



Migrai). Wight's Icon. t. 220.— Hook. Icon. t. 224. 



Spec. Chae. Younger branches tawny velvet: leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong, acuminate, entire, short-petioled, younger ones on both 

 sides, adult ones pubescent beneath :, male and hermaphrodite spikes 



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