Quercus] CVII. JAGACEiE 627 



in. longj slender, sec. n. straight 10-20 pair^ each nerve terminating in a 

 sharp serrature, up to \ in, long. Fr. on the previous year's wood, nearly- 

 sessile, cup li- in. diam., scales spreading, hoary, up to ^ in. long, nut shin- 

 iiig? globose to cylindric, |-1 in. diam. 



Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards, 3-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Manipur. ShanhillS;. 

 Upper Burma. FI. March-May. — China. Japan. Korea. One of the species of Oak 

 on which the Yamamai silkworm in Japan is raised. 7, Q. dilatata, Lindley *, Eoyle- 

 111. t. 84 fig. 2; King Ann ii.^ t. 15; Collet t Simla Fl. 474 %. 153. Yern. Barungi^ 

 Haz. ; Moru, Punj. Hind. ; Tilonj, Garhw. Kuram valley, 7-8,500 ft. N.W. Himalaya^ 

 5-9,000 ft., in the zone below that of Q. semecarpifolia, often associated with the Hima- 

 layan Spruce and Silver fir. In Kunawar as far as Jani. — Afghanistan. A large- 

 tree, nearly evergreen, hark dark, peeling off in longitudinal scales. Compound 

 med. rays, similar to Corylus. Youngest shoots nearly glabrous. L. glabrous, 

 shining, coriaceous, entire or with sharp spinescent teeth, blade 2-3, pet. J in. 

 c? catkins fascicled, 9 spikes short. JFr. mostly solitary, nearly sessile, the- 

 lower half enclosed in the cup J in. across, scales closely appressed. Fl, April, 

 May, fr. C. S., 16-18 months after fl. 8. Q. calathiformis, Skan in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvi. 508. Vern. Naha, Burm. Euhy Mines district, Upper Burma, 4-5,000 ft. — 

 Yunnan 4-6,000 ft. A shrub or small tree, branchlets ridged and furrowed with a few 

 minute stellate hairs. L. thinly coriaceous, obtusely serrate or crenate, elongate- 

 elliptic, blade 4--8, pet. J in., upperside shining, underside pale, sec. n. slightly arching,, 

 15-20 pair. S spikes from the axils of the uppermost 1., often branching, 2-9 in. long,, 

 rachis ribbed, glabrous, with a few very minute stellate hairs, 6-8 S. in compact' 

 oblong clusters, in the axils of small bracts. Stamens glabrous, surrounding a hairy 

 pistillode. Acorns sessile, solitary on spikes 4-6 in. long, cup pubescent hemispheric, 

 J in. across, nut ovoid-cylindric | in. long. Differs from the other species of Lepido- 

 halanus by the rachis of the S spikes being ribbed, nearly glabrous, not softly hairy, 

 and by the rudimentary ovary. 



Sect. ii. Cyclobalanopsis, Male spikes as in i. Cup hemispheric or cam- 

 panulate, bracts connate into concentric belts (lamellae). L. more or less serrate. 



A. Mature nut exserted, less than half enclosed in the cup. 



9. Q. semiserrata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 211; King Ann. ii. t. 22. 

 Thitcha^ Lower ; Zagat ^ Upper Burma, 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, youngest shoots and 1. clothed with soft 

 deciduous tomentum. L. coriaceous, glabrous when mature, elliptic-lanceolate^ 

 upper portion serrate, lower entire, blade 5-10, pet. 1 in. long, sec. n. straight^ 

 faintly anastomosing close under the edge. Fr. on short thick stalks, solitary 

 or in pairs, cup 1\ in. across, belts 5-8, thick, velvety, enclosing one- third of 

 the nut, which is cylindric-ovoid, 1| in. long. 



Assam. Garo and Khasi hills. Cachar. Manipur. Burma, Upper and Lower, 

 often in Eng forest. Fl. H. S. Var. Mmmii. Assam* Khasi hills. L. with a long 

 cuneate base, cup with the edge densely velvety and turned over. 



10. Q. glauca, Thunb. (1784) ; King Ann. ii. t. 23 ; CoUett Simla M. 475 

 i.g, 155. — Syn. Q. annulata. Smith (1819) ; Brandis E. M. t. 65. Vern. 

 Barin, Haz. ; Banni^ Hind. ; Phandf, Kum. ; Phalat^ Nep. 



A large evergreen tree, leaf-buds usually 4-sided, youngest shoots silky. 

 L. thinly coriaceous, on the underside glaucous and often minutely pubescent 

 with appressed hairs, upperside and petiole glabrous, blade 3-6 in., upper half 

 sharply serrate, base entire, sec. n. 12-18 pair, straight, excurrent into the serra- 

 tures, tert. n. slender, parallel, pet. slender, i~f in. long. Bracts of $ catkins^ 

 long, early deciduous. Fr. sessile, on axillary, short, often only 1 -fruited 

 spikes, cups hemispheric, belts thin, thinly silky, crenate, often divided into* 

 broad truncate teeth, nut ovoid, apiculate, shining, |-| in. fong. 



Valleys of the outer Himalaya, ascending to 6,000 ft. Coppice woods of this and 

 of Q. incana, with standards of Alhizzia stipulafa in the Kangra valley. Khasi hills. 

 Fl. March-June. Fr. 15-17 months after fl. — China. Closely allied: 11. Q. lineata^ 

 Bl. (1825) ; King Ann. ii. tt. 26, 27. Eastern Himalaya from Nepal eastwards 6-9,000 ft.,, 

 common near Bai'jeeling. Khasi and Naga hills. Arakan. Hills of Upper Burma. — 

 Mai. Arohip. China. L. often tomentose beneath, sec. n. 15-20 pair. Nut hemi- 

 spheric, often broader than long. The foil. Indian varieties of Q. Jineata are described 

 by King in Ann. ii. 33 : Oxyodon^ Lohhi, Griffithii^ Thomsoniana^ Hilldehrandi. 



