Qiiercus] CVII. FAGACEJ: 629^ 



16. Q. lamellosa, Smifch ; "Wall. PL As. Eaf. t. 149 ; Hook. f. Ill HimaL 

 PL t. 20 ; King Ann. ii. t. 30. Vern. ShaIsM, Budgrat, Nep. : Biik^ Lepch^. 



A very large evergreen tree, wood very hard and heavy. Ends silky, young 

 shoots with tawny deciduous pubescence. L. elongate-elliptic, acute at both 

 endSj sharply serrate to near the base, upperside glabrous, underside glaucous, 

 with deciduous pubescence while young, blade 8-18, pet. 1--2 in. long, sec. n. 

 18-25 pair, straight, impressed on the upper, very prominent on the under- 

 side. Pr. sessile on short spikes, peduncles thick, cup very large, up to 3 in. 

 across, woody, with 10 thin broad loose lamellae, enclosing the greater part of 

 the nut. 



Nepal. Sikkim, 6-9,000 ft. Bhutan. Manipur, 7-9,000 ft. PL April, May. 

 17. Q. mespilifolia, "Wall. ; King Ann. ii. t. 28. Manipur. Hills of Upper Burma. 

 Pegu. Martaban. Yomig shoots tawnj^-tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, obtusely 

 serrate to near tlie base, deciduously velvetjr, upperside glabrous when mature, blade 

 4-8, pet. J-l in. Cup deep, enclosing more than half the nut, lamellge numerous, more 

 or less denticulate, nut depressed globose. 18. Q. oidocarpa, Korth. ; King Ann. II. 

 t. 21 A. Tenasserim (?). Malay Penins. A tall tree, 1. glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 the upper fourth serrate, blade 3-7, pet. slender ^-1 in., sec, n, 10 pair, arching. Cup 

 deep, covering J-| of the nut, lamellae pubescent, appressed, more or less crenate, nut 

 ovoid, 11 in. Jong. 



Sect. iii. Pasania. Male spikes stout, erect, usually in terminal panicles^ 

 rachis more or less persistent. Female involucres mostly in clusters of three, 

 often at the base of male spikes. Fruiting spikes usually long. Oups hemis- 

 pheric or ovoid, bracts imbricate. L. entire, edge undulate in Q. Lindleyana. 



A. Of the mature nut half or leas enclosed in the cup. 



19. Q. spicata, Smith; Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 46.— Syn. Q. squamata^ 

 Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 213. Vern. Arkcmla^ Nep. ; Bara cliakma^ Beng. 



A large or middle-sized evergreen tree, glabrous excepting the hairy $ spikes. 

 L. shining, variable in shape. $ spikes hairy, stout, 2-8 in. long, usually in 

 dense terminal panicles, £. closely packed in oblong woolly clusters in the axils- 

 of acuminate bracts. Fr. more or less confluent in clusters of 3-6, on stout 

 divergent spikes, 3-9 in. long, cup \-l in. across, embracing one-third part of 

 the shining nut, scales more or less confluent, tips usually free. Nut adnate to 

 the cup with the circular base only. 



Eastern Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 2-5,000 ft. Assam. Khasi and Naga 

 hills. Manipur. Fl. at different times, Sept. to May. Fr. ripens in autumn of the 

 following year. — China. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bangka. 



Two principal forms may be distinguished : (a) spicata proper. King Ann. II. t. 41 

 1. coriaceous, from elliptic to obovate, lower part usually narrowed tow^ards the rounded 

 or cordate base, blade 5-12, pet. 0--^ in., sec. n. prominent, nut globose, often de- 

 pressed, (b) Collettii {Chittagonga), Ann. II. t. 42. 1. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, blade 8-8, pet. -J-f in., sec. n. mostly 

 slender, nut ovoid. Begarding the distribution of these 2 forms in Chittagong and 

 Burma, the following may be mentioned : (a) spicata : Upper Burma, hills east of the 

 Irawadi, 2-5,000 ft, {Ywetchan, Burm.). Martaban and Tenasserim, sometimes in 

 Eng forest, (b) Collettii : Chittagong. Upper Burma, hills west of the Irawadi, 

 1-2,000 ft. (Zagat, Zagat pyaung, Burm.), Hills east of the Irawadi, 3-7,500 ft. 

 {Thit-e, Burm. 5 Wadun-pun^ Kachin). Tenasserim. These two forms merit careful 

 study in the forest, chiefly in regard to their biological characters. They may prove 

 to be distinct species, analogous to the European Quercus sessiliflora and pedunculata. 



20. Q. Lindleyana, Wall. ; King Ann. ii. t. 55. Hills of Upper Burma, east of the 

 Irawadi river. A middle-sized tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1., upperside 

 of midrib, and sometimes the entire upper surface, softly grey- or tawny-tomentose, 1. 

 thickly coriaceous, obovate, edge undulate, blade 6-9, pet. stout J in., sec. n. 10-15 pair, 

 as also tertiary n. impressed on the upper surface. Male spikes softly tomentose, 

 axillary and in large terminal panicles. Fr. connate in clusters of 3-6, on spikes 

 8-12 in. long, peduncle stout and woody, cup enclosing one-fourth of the nut, which 

 is cylindric-conic, indistinctly angular. 21. Q. lappacea, Boxb. ; "Wight lo. t. 220 ; 

 King Ann. ii. t. 33. Assam. Khasi hills. Tenasserim, near the great falls of the 

 Salween, in evergreen forest (D. B. April 1859) — Malay Penins. A middle-sized tree^ 

 branchlets rusty-tomentose. L. hairy along midrib and nerves, elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, sec. n. 12-18 pair, anastomosing under the margin, blade 5-9, pet. J in. 



