632 CVII. FAGAOEiE [QuerciLS 



28. Q. fenestrata, Eoxb. ; Wiglit Ic. t. 219 ; King Ami. ii. t. 39. Yern. PatU Katm^ 

 Nep. Sikkim, 5-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. ]Manipur!~ Upper Burma, east of the Ii-awadi^ 

 ascending to 5,000 ft. Martahan and Tenasserim, not known from Pegu. A middle- 

 sized or large tree, yonng shoots often with deciduous hairs. L. coriaceous, lanceolate. 

 Made 6-9, narrowed into pet. J-J in. long, upperside glabrous, underside often clothed 

 with a dense felt of very minute stellate hairs, sec. n. 10-16 pair. S spikes grey- 

 puhescent, in dense terminal panicles, bracts long acuminate, deciduous. ? spikes 

 long, genei-ally branching. Fr. crowded, but not confluent, cup | in. diam., crustaceous, . 

 usually thin, enclosing | or more of the mature nut, scales connate, apex free, tri- 

 angular, acuminate, nut globose, polished, pericarp -f^ in. thick. This somewhat 

 variable species merits careful study in the forests. One form with 1. up to 12 in. long 

 at 4,000 ft. in the southern Shan States {Mailon, Shan, Mont. Hill, Oct. 1903). Another 

 with 1. thinly coriaceous, 5-6 in. long, grey beneath, tert. n. conspicuous, cup almost 

 closed, very thin, as well as pericarp, in the hills east of Bhamo 3,000 ft. {Let shap pun^ 

 Kachin, Mont. Hill, Feb. 1902), also in the Euby Mines district. 29. Q. dealbata, Hook. 

 fil. & Thonis. •, King Ann. ii. t. 40. Bhutan. Khasi hills (Kasning), Manipur. A shrub 

 or small tree, similar to 28, branchlets and underside of 1. minutely tomentose, L 

 smaller, sec. n. 8-12 pair, cup and nut hoary. 



Sect. iy. Cydohalamis. Male spikes stiffs erect. Bracts of cup connate 

 into concentric ridges or belts. L. entire. 



30. Q. THomsoni, Miquel ; King Ann. ii.t. 69a. — Syn. Q.turljiy^ata. Boxb.; Wight Ic. t. 

 221. Khasi hills. Chittagong (Roxb.). Hills east of Bhamo, 6,000 ft., in evergreen 

 forest {Wami pun^ Kachin). Hmangin, west of the Irawadi 1,500-2,000 ft. {Zagat 

 Wmihyu, Burm.). Bithoko range near Hatgyi, 3,000 ft. A large tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, 

 upperside glabrous, underside grey or silvery with ver}- fin-e stellate haii-s, lanceolate, 

 blade 5-8, narrowed into pet. J~J in. long. Fr. tightly packed in clusters of 3-12, cup 

 thin, shallow, |-1 in. across, nuts depressed, grey, velvety. 31. Q eumorpha, Kurz ; 

 King Ann. ii. t. 54b. Martahan and Tenasserim hills : Nattaung, 6-7,000 ft., in 

 stunted hill forest. Mooleyit 6,500 ft. A small evergreen glabrous tree, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, margin undulate, blade 3-4, pet. -J-l in., sec. n. slender. Cup velvety, | in. 

 across, concentric belts more or less distinct. S fl- unknown. 



Sect. Y. Chlamydohalanus and vi. Lithocarpus, Male spikes erect, stiff. 

 Involucre ovoid or globose, enclosing tlie whole niit, marked on the outside 

 with concentric belts or densely clothed with acuminate scales, tip sometimes 

 free. L. quite entire. 



A. Involucre with concentric belts and a few scales or tubercles. 



32. Q. lancesefolia, Boxb. ; "Wight Ic. t. 212 ; King Ann. ii. t. 74. Yern. PatVe Katus- 



Nep. Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards, ascends to 5,000 ft. Assam. 



Khasi hills. Chittagong. Shan hills 5,000 ft. A small evergreen tree, fine med. 



rays numerous and equidistant, broad rays verj^ few. Branchlets and 1. glabrous^ 



1. pale beneath, lanceolate, blade 5~^, pet. ^-^ in. Female spikes hairy, involucres 



mostly solitary. Acorns 5-10, distant on spikes 4-7 in. long, on short thick stalks, 



involucre thin, enveloj^ing the whole nut, marked outside with 4-6 wavy rings 



(tuberculate in var. aemicristata). Nut silky, obliquely-ovoid, 83. Q. truncata^ 



King Ann. ii. t. 80. Naga hills, Manipur. Upper Burma, hills east of the 



Irawadi river 4-6,000 it. {Maicheng^ Shan.) A middle-sized (at times a lax"ge) tree, 



branchlets ribbed, glabrous, xj. glabrous, thinly coriaceous, pale beneath, lanceolate 



or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-12, narrowed into pet. J-| in. long, seen. 10-12 pair^ 



arching. Acorns on spikes up to 6 in. long, in sessile clusters of three, cups confluent. 



Cups hoary or pubescent, uroeolate, almost turbinate, marked in the lower portion 



with uneven more or less concentric belts, and on the flat truncate toj^ with triangular 



scales. Nuts entirely included or tips free, ovoid or obovoid, |~1 in. long, the lower 



three-fourths adhering to involucre, rough, the npper fourth depi^essed, hoary, not 



polished, pericarp thin, cotyledons plano-convex. Some acorns from Upper Burma^ 



possibly a new species, have the involucre clothed with flat appx'essed scales, more or less 



arranged in concentric belts. 34. Q. 011a, Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 44. 107 tab. 



L4, fig. 9. Assam (acorns only known). Pruit spikes stout, 4 in. long, acorns distinct 



with 1 or 2 abortive ones adnate to the base, cup very thick-walled, woody, campanu- 



late, but narrowed at the mouth, scales broad, appressed, abruptly acuminate, arranged 



in regular vertical rows. Nut depressed globose, polished, the apex only free. In Fl. 



Brit. Ind. v. 619 this is supposed to be near Q. truncata. Kurz thought it to be near 



Q. spicata, 



B. Involucre densely covered witli acuminate scales ^-| in. long. 



35. Q, xylocarpa, King Ann. ii. t. 79. Naga hills. Manipiir 6-7,000 ft. A large 

 evei'green tree, youngest shoots thinly hairy. Ii. "pslt beneath, lanceolate finely 



