TAB. 8.
QUERCUS GRANDIFOLIA.
MAGNOLIA-LEAVED OAK.
Q uercus g r a n d if o l ia , ramulis teretibus glabris, foliis obovato-oblongis ellipticisve integerrimis sub-
sessilibus utrinque midis nitidisque basi auriculatis, fructibus terminalibus glomeratis, cupulis
sessilibus rugosis, nucibus globosis mucronulatis.
Habitat in Nepalias nemoribus. Waliich.
Arbor esse maxima et frondosa judicatur. Famuli crassi, rigidi, foliosi, cortice leevi fusco-plumbeo
obducti. Folia ampla, seinpervirentia, oblonga, obovata v. rariiis elliptica, spithamam v. sesquipedem
longa, 4—8 pollices supra medium lata, ex basi auriculatd et augustä, versus apicem magis et magis
dilatant, utrinque nuda nitidaque, intense viridia, reticulato-venosa, subtds costata, margine plana, in-
tegerrima, apice paulo acuminata, substantial licet tenuia, sunt coriacea et non parva tenacitate praedita.
Petioli brevissimi, crassi, seiniteretes, supra planiuscula et pariim canaliculata. Fructus in apice ramu-
lorum numerosi et glomerati, sessiles. Cupula ampla, depressa, acetabuliformis, lignosa, crassissima,
rachi firme adnata, intds fusca, plana, extus maxime rugosa, cinerea : ora crassä, planiuscula. Nuces
magn* globos*, spadice*, nitid*, mucronulat*, paulo angulat*, basi solummodo cupula cinct*.
The species which compose the genus Quercus are for the most part trees of rugged aspect, and possessing
little or no beauty whatever. This is not the case, however, with the magnificent species now before
us. Its fine large green foliage (vying in this respect with the American Magnolias) and sessile glomerated
fruit distinguish it from everv other known species. The Quercus grandifolia is a native of the woods
of Nepal, where it has been discovered by the collectors sent out by Dr. YVallich, to whom I am indebted
for the fine branch represented in the plate. Dr. Hamilton does not appear to have met with it. We
are already acquainted with ten species of Nepalese Oaks, besides the one here figured. Several of these,
in point of beauty, far surpass those either of Europe or America.
P*