34 CrCL0BALA^•0PSI3.
diameter, and only -2 or -3 in, deep. Glans turbinate, 1 in. in diameter and -6 in.
long.— Q. Thomsoniana, DC. Prod. svi. ii. 98.
Sikkim, Himalaya, at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet,—ZToo/icr, Gamble, Kin^ ;
B b o t a n , — N o . 4456.
Vae. 7. Hilldebrandi, King in Hook, fil. Fl. B. Ind. I.e.
Leaves elliptic-obloQg, mimitely serrate towards tlie acute apex ; the base rounded,
glaucous beneath; fruit large; ripe cupule saucer-shaped, contracted at the base, about
1'3 in. in diameter; lamellae about -6 in. crenate. Glans hemispheric, smooth, 1'2 in
in diameter, "8 in. long.
Burmah, Arakan Hills,—iir, E. E. Hilldebrand.
P l a t e 26.—Q. lineata, BI. 1, twig of typical Q. lineata, Bl., with young fruit {/rovi
Blame's specimen at Leiden)-, 2, twig of var. Merkusii, Wenzig (from type specimen of
Q. turbinata, Bl. at Leiden); 3, twig of var. oxyodon with ripe cupule and glans; 4, twig
of var. LohUi with young fruit; 5, twig of var. GriJJiihii with ripe fruit.
P l a t k 27.—Q. lineata, Bl. 6, var. Thomsoniana with male spikes ; 7, the same with
female spikes; 8 & 9, the same with ripe cupule and glans; 10 to IS, leaves and
ripe cupulas and glans of var. Hilldebrandi,-all of natural size.
16. Quercus siespilifolia. Wall. Cat. 2766.
Young shoots minutely fulvous-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovatc-lanceolate,
oblong-lanceolate or oblong, slightly narrowed to the sub-obtuse or acute apex, coarsely
serrate in the upper three-fourths; the base cuneate or rounded; upper surface glabrous,
sliining; the lower dull, deciduously toraentose on the midrib; otherwise glabrous; main
nerves 13 to 16 pairs, prominent beneath; length of blade 5 to 8 in., breadth 2 to 2-75
i n . ; petiole about -6 in. Male flowers unknown. Cupules hemispheric, embracing half
of the glans, -75 in. wide and -5 in. deep; lamellfe about 10, flat, sub-entire, minutely
tomentose. Glans cylindric-hemispheric; the apex depressed apiculate ; the base truncate,
minutely lepidote-tomentose when young, glabrous when old, -6 in. in diameter and -o
to -6 in. high.—i^C. Prod. xvi. ii. 102; Kurz. F. Flor. B. Burm. ii. 4«8; Hook, fil
Fl. Br. Ind. v. 605.
Burma, on Ava 'E.i\\,— 'Wallich; on the hills near Prome,—TFateeA, Kurz; on the Arakan
Hills,—Z-wr«; on the Burma-Manipur frontier,—Tfaii, 5120,6614, 6615; at elevations of
from 3,000 to 5,000 feet.
Wallich's, Kurz'a, and Watt's specimens are all in adult leaf, and the fruits are
detached: there is, therefore, some uncertainty as to the leaves and fruit belonging to
the same plant. Mr. Gallatly, collecting for the Calcutta Garden, sent from Taepo
(elevation 4,000 feet), young leaves with male spikes of an oak which I think it probable
belongs to this; but the leaves are too immature for absolute determination. If these
Taepo specimens do belong, then Q. mespilifolia is a Cyclobalanopsis; for the tomentose
male spikes are pendulous, and fascicled at the base of the youngest branches. The
flowers have a 4-cleft perianth and 8 stamens.
P l a t e 28.— $. mesjiiUfoUa, Wall. 1, leafy branch from Wallich's specimen 2776B;
2 leaf from his 2776A; 3, acorns, cupulcs, and glans from Dr. Watt's specimen
No. 5120; 4, male spikes from Gallatly's No. 736: all of natural size.
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17. Quebcus Hklferiana, DC. Prod, xvi, ti. 101.
Young branches and the under surface of the leaves, even when adult, rustytomentose.
Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute or sub-obtuse ; the upper
three-fourths coarsely serrate; the base rounded or sub-cuneate; ujjpcr surface smooth
and shining, except the midrib and nerves which, when young, are laxly sericeous;
lower sm-face densely tomentose; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, prominent beneath;
length of blade 5 to 7 in.; breadth 2 to 3 in.; petioles -5 in. to -To in. stout. Male
spikes unknown \_Femah spikes (fide De Candolle) equal to the petiole, few-flowered] ;
cupulcs thick, flat, patelliform; the edge incurved, 1 in. in diameter and only -lo in.
deep; lamellas about 9, conspicuously, densely, but minutely tomentose. Glans turbinate,
hemispheric, apiculate; the base truncate, -75 in. in diameter and -4 in. high, minutely
and deciduously le2:)idote-tomentose.—.Rook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 605.
Burmah; Moulmein,—Heifer {No. 122), Brandis; on the Burma-Manipur frontier at
M u k u , — { N o s . 5073 and 6648); at elevations of from 2,500 to 3,000 feet.
A small tree, affecting dry exposed places. Heifer's specimen, on which De Candolle
founded this species, has only young fruit. Watt's specimens have ripe fruit (detached),
and from these I have described it. The species is veiy closely allied to Q. mespilifolia.
Wall., but is distinguished from that by tho permanently tomentose under surfaces of
the leaves, by the broad flat cupule and depressed glans. The materials of both species
are, however, very scanty, and the ampler materials which will doubtless soon be forthcoming
when the Burmese forests are better known may show that they are but forms
(if one plant.
P l a t e 25B.—I l e l f e r i a n a , DC. 4, apex of a branch; 5 & 6, ripe acorns; 7, cupule
seen from below; 8, glans,—all of natural size.
18. Quercus velutina, Lindl. in Wall. PI. Asiai. Ear. ii. 41. t. 150,
Yoimg branches deciduously fulvous-sericeous. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate,
sometimes slightly oblique, shortly but sharply acuminate, remotely serrate in the upper
half; the base acuminate; both surfaces glabrous, shining; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs,
thin, but prominent below, curving; length of blade 4 to 6 in., breadth 1'2 in. to
2 in.; petiole about -4 in., minutely flocoulent-tomentose. Male spikes jjendulous, axillary,
and in fascicles from the base of the annual shoots; rachis sericeous; perianth 4-cleft;
stamens 8; anthers sub-globular, sericeous. Female spikes under 2 in. long, solitary,
axillary, 2 to 3-flowered; styles short, thick, not divaricating. Cupules, when young
obovoid, truncate; when adult shallow-campanulate, embracing the lower half of the
glans, not contracted at the base, fulvous-tomentose at all ages; the lamellaj 0 or 7,
conspicuously denticulate, broad, 1 in. to 1-2 in. in diameter, '5 in. deep. Glans
depressed-turbinate, scarcely apiculate, minutely lepidote-tomentose, -8 in. to 1 in. in
diameter and -O in. high.—i?C. Prod. xvi. ii. 99; Miq. Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. i. 115;
Kurz I.e. 487, in part; Wcmig Jahrh. Hot. Gart. Berl. iv. 236; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 606,
Chittagong Hill Tracts,—iJow/my, Lister, Gamble; on low hilla at elevations up to
1,000 iQQi,— OaleuLta Bot. Gard. Collector, Nos. 477, 545.
Burmah (Pegu Province),—iJranrf«, Kurz.
A tree from 60 to 80 feet high. Tho old leaves of this arc often nearly entire, and
the lower part of the midrib is in many leaves flocculent-tomentoso like the petiole.
Ann. Roy. Bot. aARi). Calcut ta, Vuj,. II.