ciipule; in a low the upper third, and in an extremely small number the upper half, of
tlie glans is naked. The latter somewhat resemble the fruit of Q. spieati, Sm. There
is also some variability in the breadth of the leaves. The typical form of leaf is
narrowly lanceolate, not more than 1-5 in. broad, but at the upper limits of the species
in Sikkim the leaves are elliptic-lanceolate and 3 inches or more broad. Those broadleaved
individuals have sometimes been supposed to belong to the species found by
Koxburgh in Cliittagong, and named by him Q. acuminata, (Fl. Ini. iii. 636). Specimens
of the°true Roxburghian acuminata exist in no European collection which I have
consulted, and, until lately, there were none in the Calcutta Herbarium. I was therefore
at one time inclined to believe that Roxburgh must have described two plants
rmder different names, calling his Sylhet specimens fcmdrata, and those from
Chittao-ong Q. acuminata; and his descriptions in the Fhm Indica and his drawings in
tho Calcutta Herbarium rather support this view. In order to settle this and some other
matters connected with the botany of Ohittagong-a region which, execpt by Sir J. D.
Hooker, Dr. Tliomson, and Mr. C. B. Clarke, has not been investigated smce Roxburgh's
time—I sent a native collector there two years ago. And, amongst the specimens
collected by this man, there are excellent examples of Q. acuminata, Roxb., which having
once been seen, the suggestion of the identity of acuminata and fimslrata disappears
entirely from one's mind. Some of the specimens distributed by Wallich under his
No 2784 as Q. fcnestrata are undoubtedly Q. haccicfcUa, Roxb.
' PLATE 89. -6. /«lestafc, Roxb. 1, branch with infloresccnce; 2, branch with ripe
f r u i t ; S, 4, 5, fruiting-spikes in different stages of ripeness,—aii of natural ma; 6,
female flowers: enlarged.
32. QllEKCns RASALBATA, nool. jit atil Thomi. MSB. (no! of Walt, or Eoi/lc);
DO. Prod. xvi. ii. 85.
Young shoots softly pubescent, sometimes furfaraeeons. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate
acute or acuminate, entire, the base acute; upper surface scurfy, puberulous
when youno-, glabrous when adult; lower surface pale, minutely tomentose; mam nerves
9 to 10 pai'rs, rather prominent below, as rs the midrib; length of blade 3 to 5 rn
breadth 1-15 in. to 2-25 in.; petiole -3 in. to -i in. Injlorcseencc terrnrna , the sprkes {of
which one or two, and often more, bear female flowers) in panicles !<mger than the
leaves. Male jlo„.r> sessile, in fascicles of 3, with three unequal bracteoles; penairth 6-
partite; stamens about 10. FemaU flowers in fascicles of 3, eomrate by therr bases;
L i e s 3 linear. Acorns on a stout rachis, much crowded, solitary (by abortion), or two
„ ; three together. OupuU sessile, woody, enveloping the sub-globular or turbinate-pynform
glans except at its apex; -5 to -65 in. in diameter; its bracts pubesc^t outside,
eonnate except the apices which are free and form short striate tubercles « Ann.
Uus. Lugd. Bat i. 107; Bool. fit. Fl. Br. Ini. v. 609.-Q. fe«strrala, Koxb., var dealHK
Wen.ig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 224.-Q. calUoarfifolia, Griff. Itin. Notes n. 87,
K h a s i a ' m l s , at elevations of from 3,000 to 6,000 £eet,-ffrii;«, Hooker, Olarkc,
Brandis, Mann, and other collectors. .
A for^i which has been collected by Messrs. Man. and Clavko cUilcr. sumcenily
from the type to be characteriried as a variety.
YAK. MANNII.
Flower spikes slender, more than twice as long as the broadly-lanceolate or ovatelanceolate
leaves; acorns cylindric-obiong, not turbinate.
Kamrup in Assam,— «?. Mann; Munipur, —C. B. Clarke, Nos. 41992 and 42067.
Do Candolle gives Nepal as a locality for this species on the authority of Wallich,
but I have seen no specimen from anywhere except the Khasia and Munipur Hills,
Tiiis species certainly does not occur in Sikkim, and it is unlikely that it should occur
to the westward of that province.
The plant to which the name dealbata was given by Wallich {Cat. No. 2769) is true
Q. incana, Roxb. Roylo api:)lied the name daalhata to his figure of dilaiata {JU. t. 84 ),
probably by some mistake of his lithographer, for in his text (p. 346) the name dilatata
is correctly given. I cannot agree with Wenzig in regarding this as a variety of
Q. fenesiraia, Roxb.
PLATE 40.— Q. dealbaia, Hook. fil. and Thorns. 1, branch with young inflorescence;
2, branch with young fruit at various stages of maturity; 3, ripe fruit; 4, male spike of
• 0, unripe acorns of the same,—a/^ of natural size; 6 male flower: enlarged.
33. QUEECUS SPIGATA, Smith in Rees' Encyc. 29. 12.
Young shoots sometimes puberulous; male inflorescence minutely tomentose: all other
parts glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, shining, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate or obovateoblong;
the apex from sub-acute to obtusely acuminate; the edges entire, gradually
narrowed to the acute, sometimes unequal, occasionally {in var. brcvi-petiolala) minutely
cordate base; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs; length of blade 4 to 8 in., breadth 1-5 to 3-5
in, ; petiole ••2 in. to 1 in. Spikes in terminal panicles or fascicles, a few bearing female
flowers, or solitary and axillary, about as long as tiie leaves ; the rachis and male
flowers minutely tomentose. Male flowers close together, bracteolate ; perianth 6-cleft ;
anthers 10 to 12. Female flowers in glomeruli of 3, or distinct. Ripe fruit densely
crowded on a stout, erect rachis. Ripe cupules soKtary, or 2—3 connate, saucer-shaped,
embracing at most only the lower third of the glans, and sometimes less; the scales
ovate-lanceolate, adpressed, connate, pubescent when young, glabrous when adult. Glans
ovoid-conic to depressed-globose, smooth when ripe.—Don. Prod. Fl. Nep. 56 ; Wall. PI.
As. S.ar. i. 40. t. 46; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 848; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 106; DC.
Prod. xvi. ii. 85; Eurz For. Fl. Bunnah ii. 486; Brandis For. Flora 489; Gamble Ind.
Timb. 385 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 609 ; Wenzi^f in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Ba-l. iv. 224 ;
Wall. Cat. 2781 A and B; Oudem. Annot. Gupul. Jav. 5, 6, t. i. t. iv. fig. \.— Q. Arcuala,
Ham. MSS. in Spreng. Syst. iii. 857; Bl. Mus. Bot. i. 290.—g r a n d i f o l i a , Don. in
Spreng. Syst. iii. 856; Prod. Fl. Nep. 57.—s q u a m a t a , Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 638; Wight
Ic. 213.—<2. elegans, Bl. in Batav. Verh. ix. 208; Bijdr. 518; Fl. Jav. Cupul. 21. t. 10:
Oudem. Annot. Cup. Javan. 5, 6, t. ii and iii.—p r j r i f o l i a . Bat. Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat.
i. 304; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 864.—<2. racemosa, Jack in Mai. Misc.; Korth. in Verh.
Nat. Gesch. Bot. 205.—A r c u a l a , Ham., var. racemosa, Bl. in Mus. Bot. i. 290.
On the lower slopes of the outer Himalaya from Eastern Nopal, through Sikkim and
Bhotan, to the Naga and Khasia ranges; Chittagong, Burmah, the Malayan Peninsula
and Archipelago; at elevations of a few hundred to two or three thousand feet.
Of Blume's spccies Q. pyrifolia, there is only a leafy twig in liis herbarium at
Leiden, which 1 quite agree witii M. Do Candolle in referring to Q. sjneidu, Sm.