CHAP. CV,

coryla'ceje. gue'rcus,

1933

App. v. Himalayan Oaks not yet introduced.

It is observed by Dr. Royle, that the Himalayan oaks vary much in appearance, and that, in allprobability, the number of kinds at present enumerated as species will hereafter undergo “somereduction.” It has also been suggested to us by Professor Don, that several of the Nepal and Japan oaks described by authors under different names are probably the same.

Q. spichta Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 12., D. Don in Prod. FL Nep., p. 56., Wallich PI. A*. Rar.

l < on^ Cina *i 0rte an< ^ lender, erect, axillary, solitary, in terminal fascicles. Fruit in fascicles, upon a verys *pike. Nut roundish, smooth, terminated by a point. Cups very small, lamellar. ( Wallich .