Quercus acumioata, Wight Ic., Rozb. ; Hunnee, HIND.
Quercus Amherstiana, Wall., Tirbbal, BIA:u. A large tree of fartaban, used in boat-building. Quercus annulata, Sm.
Bani, Bran . KOTGARII. Burnie, Intuliat, Pcsure. Ban-kan, liren, PCS1ITU. Funiat, • • • I, Ban-kahoo, . . „ The ring-eupped oak grows in tho outer ranges of the Sikkim Himalayas, to the height of 10,000 feet ; wood white, not valued.
Quercus ballota, W., the Barbary oak ; Shah balloot or Balloot-ul-malik of Persia is probably the tree mentioned by Theophrastus. It is a native of Spain and Greece.
Quercus cornea, Loureiro, an oak of Cochin China, Horig-Kong, and S. China. The leaves are not given to silkworms.—timith.
Quercus dentata, Thunb., Hoh, CHIN., a largo leafed oak of China and Japan. It has long feathery filaments outside the acorn.—Sfaith.
Quercus dilatata, LiedIty.
Quercus tasitlora. 3Iohru, Hore'u, ClIAMBA. Chora, . . . KAOHAN. Barungi,Parungi,IIAZARA. Marghand, . KANAWAX. Kaliring, . . JIIELMI. Bar, Char, MCKarslititAi.
1 This fine evergreen oak is found in the Sutlej valley between Rampur and Sungnam at an eleva tion of 6000 to 9000 feet. It yields an excellent heavy wood.
Quercus feuestrata, ltorb., grows in the Khasya Hills, is a native of the nsountaina in the vicinity of Sylliet, and grows in Burma and tho Teniuserim provinces not 50 feet above the level of the sea.
It affords useful timber.
Quercus floribunda, Clealiorn, Barcha, HIND., is found in the Sutlej valley between Rauipur and Sungnam at an elevation of 9000 feet.
Quercus ilex, evergreen oak.
Ch Arai. Cher*. . It IN n. Iri, PANG!.
Chur Jari, Kori, . „ Brs, Pax,.
Chotii, . • . . LAIIOUL. Khar-Faloo-sharai, „ Barungca, . . MultaTx. Chvrara-eberal, . „ This is found in Kaghan, the Sutlej valley be tweeu Rampur and Sungnam, at 5000 to 8000 feet elevation ; it is the principal firewood in the hill sta tions. Charcoal is made of it. The English residents at Dharmsala use it for beams and rafters. The tree attains its full size in 100 years, and a very old tree yields a log or trunk to first branch from 16 to 20 feet in length (?), and 6 feet in circum ference ; wood of a red colour, hard, tough, and heavy, coarse - grained, liable to warp and to decay if exposed to wet ; leaves given as fodder to cattle. Its acorns, Balut sil supari, are sold in the bazars of the N.W. Provinces under the name of Shah-balloot. Used for indigestion, diarrhcea, and asthma. Recommended for chronic diarrhoea in children, after burying in the earth to remove their bitter principle, then washing and grinding. Stewart.
Quercus incana — ? Himalayan ilex.
Ban, Banji, . . HAZARA. Sper-cherai (white Rin, Rini, . . „ oak), . . . . PUSIITU.