610 CXL, CUPULIFERX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Quercus. 
dicecious. Leares sometimes 18 in. long, usually more or less obovate, thinly coria- 
ceous ; petiole long or short. Cups, the larger 1 in. diam., very thick and woody 
with very thick margins and obscure bracts ; the smaller } in. diam., hemispheric 
with well-marked elegantly imbricating bracts and acute entire margins. — Nuts 
1-3 in. diam., more or less sunk in the cup; umbo very small.—It is impossible LO 
frame a diagnosis for this common and variable species; the following is King's 
grouping of its prevalent forms :— 2n at 
Var. brevipetiolata & depressa, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 86; leaves obovate or 
panduriform base rounded or cordate, cups usually connate, nut globose or much 
broader than long.—Himalaya, Khasia, Tenasserim. . 
Van. gracilipes, Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 106; leaves lanceolate long-petioled, cups 
and nuts as in var. brevipetiolata. Q. gracilipes, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i.347.—Khasia, 
Burma, Malay Peninsula. . gs 
Van. microcalyx & glaberrima, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 290; leaves small elliptic 
lanceolate or oblanceolate base acuminate, cups small hemispheric sometimes confluent, 
nat sometimes depressed-globose with the top intruded. A. DC. l. c. 86 (excl. syn 
Q. turbinata, Rozb.). Q. microcalyx, and Q. anceps, Korthals in Verh, Nat. Gesch. 
Bot. 204; Oudeman Annot. Cupulif. Jav. 6, t. 4, f. 3. L. anceps, Korthals l. c.— 
Khasia, Perak, Java, Sumatra. 
VAR. Collettii, King mss. ; leaves thin lanceolate or oblanceolate narrowed to the 
base, nerves 15-20 pairs, cups confluent hemispheric with an acute entire margin anc 
many rows of small very distinct hoary bracts half the length of the subcylindric- 
ovoid nut.—Munnipore, Clarke; Naga Hills, Collett.—Very unlike the ordinary 
states of Q. spicata in foliage, cups and nuts; perhaps a distinct species. . 
Var. Chittagonga, King mss. ; leaves thin narrowly lanceolate caudate-acuminate 
narrowed into the slender petiole 3-1 in. long, cups small thin-edged covering balf or 
the base only of the small ovoid globose or suboblong nut. Q. mixta, 4. DC. l. c. 
88 (in part).—Chittagong. 
28. Q. grandifrons, King; quite glabrous, leaves very large sub- 
sessile rigidly coriaceous elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate or caudate, 
nerves 15-20 pairs arched and spreading, cups pedicelled covering the 
lower part of the hemispheric glabrous nut. 
PERAK, ascending to 3000 ft., Scortechini, King's Collector. . 
A large tree, 60-100 ft. Leaves 9-16 by 4-6 in., very shining above with 
impressed nerves and a deeply impressed raised midrib, pale beneath with obscure 
transverse nervules; petiole } in., very stout. Male spikes very slender, in large 
hoary panicles. Cups (young) with stout obconic pedicels, cupular with minute 
acute impressed bracts in superimposed series (mature not seen). Nut } in. diam., 
umbo small. 
29. Q. polystachya, Wall. Cat. 2789; branches hoary, leaves long- 
petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous, pale above white 
beneath, nerves 10-11 pairs arched, cup small shallow covering the base 
only of the globose or globosely ovoid glabrous nut, margin acute entire 
smooth, bracts minute appressed. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 107; Kurz For. 
FI. ii. 485. Q. bancana, Kurz l. c. (not of Scheffer). 
MUNNIPORE, alt. 600-1000 ft., Watt. Ava, Wallich, &. Moutmetn, Parish. 
—Disrris. Shan Hills, , : 
Leaves 6-8 in., rather thinly coriaceous ; petiole 1-1 in. Fruiting spikes 6-8 in. 
Cups }-} in. diam. Nut} in. diam., shining, umbo minute capping the conical 
summit 
$8 Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath. 
30. Q. Wallichiana, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2778 ; branches hoary d 
tomentose, leaves coriaceous short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate 
