618 CXL. CUPULIFERE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Quercus. 
polished above whitish beneath, nerves 6-8 pairs arched obscure above 
strong beneath, involucres very large turbinately obovoid thick woody 
umbonate glabrous belted with distant ridges enclosing and adnate to 
the nut. 
PENANG, Curtis.—DisTRIB. Borneo. 
A tree, 60-70 ft. Leaves 2-3 in., very dark brown and polished above, nervules 
beneath finely reticulate; petiole 3-3 in., slender. Involucre 3 in. long, pedicel 
3-1 in., top convex with a very large persistent umbo (not of the nut). 
** Involucre of fruit tubercled, not zoned. 
57. Q. xylocarpa, Kurz in Beng. Journ. As. Soc. 1875, li. 196, t. 14, 
f. 5-8 ; For. Fl. ii. 489; branches hoary, leaves thickly coriaceous petioled 
lanceolate caudate entire opaque above with a slender pubescent midrib 
subsilvery beneath with a fine appressed pubescence base acute, nerves 
10-15 pairs arched ascending impressed above strong beneath, involucres 
sessile confluent globose clothed. with soft spinous pubescent bracts, nut 
globose the umbo only exserted, adnate to the involucre except the convex 
glabrous top. 
ASSAM, Jenkins; on the Naga Hills, Clarke. MUNNIPORE, Watt. ARNHACAN, 
alt. 4-5000 ft., Kurz. . 
Leaves 4-6 by 1-1} in.; nerves rather brown beneath; petiole i-i in. slender. 
Jnvolucres in masses lj in. diam., each about } in. diam., thick but not woody. 
Nut with very thick walls, the inner forming intruded lamelle. 
58. Q. truncata, King mss.; leaves thinly coriaceous oblong lanceo- 
late or ovate-lanceolate acuminate or caudate entire base acute opaque 
above pale beneath, nerves 12 pairs slender arched sunk above much 
raised beneath, involucres sessile broadly pitcher-shaped thick woody 
hoary base broad flat sides subrugose top truncate with a small open- 
ing, nut globose or turbinate adnate to the involucre except at the convex 
op. 
Assam, Jenkins. Naca HILLs, alt. 2000 ft., Collett. MUNNIPORE; on Kohima, 
Watt, Prain, Clarke, alt. 3500-7000 ft. 
A tree, 30-40 ft. or more. Leaves 5-8 by 2-4 in.; midrib prominent above, 
cross-nervules slender, reticulate beneath; petiole 1— in. Znvolucres ili in. 7 
3-1 in. across the truncate top, solitary or confluent in twos or threes, sides with 
large obscure confluent bracts, margin incurved with many rows of bracts. Nu 
with a depressed hemispheric top and small conical umbo. 
DOUBTFUL AND IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. . 
Q. ? DIVARICATA, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2790; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 105, from 
Tavoy, Wallich, is in flower only and undeterminable. The specimen presents n? 
salient character. Kurz refers it to Castanopsis rhamnifolia. E" 
Q. GLOMERATA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 660, Penang, W. Roxburgh; “leaves ellie’ 
entire polished on both sides, flowers in long terminal glomerate spikes, acorn Ov# 
smooth half hid in the tubercled cup." Rovd. 
Q. JENKINSIANA, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1312, 1313, is a mixture of pe 
specimens of two very distinct plants, and the fruit of what may belong to mo; 
ortoa third. The latter only is from Colonel Jenkins, who gave it to Mr. Gri : M 
it apparently belongs to the section Lithocarpus. Of the leafing specimens, 0D b 
probably a Quercus, the other probably a Castanopsis (see end of that genus). 
following is a description of the Quercus. U . ves 
QUERCUS SP., Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1318 only ; bark of branches white, i t 
8-12 by 24-5 in. elliptic-oblong acuminate entire coriaceous base acute, above S 
brown and polished with a raised midrib, beneath pale or whitish with 9-14 pal 
