ON SOME NEW MALAYAN CORYLACE^. 199 



Circa Ehio, sen Eionw, ins. Bintang, archipelagi Malayani, ad 

 orientem ins. Singapur sitae, legit cl. Teijsmann. " (Herb. hort. 

 Bogor, n. 11452.) 



In foliage this is absolutely indistinguishable from Q. spicata, 

 Sm., a very variable species, as any one who will refer to plates 

 1 to 4 of Oudeman's " Annotationes criticae in Cupuliferas nonnuUas 

 javanicas" may see. I therefore at first felt disposed to regard it 

 as merely a sub-species, or very distinct variety. But, after 

 renewed examination, I am bound to say that, amongst a most 

 extensive set of specimens of Q. spicata, from the continent of 

 India, Java, Sumatra, Penang, and a very large number of the 

 smaller and less-known islands of the Malay archixoelago, which I 

 have been enabled to compare, I have seen none at all with small 

 and very acute acorns like those of the Ehio tree, which are indeed 

 more like those of Q. Hancd, Benth. I therefore believe that it 

 must be specifically distinguished. 



I may here note that an Indian oak, Q. Andersoni, G. King, has 

 recently, through some misapx)rehension, been stated by C. B. 

 Clarke* as having been named by Sir Joseph Hooker. It was, 

 however, found amongst the Sikkim collections of the late Dr. 

 Thomas Anderson by Dr. King, the present director of the Calcutta 

 Garden, who dedicated it to his deceased friend ; and a paper 

 regarding it, by Dr. King, was read before the Linnean Society on 

 the 20th January, 1876, as mentioned at page 92 of the volume of 

 this journal for the same year. Dr. Hooker had, in writing to Dr. 

 King, observed that it was "very near to, if not identical with 

 Q. dealhata, Hook. f. and Th. !" Dr. King, who had kindly sent me 

 a specimen, and who himself stationed it next Q. spicata, being 

 unable to concur in this opinion, asked mine. I replied, as I 

 still think, that in my judgment its nearest allies are Q. Irwmii, 

 Hance, and Q. fenestrata, Eoxb. ! assuredly it is very distinct from 

 Q. dealhata. 



3. QuERCus (Pasania, Eiipasania) scyphigera, sp. 7ior. — Eamis 

 adultis glabris, ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis coriaceis 

 oblongis margine integerrimis basi obtusis apice obtuse acuminatis 

 adultis glabris utrinque opacis junioribus subtus praecipue in costa 

 venisque parce ochiaceo-tomentosis costulis utrinque 9-11 sub 

 angulo 52° egressis tenuibus sed conspicuis subtus cum costa 

 crassiuscula elevatis ante marginem sursum curvatis ac sensim 

 evanescentibus 7-10 poll, longis 2-4 poll, latis petiolo 3-4 lineali ; 

 fructibus secus pedunculum gracilem folio longiorem solitariis y. 

 geminatis pedicello crasso 2-3 lineali impositis, cupulae hemi- 

 sphaericae 6-7 lin. altae cinerascentis glabratse margine integerrim^ 

 tenuis nigricantis intus basi rugosfe excavatae squamulis 6-7 seriatis 

 omnino inter se coalitis denticulos tantum minutos exhibentibus, 

 glande semipoUicari ovoidea acutiuscula castanea apice tenuiter 

 sericea. 



In insula Bangka legit Teijsmann (Herb. hort. Bogor, n. 11403.) 

 The nearest allies of this species are Q. hayicana, Scheff. ! and 



* ' Journ. Linn. Soc.,' xv., 125. 



