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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 



BULLETIN 



or 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 



No. 



[1914 



XXXL -NEW FAlGACEAE FROM THE MALAY 



PENINSULA. 



J. S, Gamble. 



1. Pasania Kingiana, Gamble [Fagaceae] 



distincta^ P. lappaceae^ Oerst., quoad faciem glandis cupulae 

 affinis; sed foliis percoriaceis, fioribus solitariis, $ luiige stylosis 



msignis. 



ArboTj ramulis crassis Bodosis nigro-Lrunneis. Folia percori- 

 acea, glabra, ovata, apice obtuse acuta, basi rotuiidata, 6-12 cm. 

 longa, 3-6 cm, lata, supra lucida, infra prominenter reticulata, 

 margine recurva, costa crassa ; nervi utrinque 6-8, ad marginem 

 curvati ; nervuli transversi irregulares ; petiolus crassus, circa 

 4 mm. longus. Spicae 10-12 cm. longae, $, ? et androgynae 

 mixtae, e foliorum ultimorum axillis; rliacliis crassa, angulosa, 

 puberiila. Flores solitarii, in spicis androgynis inferiores 5, 



turn pauci ^5 deinde supremi $^ omnes bracteolis lanceolatis 



2 mm. longis et squamarum pulvinis muniti; perianthiuni $ 

 2 mm. longum, in lobos 6 acutos 1 mm. longos divisum, $ paullo 



minus; stamina 12 vel pauciora, filamentis gracilibus, in ^ 

 brevibus; pistillodium in $ conspicuum, villosum; styli in $ 3, 

 cylindrici, 2-5 mm. longi. Cupula cyathiformis, 2-2-5 cm. longa, 

 aquamis patentibus puberulis 3 mm. longis instructa, pediccllo 

 6 mm- longo, margine recurva, propc basin squamae ovatae, 



magnae, saepe 5 mm. longae, supra gradatim minores; glans 

 ovoideo-globosa, basi complanata, velutina, 2-2*7 cm. diametro et 



1-5-2 cm. alta, umbone crasso. 



Malay Peninsula. Perak : on Gunong Bubu and Gunoug 

 Inas, 1300-1500 m., Wray 3910, 4155. Pahang : Gunong 



W 



[Fagaceae] 



sectionis CyclohalamtSy foliis magnis percoriaceis et cupulis tribus 



connatis insignis. 



Arbor parva, ramulis crassissiniis, cortice laeyi griseo vel fere 

 nigro lenticellis rotundatis ornato. Folia percoriacea, lanceolata, 

 apice acuminata, acumine obliquo obtuso, basi attenuata et plus 



(3338.) Wt.225-595. 1,125; 7/U. J.T.&S. G. 11. 



