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Plate 29 B.— Q. scyphigera, Hance. 1, branch with young fruit; 2, ripe glans {from 



Herb. Hort. Bot. Rogor. 11403); 3, ripe cupule,— of natural size. 



22. Quercus Kunstleri, King in Hook, fit Fl. Br. Ind. v. 606. 



Young shoots minutely pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous sub-sessile, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, or shortly and bluntly cuspidate, entire; the base acute; nerves from 8 to 10 pairs 

 prominent below ; minutely pubescent when young, glabrous or glabrescent when adult, 

 except the midrib, which on both sides is puberulous, the nerves very slightly so ; length 

 of blade 4*5 in. to 7*5 in., breadth 1*5 in. to 2 in.; petiole very short (-15 in.); 

 stipules ovate-acute, striate, pubescent, caducous. Spikes axillary and solitary or terminal, 

 and in fascicles of 3 or 4, much longer than the leaves, mostly male, a few androgynous ; 

 the rachis ridged, pubescent. Male flowers mostly solitary, bracteolate ; the perianth with 



5 or 6, erect, nearly smooth, lobes; stamens 8 to 10. Female floivers solitary; the perianth 



short, nearly smooth ; styles 3, diverging. Cupules always solitary, sub-sessile, hemi- 

 spheric ; when young embracing a large part of the glans, when ripe only its lower fifth ; 

 •5 in. in diameter and *25 in. deep ; the scales broadly ovate, closely adpressed, tesselate, 

 rufous-tomentose ; the apices acute and glabrous. Glans narrowly cyiindric-conic, glabrous, 

 crowned by the remains of the styles 1 in. or more long and '35 in. in diameter. 



Perak (Kingh Collector, many numbers),— Scortechini, No. 1567. From the sea level to 



elevations of 1,000 feet. 



This is a very common tree; it has a spreading head, and attains a height of 40 to 



50 feet. In general fades it is not unlike Q. lappacea, Roxb. ; but it is much less hairy 



and has different fruit. It also comes very near Q. Amherstiana, Wall, but has a much 

 narrower glans less covered by the cupule. 



Plate 31. — Q. Kunstleri, King. 1 , flower branch ; 2, spike of young fruit ; 3, mature 



fruit, — all of natural size. 



23. Quercus Amherstlana, Wall. Cat. 2783 {partly). 



All parts, except the female spikes, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining, 

 lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire ; the base acuminate ; nerves 

 10 to 12 pairs, rather prominent below; length of blade 4 to 7 in., breadth 1*75 to 2*25 in.; 

 petioles about '5 in. Fruit in stout, erect spikes, 6 to 9 in. long, rising from below 

 the youngest branches. Cupules sessile, or nearly so, solitary, or in glomeruli of 2 or 3, 

 hemispheric, woody, embracing the lower half of the ripe glans ; *5 in. deep and nearly 

 •75 in. in diam. ; the bodies of the scales indistinct, not rusty, minutely tomentose 

 externally and connate; the apices alone free and glabrous. Glans cylindric-conic ; apicu- 

 late ; the base truncate, covered with brown, scurfy, minute tomentum when young, 

 glabrous when ripe; about 1 in. long and *75 in. in diameter; — DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 83: 

 Kurz For. Flora Burmah ii. 484 ; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 223 ; Hook. fit. Fl % 



Mr. Ind. v. 607. 



Burmah, at Amherst, — Falconer; Bithtako Range, — Brandis. 



A large tree, said by Kurz to be ever-green. Very little is known of this species, 



which seems to be confined to the Tenasserim Province of Burmah. Good specimens 



of it are not common in collections, and I have seen none with male spikes attached. 



