Quercus."] CXL. CUPULIFER.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 607 



base rounded or cordate, nerves 8-10 pairs arched, cups solitary in long 

 spikes turbinate much shorter than the ovoid-cylindric glabrous nut, bracts 

 broadly ovate. 



PERAK, ScorfccJiini, King's Collector. DISTRIB. Borneo. +. 



A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves 5-8 in., thinly coriaceous, pale brown when dry. Male 

 spikes panicled, vachis fulvous-tomentose, flower glabrous. Fruiting spikes 410 in. 

 Cups ^3 in. diam. ; bracts appressed-toraentose. Nut |-1 in. long, rarely hemi- 

 spheric, umbo contracted below the persistent calyx-limb. 



18. Q. Lindleyana, Wall. Cat. 2782; leaves shortly petioled coria- 

 ceous obovate base cuneate acute or obtusely cuspidate sparsely tomentose 

 beneath entire or sinuate-toothed towards the tip, nerves 8-iO pairs arched 

 very strong beneath, fruiting spikes long, cups small confluent in threes 

 hemispheric woody embracing one-third of the elongate ovoid acute 

 glabrous obscurely trigonous nut, bracts closely appressed. A. DC. Prodr. 

 xvi. ii. 108 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 480 ; Hance in journ. Sot. 1875, 136. 



BURMA; at Taongdoug, Wallicli. UPPER BURMA, Collett. 



Leaves 6-8 in., pale when dry, nerves slightly impressed above, cross-nervules 

 beneath reticulate, base narrowed into a petiole ^ in. long. Fruiting spikes 8-10 in., 

 very stout ; cups -J ^ in. diam., sessile, hoary, margin acute entire. Nut -| 4- in. 

 long, shining, nmbo minute. The bracts are sometimes obscurely disposed in. ring?, 

 as shown in a drawing of this species in Herb. Kew. 



19. Q. Aznherstiana, Wall. Cat. 2783 (in part} ; 'quite' glabrous, 

 leaves long-petioled elliptic-oblong to -lanceolate or oblanceolate 

 acuminate quite entire, base acute, nerves slender arched, cups hemi- 

 spheric areolate by the confluent large obscure bracts, margins often reflexed 

 silky-velvety covering half the hemispheric obovoid-globose tomentose 

 nut. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 83 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 484; Wenzicj in Jahrl. 

 Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 223. 



MAKTABAN and TENASSERIM, WaUicJi, &c. 



A large evergreen tree. Leaves 6-9 in., thinly coriaceous ; nerves 6-10 pairs ; 

 petiole in. Fruiting spikes stout, long. Cups 1 in. diam., free or connate by 

 twos or threes, subhemispheric. Nat depressed at the top with an obscure umbo. 



20. Q. acuminata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 636 ; quite glabrous, leaves 

 large shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate caudate quite entire very shining 

 pale and smooth on both surfaces, nerves 10-15 pairs slender impres&ed 

 above, cups subhemispheric echinate from the projecting tips of the con- 

 fluent bracts much shorter than the ovoid or hemispheric hoary nut, 

 margin toothed. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 90 ; Wight Ic. t. 221, f. 6-9 ; Knrz 

 For. Fl. ii. 484; Miquel Ann. Mm. i. 109. Q. fenestrata, Ruxb., var. 

 acuminata, Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Bcrl. iv. 224. 



CHITTAGONG, 3,oxkurgh,King'B Collector. 



B ranchlets shining. Leaves <S-i() by 2^-4 in., flat, pale, narrowed into a short 

 stout - 4 in. petiole. Cups 1 in. ilium., hoary. Nut as broad and rather longer, 

 umbo small. 



21. Q. lappacea, JiVr// /-Y. Ind. iii. 637 ; shoots villously tomentose, 

 leaves short-petioled oMon -I Miceolate acuminate or caudate pubes- 

 cent or tomentose bcnca entire, base acute, nerves 12-15 pairs, 

 cups hemispheric or shall - t or tnbercled one-third to one- half 

 the length of the broadly . d hoary nut, bracts velvety shortly 

 spreading. A. DC. Prod ; Wight Ic. t. 220 ; Wall. Cat. 2780 ; 



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