610 CXL. CUPULIFER^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [(.Itiercus. 



dioecious. Learcs sometimes 18 in. long, usually more or less obovate, thinly coria- 

 ceous ; petiole long or short. Cups, the lai'ger 1 in. diam., very thick and woody 

 with very thick margins and obscure bracts ; the smaller .V in. diam., hemispheric 

 with \veil-marked elegantly imbricating bracts and acute entire margins. Nuts 

 4-2 in. diam., more or less sunk in the cup ; umbo very small. It is impossible to 

 frame a diagnosis for this common and variable species; the following is King's 

 grouping of its prevalent forms : 



VAR. brevipetiolata & depressa, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 86; leaves obovate or 

 panduriform base rounded or cordate, cups usually connate, nut globose or much 

 broader than long. Himalaya, Khasia, Tenasserim. 



VAR. graciiipes, Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 106; leaves lanceolate long-petioled, cups 

 and nuts as in var. Irevipetiolata. Q. graciiipes, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 5. 347. Khasia, 

 Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



VAR. microcalyx & glaberrima, Bluine Mus. Bot. i. 290 ; leaves small elliptic 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate base acuminate, cups small hemispheric sometimes confluent, 

 nut sometimes depressed -globose with the top intruded. A. DC. I. c. 86 (e xcl. *//. 

 Q. turbinata, Hoxb.}. Q. microcalyx, and Q. auceps, Kortkals in Verh. Nat. Gesch. 

 Sot. 204 ; Oudeman Annot. Cupulif. Jav. 6, t. 4, f. 3. L. anceps, Korthals 1. c. 

 Khasia, Perak, Java, Sumatra. 



VAR. Collettii, King mss. ; leaves thin lanceolate or oblanceolate narrowed to the 

 base, nerves 15-20 pairs, cups confluent hemispheric with an acute entire marsiu and 

 many rows of small very distinct hoary bracts half the length of the subcylindric- 

 ovoid nut. Munnipore, Clarke; Naga Hills, Collett. Very unlike the ordinary 

 states of Q. spioata in foliage, cups and nuts; perhaps a distinct species. 



VAR. Chittagonga, King mss. ; leaves thin narrowly lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 narrowed into the slender petiole ^ 1 in. long, cups small thin-edged covering half or 

 the base only of the small ovoid globose or suboblong nut. Q. mixta, A. DC. I. c. 

 88 (in part). Chittagong. 



28. Q. grandifrons, King-, quite glabrous, leaves very large sub- 

 sessile rigidly coriaceous elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate or caudate, 

 nerves 15-20 pairs arched and spreading, cups pedicelled covering the 

 lower part oithe hemispheric glabrous nut. 



PERAK, ascending to 3000 ft., Scortechini, King's Collector. 



A large tree, 60-100 ft. Leave* 9-16 by 46 in., very shining above with 

 impressed nerves and a deeply impressed raised midrib, pale beneath with obscure 

 transverse nervules ; petiole ]- in., very stout. Male apikes very slender, in large 

 hoary panicles. Cups (young) with stout obconic pedicels, cupular with minute 

 acute impressed bracts in superimposed series (mature not seen). Nut f in. diam., 

 umbo small. 



20. Q. polystachya, Wall. Cat. 2789 ; branches hoary, leaves long- 

 petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous, pale above white 

 beneath, nerves 10-11 pairs arched, cup small shallow covering the base 

 only of the globose or globosely ovoid glabrous nut, margin acute entire 

 smooth, bracts minute appressed. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 107; Kuvz For. 

 Fl. ii. 485. Q. bancana, urz L c, (not of Scheffer). 



, alt. 600-1000 ft., Watt. AVA, WalllcJi, &c. MOULMEIX, Parish. 

 DISTRIB, Shan Hills. 



Leaves 68 in., rather thinly coriaceous ; petiole -J 1 in. Fruiting spikes 6-8 in. 

 Cups -- in. diam. Nut J in. diam., shining, umbo minute capping the conical 

 summit. 



Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath. 



30. Q. Wallichiana, Llndl. in Wall. Cat. 2778 ; branches hoary or 

 tomentose, leaves coriaceous short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate 



