Quercus.] CXL. CUPULIFEK^:. (J. D. Hooker.) G13 



both surfaces, cups shortly stoutly peduncled nearly flat or saucer-shaped 

 half embracing the conico-hemispheric glabrous nut, belts broad appressed. 

 A. DC, Prodr. xvi. ii. 94; Wenzig in Jakrb. Sot. Qart. Berl. iv. 235. 

 Q. Miqueliana, Scheff. Obs. Phyt. ii. 48 ; iii. 94. 



SINGAPORE, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1460). -DISTRIB. Banka, Borneo. 



Branches rather slender. Leaves 4-5 in., opaque above, grey brown and faintly 

 reticulate beneath. Cups f-1 in. diam., margin acute entire. Nut as broad, with a 

 broad deeply intruded base, umbo small low. 



38. Q. Cantleyana, King mss. ; glabrous, leaves large petioled oblong 

 or obovate-oblong obtusely cuspidate entire base acute, nerves 12-15 pairs 

 slender slightly arched and raised, cross-nervules very faint; cups shallow 

 stoutly pedicelled embracing the base of the depressed hemispheric densely 

 hoary conical-topped nut, belts very obscure. 



PERAK and SINGAPORE, King's Collector. MALACCA ?, Loll. 



A tree, 60-100 ft. Branches stout, angular. Leaves 6-8 in., rigidly coriaceous, 

 pale brown, midrib raised above ; petiole ^ in., stout. Fruiting spikes 6-8 in., young 

 cups globose, free or connate on a stout common peduncle | in. long. Cups ^ in. 

 diam., glabrous within, margin acute erect entire. Nut as broad, umbo smtdl. 

 Lobb's specimens are marked as from Malacca in Herb. Hook., but from Singapore 

 in others. 



** Nut hemispheric. 

 f Leaves glabrous at all times. 



39. Q. Wenzigriana, King mss. ; glabrous, leaves short-petioled 

 elliptic obtusely caudate entire base acute shining above with 10-12 pairs 

 of very faint raised nerves, cross-nervules very faint, cups subsessile 

 shallow covering three-fourths of the hemispheric nut, belts many narrow 

 thick distinct. Q. D^penhorstii, Wenzig in Jakrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 231 

 (not of Miqi(cl). 



PERAK, King's Collector. PENAXG, Curtis. MALACCA, Grffith (Kew Distrib. 

 4483) ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1527). DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Branches slender. Leaves 46 in., coriaceous, coloured beneath like Q. Cant- 

 leyana, but much smaller and caudate; petiole |-J in., slender. Cups 3 in. diam., 

 margin rounded. Nut not seen (described from King mss.). 



40. Q. Rassa, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 350 -, Ann. JIns. i. 112 ; 



glabrous, leaves small elliptic obtusely caudate entire narrowed into 

 the slender petiole, nerves 10-12 pairs very faint on both surfaces arched, 

 cups small subsessile shallow turbin ate much shorter than the globose or 

 crlobosely conical glabrous nut, belts broad entire. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 ii. 95. 



PENANG, Curtis, King's Collector. PEEAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 

 DISTRIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A tall tree. Branches slender. Leaves 2-3 in., rigidly coriaceous, shining above 

 pale-greyish beneath, reticulations very obscure; petiole -j J in. Cupx \- in. diam., 

 margin acute entire. Nut as broad as'the cup or broader, umbo minute. 



? VAR. montana ; leaves narrower tip more slender (cup not seen), nut subcylin- 

 dric-ovoid. Perak, alt. 4-5000 ft., King's Collector-, Sumatra, alt. 6000 ft. 



? VAR. GriQltliii; leaves with much shorter rounder tips, fruit not seen. 

 Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4482). 



ff Leaves glabrous when adult only, or puberulous beneath. 



41. Q. cyrtorliyncliaj Miquel FL Ind. Bat. Suppl. 350 ; glabrous. 



