614 cxu CUPULIFEIUE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Quercus. 



leaves snort -petiolcd thinly coriaceous oblong obtusely cuspidate entire base 

 rounded or cuneate midrib raised above subglaucous beneath with 12-13 

 pairs of slender arched raised nerves, cups broad shallow base flat with a 

 short conic pedicel covering half the very depressed broadly conical glabrous 

 nut, belts many indistinct. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 105. 



PERAK, King's Collector, alt. 500-3000 ft. DISTKIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A tree, 50-70 ft. ; branches stout. Leaves 6-8 by 3 in., reddish brown above and 

 minutely reticulate; petiole ^ in., stout. Cups 1 in. diam., margin acute, belts 

 obscurely toothed. Nut as broad, top conical, umbo small, base deeply intruded. 



42. Q. Ewyckii, Korth. in Verh. Nat. Gescli, Sot. 212, t. 46 ; var. lati- 

 folia, King ; branches glabrous, leaves short-petioled elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong abruptly caudate entire base acute glabrous above with raised nerves 

 obscurely puberulous beneath with 11-14 pairs of slender nerves and 

 close cross- nervules, cups flattish embracing the base of the hemispheric 

 conic-topped glabrous nut, belts thin confluent appressed. 



FERAE, King's Collector. DISTEIB. Sumatra. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-6 in., coriaceous, brown, shining above, pale beneath; 

 petiole |-J in. Fruiting spikes long. Cups subsessile, rather thin, f-l in. diam. 

 Nut 1 in. diam., umbo very small. 



*** Nut turlinate or hemispheric. 



43. Q. Clementiana, King mss. ; glabrous, leaves coriaceous oblong 

 acuminate entire shining above with a stout raised midrib and on both sur- 

 faces 10-12 pairs of very oblique slender nerves pale beneath base acute, 

 cups large saucer-shaped embracing the base of the turbinate nut, margin 

 and belts very thick. 



PENANG-, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1529) . PERAK ?, ScortecJiini. 

 Branches black, angled when dry. Leaves 6-8 in., grey brown above ; petiole 

 43 in., stout. Cups 1% i n ' diam., woody. Nut ! in. diam., broader than long. 



44. Q. lucida, Rox-l. Fl. Ind. iii. 635; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate 

 or obcuneately oblong tip obtuse or rounded red brown when dry narrowed 

 into the short petiole, nerves 6-10 pairs subhorizontal faintly raised on both 

 surfaces, cups large saucer-shaped, margins acute belts many, nut hemi- 

 spheric glabrous top conic umbo minute. Q. cuneata, Serb. _Ro,r/>. /// 

 Wall. Cat. 3732 ; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 108 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. i. 863 ; 

 Ann. Mus. i. 116. 



PENANG, Eoxburgh, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1526). SINGAPORE and PERAK, 

 King's Collector. 



A tree, 60-100 ft., branches angled when dry. Leaves 5-7 in., margins often 

 recurved ; petiole in. Cups 1-1 -3- in. diam. Nut often obtusely trigonous, 1^ in. 

 diam., very thick and hard. 



45. Q. Omalkos, Korth. in Verh. Nat. Gesch. Sot. 214; glabrous, 

 leaves small elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate obtuse or cuspidate entire very 

 pale narrowed into the short petiole, midrib stout raised on both surfaces, 

 nerves 15-20 pairs very slender horizontal obscure on both surfaces, cups 

 large saucer-shaped margin thick belts obscure, nut hemispheric glabrous. 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 92 ; Blume Mus. Sot. i. 301 ; Miqnel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 860 ; Ann. Mus. i. 112; Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 231. 



PERAK, Scort echini, King's Collector, ascending to 3000 ft. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



