Qtiercus."] CXL. CUPULIFER^. (J. D. Hooker.) 615 



A large tree, 80-100 ft. Leaves 2-4 in., coriaceous. Cups 1-1^ in. diam., belts 

 rather acute ; nut with a small abrupt umbo. 



46. Q. cyclophora, Endl. G-en. PI. SuppL iv. ii. 28 ; glabrous, leaves 

 shortly petioled very coriaceous oblong or oblong-lanceolate caudate entire 

 base acute midrib raised pale beneath with 16-20 pairs of very strong arched 

 oblique nerves, cups very large sessile saucer- shaped margin very thick 

 rounded, belts wavy, nut very much depressed. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 102 ; 

 Miguel Ann. Mus. i. 113. Q.. depressa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 640 (not of 

 H.B.K. or Blume). Q. placentaria, Wall. Cat. 2779 (not of Slums) ; Hcmce 

 in Journ. Sot. 1875, 364. Q. penangensis, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 859. 

 Q. umbonata, Hance in Trimen Journ. Sot. 1874, 241 ; 1875, 364. 



PENANG and SINGAPORE, WallicJi, &c., Maingay (Keio Distrib.1528). PEBAK, 

 .iscending to 3000 ft., King's Collector. 



A tree, 70-150 ft. Leaves 6-10 in., brown and shining above, yellowish or grey 

 beneath ; petiole stout, - a in - Cups 2-2 in. diam., embracing 1 half the almost fla't 

 nut, which has a depressed top and stout erect umbo. 



47. Q. Eichleri, Wenzig inJalirl. Sot. G-art. Serl. iv.236; glabrous, 

 leaves very coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate elongate caudate entire base 

 acuminate shining above, nerves 8-10 pairs arched slender on both surfaces, 

 cups large saucer-shaped margin acute as high as the flattened hoary nut, 

 belts obscure. 



PEEAK, King's Collector. DISTEIB. Sumatra. 



A large tree, 70 ft. Leaves 6-12 in., pale when dry ; narrowed into a petiole 

 J-1 in. Cups 1-1 ^ in. diam., margin much incurved, overlapping the nut, which has 

 u conical top and minute umbo. " 



48. Q. Thomson!, Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 109 ; glabrous, leaves coria- 

 ceous elliptic-lanceolate caudate base acute entire subsilvery beneath, nerves 

 10-13 pairs obliquely arched slender above strong beneath, cups shortly 

 pedicelled saucer-shaped hoary narrower than the globose or turbinate 

 depressed nut margin acute belts obscure. Q. turbinata, Eoxb. FL Ind. 

 iii. 636 (not of Blume) ; Wight Ic. t. 221. Q. leucocarpa, Hook.f. $ Thorns, 

 mss. ; Wenzig in Jalirb. Sot. Gart. Serl. i. 225. 



SILHET and the KHASIA MTS., ascending to 5000 ft., Griffith, &c. CHITTAGONG, 

 Roxburgh. BUEMA. Kurz. 



A tree, 80-100 ft. Leaves very variable in size, 3-10 in., young with very long 

 points; petiole -4 in. Cups |-| in., very shallow, margins spreading. Nut $-1 in . 

 diam., very thickly hoary, top sometimes deeply depressed, base adnate to the base of 

 the cup, umbo small. 



SECT. V. CHLAMYDOBALAXUS, Endl. Male spikes erect, stiff. Styles as 

 in Pasania. InvoL of fruit ovoid or globose, tubercled or belted, closely 

 embracing the whole nut (or with the tip of the nut alone free), but not 

 adnate to it except at the base. Nut at length free. Leaves quite entire in 

 all. See also Q.fenestrata and Q. costata. 



* Involucre of fruit tubercled or spinous. 



49. Q. Blumeana, Korth. Verli. Nat. Gesch. Sot. 208, t. 44; glabrous, 

 leaves very coriaceous petioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate entire 

 base acute appressed puberulous beneath, nerves 12-14 pairs very strong 

 beneath with parallel cross-nervules, involucres thin depressed globose 

 young ecoinnlate mature with broad faint belts, nut globose or hemispheric 



