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surfaces ; transverse nervules many, irregular and branched, reticula- 
tion obscure; petiole slender, 6—12 mm. long. Spikes: 3 in dense 
short catkins, 1—2 cm. long, clustered in upper leaf-axils, densely 
villous: 9 under 3 cm. long, very stout in fruit. Flowers: 3 
perianth 6-lobed, the lobes very small and thin, densely villous ; 
stamens 6, anthers large, reniform, the connective penicillate; 
2 unknown. Frutt sessile, when very young truncate-obconic, 
the orifice showing only a short umbo tipped with the 3 divaricate 
styles; when nearly mature cupule slightly obconic at base for 5 mm. 
with about 2 belts, then cylindric for 1—1°5 cm. with about 4 belts, 
then flat with 2—3 belts, leaving an orifice 5—10 mm. in diam. from 
which only the umbo of the ovoid depressed shining slightly 
puberulous acorn protrudes, the acorn being 1 cm. in diam. and 
7mm. in height; the second and third lowest belts much thickened, 
corky, crenately-lobed, the upper belts entire. 
Penane: West Hill at about 750 m. alt., Curtis 903! Perak: 
camp on Ulu Batang Padang, 1500 m. alt., Wray 1532! 
This may prove to be a new species when better material becomes available, 
but in leaves and also in the acorns, except the two conspicuously thickened 
belts, it agrees well with Teysmann’s specimens of Q. Merkusiz, Endl., from 
Bangka Island. I quite agree with Koorders and Valeton that Q. turbinata, Bl., 
is distinct from Q. lineata, Bl. The description of the ~ inflorescence and 
flower is taken from Curtis 903 which seems to, but does not certainly, belong 
to the same plant as Wray’s fruiting specimen. The leaves, however, agree 
quite well and the species belongs clearly to this genus. 
2. Pasanta, Oerst. 
Trees usually evergreen. Leaves usually entire, rarely serrate. 
Flowers moncecious or sometimes dicecious, often androgynous, 
in erect spikes, when androgynous the 2 in the lower part the ¢ 
above, sometimes a few ¢ between, solitary or in clusters of 
3 or more in 3, of 3 at most in 9, the clusters supported by minute 
bracteoles. Perianth cup-shaped, with usually 6, occasionally more 
lobes: ¢o larger than ?, the latter surrounded by an involucre of 
many imbricate or annular scales. Stamens usually 12, rarely fewer 
or more; filaments very slender, erect; anthers very small, reniform 
or globose. Ovary in 3 flowers a conspicuous villous pistillode; 
in @ flowers 3-celled, the cells 2-ovulate; styles 3, cylindric- 
subulate, spreading; stigma a terminal pore. Acorn ovoid globose 
or turbinate, seated on or enclosed except the umbo in a cupule; 
cupule with the scales imbricate or combined in lamellz or reduced 
