CXXXIII. CUPULIFERtE. 
[Pasania, 
376 
pairs elevate beneath, areolation conspicuous; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-75 
to 3 in. across; petioles stout, -i in. long. Spikes up to 7 in. long, 
stout puberulous on the branch ends. Flowers solitary, mixed 
lowest female, uppermost male, rather distant on cushions of pubes¬ 
cent scales. Cup 1*5 in. across the recurved lips, cup-shaped 
covered with ovate cuspidate scales becoming smaller towards the 
top. Acorn ovoid-globose, base flat, velvety, *8 to 1 in. through, 
•6 to -8 in. tall; umbo thick. Hob. Mountains at 4500 to 7000 ft. 
altitude, Perak, Gunong Bubu; Gunong Inas and Gunong Berumbun 
(Wray). 
(3) P. Scortechinii Schky, in Engl. Jahrb. xlvii. 676; Gamble, 
l.c. 418. 
Big tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or elliptic blunt or sub-acute, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 10 
pairs slender, elevate beneath; 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1*8 to 2-25 in. 
wide; petioles *4 in. long. Fruit-spikes erect large. Cup saucer¬ 
shaped, 1 in. across, *4 in. deep, covered with dense soft conical 
pubescent scales. Acorn cylindro-globular shining chestnut brown, 
base truncate, top depressed, with a small umbo. Hab. Rare. 
Perak, Larut at 3200 to 3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(4) P. Kunstleri Gamble, l.e. 49. Quercus Kunstleri King, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 606; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 40, t. 31. 
Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall; young parts tomentose. Leaves thin, 
coriaceous, elliptic or oblanceolate-oblong acute, base round or 
cordate, young puberulous, adult glabrous except midrib and nerves, 
puberulous; nerves strongly elevate, 8 to 12 pairs sunk above; 4 
to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles short or 0, pubescent. 
Spikes axillary and terminal solitary fascicled, slender, 6 to 7 in. 
long, tomentose pubescent. Flowers scattered, male and female 
together. Fruit in long spikes; cup sub-sessile hemispheric, 
shallow, -25 in. long, -5 in. wide; scales broad ovate appressed 
tomentose; acorn narrow cylindric-conic, 1-5 in. long, *4in. through; 
umbo conspicuous contracted below the perianth. Hab. Forests in 
the lowlands; Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Ranching (Foxworthy). 
Perak, Chanderiang; Larut (Kunstler); Batang Padang (Wray). 
Native name: Kelempening. 
(5) P. spicata Oerst. Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 83; Gamble, l.c. 
419. Quercus spicata, Smith, in Rees Encycl. xxix. 12; King, 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 47, t. 41 and 42. 
Big tree, usually about 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous 
elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or obovate acuminate, point usually 
turned sideways, base narrowed; nerves 10 to 20 pairs elevate 
beneath, slender; 6 to 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. 
Spikes erect, terminal in fascicles usually unisexual, 7 to 8 in. long 
tomentose, the flowers in crowded sessile clusters. Fruits 20 or 
more, sessile crowded on a woody rachis 8 or 9 in. long, single or in 
clusters of 3 to 5; cup saucer-shaped, edge acute; scales broad 
