CXXXIII. CUPULIFERjE. 
377 
Pasania.] 
apiculate, *2 in. deep, *6 in. across. Acorn ovoid conic to depressed 
globose, little taller than the cup. Hab. Forests; common and 
variable. 
var. gracilipes DC. Prod. xvi. (2), 86. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate narrowed to petiole; cup 
prominently scaly. Acorn round depressed at top. Hab. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Pahang, 
Bentong (Foxworthy). Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Burkill). Perak, 
Goping; Larut (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Bukit Mertajam 
(Curtis). 
Fig. 159.—Pasania spicata var. gracilipes. 
var. microcalyx. Leaves 3 by 175 in. Fruit smaller; acorn tip 
conic, Perak, at 3000 ft. altitude on a large rock (Kunstler). Distrib. 
India, Burma, Java, Sumatra. Native names: Mempening 
Bungkas; Berangan Padi. 
(6) P. grandifrons Gamble l.c. 421. Quereus grandifrons 
King in Hook, fil F.B.I. v. 610; Ann. Hot. Gard. Calc. ii. 49 t. 83B. 
Big tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves very large 
coriaceous, silvery beneath, elliptic-oblong abrupt caudate-acumi¬ 
nate; midrib thick, sunk above very prominent beneath, nerves 
12 to 20 pairs parallel; 10 to 13 in. long, 3 to 6 in. across; petioles 
very thick, -5 in. long. Spikes in hairy, terminal panicles 6 in. long, 
slender. Flowers in distant elongate clusters. Fruit distant in 
stout woody spikes on stout short pedicels scaly; cup with ovate 
acuminate scales pubescent appressed except tip very shallow, -8 in. 
across. Acorns globose-conic, base flat, smooth, *6 in. tall, *8 in. 
across; umbo small. Hab. Mountain forests, Perak, Larut at 
