378 CXXXiri. cupulifervE. [. Pasania. 
xooo ft. altitude (Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau at 5000 ft. altitude 
(Robinson); Relau Tujor (Wray). Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
(7) P. Falconeri Schky, Engl. Jahrb. xlvii. 676; Gamble, lx. 422. 
Quercus Falconeri Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. ii. 97; King, Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 42, t. 34. Q. minor Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. 
By. 57 , p. 95 - 
A small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thickly coriaceous linear- 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, often cuspidate, base acute 
or round; nerves sunk above, raised beneath, 12 to 20 pairs; 7 to 8 
in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles thick, *25 in. long. Spikes slender 
erect from the axils of the terminal shoots, villous up to 7-8 in. long. 
Males solitary or in clusters; females distant solitary. Fruit 
spikes up to 14 in. long; rachis stout, villous at first. Cups saucer¬ 
shaped velvety shallow, scales close appressed, edge reflexed when 
ripe, 3 in. tall, *75 in. wide. Acorn ovoid cylindric, 1 in. long, -67 to 
*87 in. wide; umbo blunt. Hab. Perak, Temengoh. Kedah, Alor Sta. 
Lankawi, Burau Bay; Telaya Tujoh (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
(8) P. lamponga Gamble, lx. 423. Quercus Lamponga Miq. 
FI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 348; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 53, t. 49. 
Tree 80 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate short abrupt caudate acuminate, base acute, silvery 
beneath; nerves 9 to 10 pairs slender, elevate beneath; 4 in. long, 
175 to 2 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Spikes slender in terminal 
panicles about 4 in. long; rachis grey pulverulent flowers. Males 
above, females below, solitary or in groups of 3 or 4 rather distant. 
Fruit-spikes 6 in. long, woody; cups hemispheric, saucer-shaped; 
scales broad connate with acute appressed tips in faint regular rings 
7 in. across, *23 in. deep. Acorn ovoid-conic, tawny velvety, 
•6 to 7*2 in. across, *8 in. tall; umbo acute. Hab. Common in 
lowland woods, Singapore, Bukit Timah; Pulau Ubin; Garden 
Jungle. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca, Merlimau. Selangor, 
Klang Gates, Perak, Tapah and Asam Kumbang (Wray); Gunong 
BatuPutih; Thaiping. Province Wellesley; NibongTebal (Curtis). 
var. ewyckioides Gamble, l.c. 425. Leaves smaller, 4 in. long, 
i-6 in. wide, more silvery beneath; nerves more numerous. Spikes 
more slender. Fruit-cups more lamellate and scale points less 
prominent. Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Chan Chu Kang; 
Selitar (King). Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. 
Perak, Asam Kumbang (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo 
to Papua. 
King called this variety lamponga passing into Ewyckii. The foliage is 
very like that of Ewyckii. Can it be a hybrid ? 
(9) P. Wallichiana Gamble, l.c. 425. Quercus Wallichiana 
Wall. Cat. 2778; King Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 51, t. 46. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through; branchlets tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate, abruptly caudate-acuminate, 
base acuminate, grey and puberulose or glabrous beneath; nerves 
