Pasaniai] 
CXXXIII. CUPULIFER 2 E. 
379 
8 to 14 pairs elevate beneath; 6 to 6-5 in. long. 2*5 in. wide; petioles 
•4 in. long, rather thick. Spikes solitary and 2- to 3-panicled axillary 
and terminal, 7 in. long, male, or with females below. Male flowers 
clustered in oblong groups. Female flowers in rather distant 
clusters of 4 or 5. Fruits crowded in stout spikes about 7 in. long 
or less; pedicels very short thick; cups saucer-shaped, -6 in. across, 
•1 to i-35 in. deep, hoary puberulous; scales broad in obscure rings, 
tips minute acute, free. Acorns hemispheric, conic at top tawny 
velvety, *6 in. through, -4 in. tall. Hab. Common in forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Selitar; Jurong; Pulau Ubin. Malacca, Sungei Hudang. 
Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Kajang 
(Cantley). Perak, Ulu Bubong and Larut Hills (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich and all collectors). 
(10) P. sundaica Oerst. l.c. 83; Gamble, l.c. 426. Quercus 
sundaica Bl. FI. Jav. Cufiul, ii. t. 2 to 3; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., 
ii. 51, tt. 47, 48. 
Tree about 60 to 80 ft. tall; young parts fulvous tomentose. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous tomentose beneath when young; adult 
silvery, elliptic or elliptic-subobovate shortly blunt-acuminate, 
base narrowed or round; nerves 10 to 15 pairs pubescent; 5 to 6 in. 
long, 2*25 in. wide; petioles stout, *i in long. Spikes in large 
spreading terminal panicles 4 to 8 in. long, fulvous tomentose, 
rather slender, 5 in. long, numerous. Flowers solitary or in loose 
clusters, males most numerous. Fruits in stout spikes rather 
crowded; pedicels short, thick. Cup flat saucer-shaped, -4 in. 
across, very shallow; scales broad ovate, connate in rings with 
rather long spreading points. Acorn ovoid-conic, glabrous, -8 in. 
long, 1 in. through, dark chestnut; umbo sharp rather long. Hab. 
Forests; common, Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, 
Hulu Chembong (Derry). Perak, Thaiping (Wray, Kunstler). 
Penang Hill (Curtis; King). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(11) P. hystrix Gamble , l.c. 428. Quercus hystrix King, Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 54, /. 50. 1 , _ 
Fairly large tree about 80 ft. tall; branchlets densely fulvous 
tomentose. Leaves coriaceous elliptic acute or short cuspidate, base 
acute, tomentose on midrib and nerves above and altogether beneath; 
nerves 12 to 16 pairs, transverse nervules conspicuous on both sides 
and raised beneath; 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *2 in. 
long, tomentose. Male spikes in fulvous tomentose panicles 4 to 
5 in. long; females axillary solitary. Fruit-spikes 4 in. long; 
pedicels thick. Cup saucer-shaped flat, *8 in. wide, *i in. deep; 
scales ovate, points sharp, rather long, tomentose. Acorns conic- 
hemispheric, glabrous dark brown, about *4 in. tall; umbo long 
prominent. Hab. Common in lowlands, Singapore, Gardens. 
Toas. Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Curtis); Sungei Hudang; Hulu 
Chembong (Derry); Selandor. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. 
Perak, Ulu Bubong, etc. (Kunstler). 
