3 So cxxxm. cupulifek^e. [. Pasania. 
var. longispica Gamble, l.e. has 7 in. long spikes of young 
fruits in twos and threes; scales appressed not spiny. It may be 
a distinct species. Hob. Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Native name: Gugiring. 
(12) P. Curtisii Gamble, lx. 429. Quercus Curtisii King, in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 612; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 56, t. 52. 
Tree 40 ft. tall, 10 to 20 in. through. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, long caudate-acuminate, base narrowed, 
glabrous shining above, silvery beneath; midrib elevate both sides; 
nerves 9 to 10 pairs elevate beneath; nervules and reticulations 
invisible; 8 to 9 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles thick, *2 in. long. 
Spikes rather slender, 6 to 8 in. long, panicled terminal or single; 
rachis puberulous, angled. Flowers solitary or few together. Fruits 
crowded touching, six in 6 in. spikes, sessile. Cups flat, thin, 7 in. 
across; scales connate free, points very minute. Acorn ovoid 
puberulous, -8 in. high and wide. Hab. Local, Selangor, Rawang. 
Perak, Slim; Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall (allcollectors). 
§ ii. Cyclobalanus 
(13) P. conocarpa Schky, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xlix. 357; Gamble 
lx. 430. 
Big tree 80 ft. tall; branchlets and young leaves red stellate- 
tomentose. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong or lanceolate abrupt 
caudate-acuminate, base acute, glabrous except tomentose midrib 
above, stellate-tomentose silvery beneath; nerves 10 to 14 pairs 
elevate beneath, nervules conspicuous; 4 in. long, 1*5 in. vide; 
petioles -I in. long. Male spikes solitary axillary; female terminal 
panicles or solitary axillary, tomentose, 5 in. long or less. Male 
flowers 1 to 3 together; female flowers solitary. Fruit touching each 
other in woody spikes to 3-9 in. long. Cups saucer-shaped, 7 in. 
across, -2 to *24 in. deep, with 5- or 6-toothed lamelLe. Acorn 
glabrous or silky conic, -6 to ’8 in. tall; umbo very prominent and 
long. Hab. Lowland woods. Not rare, Singapore, Garden Jungle; 
Changi; Selitar. Selangor, Klang (Burkill). Perak, Goping; Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler), Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(14) P. Ewyckii Gamble, l.c. 431. Quercus Ewyckii Korth. 
Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 212, t. 46; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 68, 
t. 62A. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through; branchlets scaly 
puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, long caudate-acuminate, base acute decurrent on petiole, 
silvery beneath; nerves xi to 14 pairs parallel, fine with transverse 
nervules; 4-5 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; petioles *15 to 2 in. long. Male 
spikes 4 in. long in few branched terminal panicles; rachis angled, 
scaly puberulous; female spike at base of panicle. Flowers solitary 
or clustered. Fruit spikes 9 in. long or less; rachis stout; pedicel 
thick, ringed. Cup very thin saucer-shaped, grey tomentose, 
rings 7 to 10 entire, 7 in. across, nearly flat. Acorn hemispheric,* 
