384 cxxxm. cupuliferjs. [Pasania. 
base, *15 in. long. Spikes 6 in. long, solitary, axillary or in a terminal 
panicle, grey puberulous. Flowers solitary or 3 together, rather 
distant. Fruit-spikes stout, 3 to 4 in. long, puberulous with deep 
pits, scars of abortive flowers. Cup sessile, saucer-shaped, flat with 
a much-intruded base, edge rather thick, rings 8 to 13 thick, 1*25 in. 
across, *i in. deep. Acorn dark chestnut brown, -8 in. tall, 1 in. 
through, hemispheric, smooth shining; pericarp very thick. Hab. 
Forests, common, Singapore, Selitar; Tampinis; Bukit Timah. 
Johor, Castlewood. Perak, Chanderiang and Larut (Kunstler); 
Selama (Wray). Penang Hill (Maingay, Curtis, King). 
(24) P. cyclophora Gamble, l.c. 442. Quercus cyclophora 
King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 71, t . 67, 
Big tree 70 to 100 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate cuspidate-acuminate, dark green above, 
silvery grey beneath; nerves 16 to 20 pairs elevate beneath, trans¬ 
verse nervules conspicuous; 6 to 9 in. long, 3*5 in. wide or less; 
petioles thick, -25 in. long. Spikes in large panicle terminal or 
axillary, 6 in, long, puberulous or glabrous. Flowers solitary or 2 to 
4 in a cluster; females solitary. Fruits very large in a stout spike 
sessile. Cup thick, saucer-shaped nearly flat, 1*75 in. across, *25 in. 
thick, with 5 to 7 broad flat rings rather indistinct. Acorn flattened, 
discoid, 75 in. tall, 1-5 in. across, puberulous; umbo short conic. 
Hab. Forests, our largest acorn. Singapore, North Selitar; Garden 
Jungle. Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 
(Wray); Larut Hills (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis, etc.). 
(25) P. costata Gamble, l.c. 443. Quercus costata Bl. Bijdr. 
522 ; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc., ii. 81, t. 76A. 
Tree 30 to 80 ft. tall, 12 to 18 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong abruptly caudate, base cuneate shining dark green beneath 
glaucescent; midrib stout prominent both sides, nerves very faint 
10 to 14 pairs; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. "wide; petioles 4 in. long. 
. Spikes terminal and axillary, solitary or panicled, puberulous, 6 in. 
long; bracteoles in bud very conspicuous, linear subulate, -07 to 
•1 in. long. Male flowers in threes, females solitary. Fruit spikes 
about 6 in. long, very stout. Cup basin-shaped, narrowed to the 
thick pedicel, *5 in. long, the cup 1 in. tall and 1*75 in. wide, woody, 
edge thin curved over acorn; rings 2 very broad and 3 narrow 
along the edge. Acorn shining brown, flattened, discoid, slightly 
convex at top, 1*5 in. across, little higher than cup; umbo small. 
Hab. Hill forests up to 1000 ft. altitude, Perak, Goping and Larut 
(Kunstler). Di$trib. Java, Sumatra. 
(26) P. lampadaria Gamble, Kew Bulletin 1914, p. 177; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 444. 
Small tree. Leaves very coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate, 
blunt acuminate, base narrowed and decurrent on petiole, shining 
above, minutely grey puberulous beneath; midrib stout both 
sides, nerves 12 to 14 pairs, slightly elevate both sides, transverse 
