Pasania .] cxxxm. cupulifer^:. 3 8 7 
Acorn *6 in. through, hemispheric, white silky. Hab. Common 
in lowland forests, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Selitar; Changi, 
Johor, Pengerang (Cantley). Malacca, Bukit Sadanen; Sungei 
Hudang (Derry). Selangor, Rawang. Perak, Chanderiang and 
Larut (Kunstler); Matang Jambu (Wray). Province Wellesley, 
Ara Kudah. Penang (Curtis, King). 
var. aperia King, has a thicker conspicuously ribbed cup with 
a more conic free projecting acorn. Hab. Pahang, Fraser Hill (Burkill 
and Holttum). Penang Hill (Kunstler and Curtis). Native names : 
Berangan babi hutan; Mempening putih. 
(33) P. Robinsonii Gamble, l.c . 450. Quercus Robinsonii 
Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 46. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-acuminate acute, base 
narrowed cuneate silvery on the back; nerves 11 to 12 pairs elevate, 
brown, nervules conspicuous; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles -4 in. long. Racemes erect puberulous, 5*5 in. long; 
spikes dense, 3 in. long. Male flowers very numerous crowded. 
Females on separate spikes. Fruit sessile; cup thin covering the 
acorn nearly to top, splitting into 5 irregular lobes puberulous, 
brown. Acom ovoid acute, white silky. Hab. Mountains, Selangor, 
Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 
§ iv, Lithocarpus 
(34) P. Maingayi Schky, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xlvii. 627; Gamble, 
l.c. 451. 
Very large tree; branchlets fulvous tomentose. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong short acuminate, base 
acute nearly glabrous above, minutely pale pubescent beneath; 
midrib stout prominent both sides; nerves 15 to 20 pairs parallel, 
elevate beneath, transverse nervules fine; -8 in. long, 3 in. wide; 
petioles 1-5 in. long. Male spikes very slender, yellow-tomentose, 
7 in. long; flowers in distant elongate clusters; female spikes 
single. Flowers solitary. Fruit racemes about 6 in. long; cups 
pear-shaped woody, brown-velvety, narrowed to a thick pedicel 
with 3 to 6 obscure rings 2 in. long, 1-5 in. through; peduncles -5 in. 
long when fully ripe. Acorn confluent with the walls of the cup and 
quite covered by it, its pericarp *25 in. thick, woody. Hab. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass (Ridley). Penang Hill (Maingay and Curtis). 
(35) P. Beccariana Prantl. Engl. Pflanzenfam. iii. (1) 55; 
Gamble, l.c. 452. Quercus Beccariana Benth. Ic. PL t. 1315; King, 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 83, t. 78. 
Tree 60 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceolate or narrow 
elliptic bluntly acuminate hoary pubescent beneath; nerves 8 to 
10 pairs, slender elevate beneath; 3-5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles -2 in. long. Spikes solitary from upper leaf axils, about 
3 in. long; male flowers in clusters. Fruit obovoid, 3 in. long, 
2 in. through in short spikes, rachis puberulous. Cups woody; 
thick-walled, covering the whole acorn except the styles and adnate 
