PL4TE 29 B.—C
Eerb. Hort. Bot. Roc
Hance. 1, brandi with young fruit; 2, ripe glans (fro.
r . 11403) ; 3, ripe cupule,—of natural size.
22. QUEECUS KUNSTLEEI, JTmcr in Eooli. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 606.
Young shoots minutely pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous sub-sessile, elliptic-oblong,
acute, or shortly and bluntly cuspidate, entire; the base acute; nerves from 8 to 10 pairs
prominent below; minutely pubescent when young, glabrous or glabrescent when adu)t,
except the midrib, which on both sides is pubenilous, the nerves very slightly so; length
of blade 4-5 in. to 7-5 in., breadth 1-5 in. to 2 in.; petiole very short (-15 in.);
stipules ovate-acute, striate, pubescent, caducous. Spikes axillary and solitary or terminal,
and in fascicles of 3 or 4, much longer than the leaves, mostly male, a few androgynous;
the rachis ridged, pubescent. Male flowers mostly solitary, bracteolate; the perianth with
5 or 6, erect, nearly smooth, lobes; stamens 8 to 10. Female flotvers solitary; the perianth
short, nearly smooth; styles 3, diverging. Ctipides always solitary, sub-sessile, hemispheric;
when young embracing a large part of the glans, when ripe only its lower fifth;
•5 in. in diameter and '25 in. deep; the scales broadly ovate, closely adpressed, tesselate,
rufous-tomentose; the apices acute and glabrous, Glans narrowly cylindric-conic, glabrous,
crowned by the remains of the styles 1 in. or more long and '35 in. in diameter.
Perak {Kingh Collector, many numbers),—Soortechini, No. 15b7. From the sea level to
elevations of 1,000 feet.
This is a very common tree; it has a spreading bead, and attains a height of 40 to
50 feet. In general fades it is not unlike Q. lappacea, Rosb.; but it is much less hairy
and has clifierent fruit. It also comes very near Amherstiana, Wall, but has a much
narrower glans less covered by the cupule.
PLATE 31.—K u n s t l e r i , King. 1, flower branch; 2, spike of young fruit; 3, mature
fruit,—all of natural size.
2 3 . QUEECÜS AMHEESTIANA, Wall. Cat 2783 [partly).
All parts, except the female spikes, gLibrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining,
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire ; the base acuminate ; nerves
10 to 12 pairs, rather prominent below; length of blade 4 to 7 in., breadth 1'75 to 2'25 in.;
petioles about '5 in. Fruit in stout, erect spikes, 6 to 9 in. long, rising from below
the youngest branches. Cupules sessile, or nearly so, solitary, or in glomeruli of 2 or 3,
hemispheric, woody, embracing the lower half of the ripe glans; -5 in. deep and nearly
•75 in. in diam.; the bodies of the scales indistinct, not rusty, minutely tomentose
externally and connate; the apices alone free and glabrous. Glans cylindric-conic, apicul
a t e ; the base truncate, covered with brown, scurfy, minute tomentum when young,
glabrous when ripe; about 1 in. long and -75 in. in diameter;—DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 83:
Kurs For. Flora Burmah ii. 484; Wemig in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 223; Hook. fil. Fl.
Br. Ind. v. 607.
Burmah, at Amherst,—Falconer ; Bithtako Eange,—Bravdis.
A large tree, said by Kurz to be ever-green. Very little is known of this species,
which seems to be confined to the Tenasserim Province of Burmah. Good specimens
of it arc not common in collections, and I have seen none with mule spikes attached.
Wallich, indeed, did issue, along with his fruiting specimens of this, some loose male
inflorescences. But as he also distributed under the same number (2783) flowering male
specimens of a plant notoriously different from tliis {Q. mixta., DC.), I think it safer to
assume that some accident mast have attended his distribution and to leave these male
flowers nndeseribed.
PLATE S2A.—Q. Amhersiiana, "Wall. 1, branch with female spike; S, two connate
ripe iraits; 3, cnpnle; 4, glans; a, spike with young fi-uits,—oii of natural size.
24. QuEBcns ACUMINATA, Boxt. Fl. Ini. iii. 636.
Young shoots puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, almost membranous, oblong,
lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, entire; the base acute; both surfacM
glabrous when old and almost concolorons ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, prominent below
length of blade 6 to 13 in., breadth 2 to 4 in.; petiole about -5 in. stout. Male
spihs* • ienmh spikes solitary, axillary, shorter than the leaves; flowers solitary
sessfle; styles long, diverging. Oupule, when young, turbinate, enveloping all the giani
except its apex; the bracts elongate, hooked; ripe oupule cup-shaped, embracing half
the glans, minutely tomentose, -9 in. in diameter and -35 in. deep ; the bodies of the
bracts united, their apices free and slightly hooked. Ola«s broadly ovoid, apicnlate
crowned by the persistent styles, the base truncate, minutely scurfy.tomentose, -0 in Ioni
and -8 in. m diameter—Wyii Jem. 221, figs. 6 -9; DO. Prod., xvi. ii. 90- Miq in
Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. i. 109; Kmz. For. Fior. JB. Burm. ii. 484; Boot. fil. FL Br. Ind.
V. 607.—Q. fenestrata, Roxb., var. acuminata, Wenzig in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Beri, iv 224
Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Originally coDected by Roxburgh, but by nobody from his time until 1885, when
specimens were sent to the Calcutta Herbarium by Mr. A. DowHng, of the Kornafnlli
tea plantation. Excellent specimens have now, however, been obtained by a collector
sent out from the Calcutta Botanic Garden. The species is a very distinct one, and it
does not, as has been suggested, much resemble Q. fenestrata, Eoxb. Under his No 3731
Wallich issued a plant which he considered to be Q. acuminata, Eoxb. (Q. glatra, Herb'
Uam ); hnt I have never seen this, and I cannot say whether it is true Q. acuminata of
Koxburgh or not. An admh-able coloured drawing of this species, made under Roxbm-,,h's
own supervision, exists in the Calcutta Herbarium.
PIATE 33B.-Q. acuminata, Eoxb. 1, branch with spike of yonng fruit; 2, spike of
fruit farther advanced; 3, ripe acorn,-. /
25. QoEiicns LAPPACEA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 637.
t i e second year fuscous-pubescent. Leaves membranous.
Ob ong-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, acuminate, entire; the base acute or subacne,
sometimes slightly unequal; main nerves 11 to 13 pah:s; upper snrface when
S c e n i r"' ' r — "Mch are nslsbhde
5 to Puberulous, especially on the nerves and midi-ib; length of
pubescent. Sphs simple, sohtary, axillary, as long as the leaves, or terminial ani