specimen No. 1956, named pruinosa, is not true pruinosa, Bl, but belongs to this
species.
P l a t e 36.—(2. pseudo-Molucca, Bl. 1, floweiing branch; 2, young fruit-spike; 3,
ripe fruit-spike; 4, ripe fruit; 5, cupule,—aZi of natural she, and copied from Blmne and
Oudemans; 6, fruiting-branch ; 7 & 8, ripe glans ; 9, young connate iv\xit,—all of natural
size, and from Beccavi^ P. S. No. 74.
29. QtTERCUS MONTICOLA, nov. spee.
Young sboots -with dark-coloured, striate, slightly pubescent bark. Zeaves coriaceous,
rigid ; those on the young shoots ovate or ovate-lanceolate, with a short, blunt acumen ;
those on the older branches ovate-rotund, blunt; the edges of all entii-e, slightly
narrowed at the base to tbe very short, stout petiole ; main nerves 5 to 7 pairs ;
slightly prominent beneath ; upper surface glabrous and shining; lower pale, and covered
•with minute stellate pubescence; the midi-ib and nerves sub-glabrous; length of the
ovate leaves 2-5 in., of the ovate-rotund 1-75 in., breadth of both about 1-25 in.;
petiole about -2 in. I'ruii on short, erect spikes. Oupuks soUtary, sessHe, woody, saucershaped,
about 1 in. in diameter and -25 in. deep, embracing the lower third of the
glans, pubescent; the scales numerous, broadly ovate, with abrupt lanceolate apices,
imbricate, closely adpressed; the bases connate; the apices free. Glans glabrous,
globose ; the base truncate; the apes slightly conical, and crowned by the short, little
divergent styles.
Mount Singalan in Sumatra, at an elevation of 8,000 f e e t ,—B e c c a r i {Berh.
Bece. P. S. No. 275); Borneo, at 11,000 feet,—Xw.
The rigid babit and rounded leaves of the adult branches of this remind one of
some of the broad, entire-leaved forms of Q. Ilex, L. The fruit, however; is much
larger and very different in form. Flowers of this are unknown.
P l a t e 37.— Q. mmticola, King. 1, adult fruiting-branch; 2, acorn seen from above;
3, cupule seen from below; 4, twig from another branch,—all of natural size.
30. Queecus pachyphylla, Kurs in Journ. As. Soe.
t. xiv. fya. 1 to 4.
jal for 1875, pt. 2. 197.
Young shoots striate, puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, rarely elliptic,
acuminate or caudate-acuminate, entire; the base acute, rather unequal; main nerves
8 or 9 pairs; upper surface glabrous, shining; lower pale, dull, uniformly covered,
except the nerves and midrib, by a coating of very minute stellate hair; length of
blade 4'5 to 7 in., breadth 1'5 to l-7o in.; petiole -35 in. to -5 in., stout. Spikes
solitary and axillary or terminal and fascicled, longer than the leaves; mostly male,
a iew androgynous; rachis pubescent. Male flowers glomerulatc; the perianth 5 to
6-toothed; stamens 10 or 12. Female flowers connate in groups of 3; stigmas 3, ercctopatent.
Fruiting-spilie stout, erect; ripe cupules crowded, connate into masses of H or
6, woody, hemispheric, each from 1 in. to 1-5 in. in diameter, closely embracing the
greater part of the glans; the lower rows of scales completely fused together; tlie
upper in pseudo-zones, closely adpressed; their connate bases broadly ovate, trigonous,
rough, pubescent; the short acute apices alone free. Glans depressed-globose, glabrous,
PAS ANI A. 45
shinin- crowned by the remains of the united styles, about 1 in. in Ammeter.— Oamb.
Ind. Timh. 386; IIooL fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 608.-(3. Andersoni, King MSS. m Journ.
Linn. Soc. xv. 125 (name only).
Sikkim, Himalaya, at elevations of from 6,500 to 9,000 ÌQQÌ,-Anderson, Thomson,
Mann, Gamble, King.
Var. fruticosa, ( in Munipur Demarcaiion Report, ined.
Leaves ovate-elliptic, acute; glans half exserted from the cupule; a bush.
Japoo, Ching Sow, and Sirhoifm*ar at elevations of from 8 to 9,500 feet on the
Burma-Munipor Frontier,— (?. Watt.
Leaf specimens which appear to belong to this species were collected in the Duf&a
Hills in Assam by Mr. J. L. Lister.
In Sikkim this forms a magnificent tall tree, but on the Eastern Munipur Frontier
Dr. Watt found it only as a bush—a singular variation in babit within limits so narrow
and under climatic conditions so similar. The tendency to aggomeration in the acorns
is very strong in this species. Originally the female flowers are always in groups of
three ; l)ut as the fruits ripen, neighbom-ing groups often coalesce, so that large masses
of from 6 to 9 aggomerate acorns are frequently to be met with.
- PtATii 38.—Q,. pachjphjlla, Kurz. 1, branch with male and androgynous spikes;
2, young fruit; 3, matm'e fruit,—all of natural size; 4, male flower: enlarged.
31. Quiiucus FENESTRATA, Rotb. Fl. Ind. iii. 633.
Young shoots deciduously tawny-pubescent or glabrous; all other parts, except the
inflorescence, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, from narrowly oblong-lanceolate to ellipticlanceolate,
acuminate, entire; the base much narrowed; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs,
rather thin, but prominent on the under surface; midrib sometimes slightly adpressedpubescent
below; length of blade 6 to 8 in., breadth 1'15 to 3 in.; petiole '4 in. to '6 in.
long; stipules linear-lanceolate, pilose, "35 in. long. Inflorescence in terminal panicles or
fascicles as long as the leaves, or longer, bearing both male and female flowers,
minutely tomentose. Male flowers in 2 to 3-flowered, minutely 3-bracteolate, glomeruli;
perianth 5 or 6-lobed, tomentose externally; anthers about 12. Female flowers in
1-bracteolate glomerules of 3. Bipe fruit solitary by abortion, or in threes, much
crowded. • Cupules almost completely enveloping the sub-globular, apiculate glans, thin
and crustaceous in texture ; the scales ovate-acute ; their bases completely connate and
rufous-pubescent externally; their apices free, subulate, and hooked. Glans '65 in. to
•8 in. in diameter, smooth.—m^/ji Ic. 219; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 84; Kurs For. Fl. Burm.
ii. 483; Gambia Ind. Timb. 385; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 608; Wenzig (excl. syn.
dealhata and acxminata) Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Bcrl. iv. 224 ; Wall. Cat. 2784 (in part}.—
Q. cailicarpifoUa, Griff. Itin. Notes ii. 87, No. 1268 (in part).
Eastern Himalaya; Khasia and Naga. Hills; Burmah {Brandis), at elevations of from
4,500 to 8,000 feet.
A tall evergreen tree, very common in Sikkim and in the Khasia Hills. There is
considerable variation in the amount of the glans covered by the cupule. In most
eases only the conjoined styles and the very apex of the glans are uncovered by tlio