5 0 P A S A N I A .
A fine tree, 50 to 100 feet in height. In its cupule this rescmbes Sundaioay as
noted under that species. By its fruit it is also allied to pscudo-Molucca, B!., and in its
large leaves this much resembles Q. elepharitum, a species collected by M. Pierre in
Cambodia and described by the late Dr. Hanco iu Trimanh Journal of JSotma for 1876?
p. 365. But the leaves of elephantum ai'e more gradually narrowed upwards, more
ouneate and sub-cordate at the base, and not at all auriculate on one side, as are the
leaves of this. Moreover, the cupule of Q. elephantum is lamellate (although faintly so) ;
whereas the cupule of this is untnistakeably that of a Pasania. Finally, this has a
glabrous glans, while that of elephantum is minutely sericeous.
PLATE 35B.— Q. ¡jrandifrons, King. 1, part of a branch; 2 & 3, young fruitingspikes;
4, adiJt cupule and glans; 5, flower-spike,—all of natural size.
35. QUERCUS POLYSTACHYA, Wall. Cat. 2789.
Young shoots and rachises of inflorescence minutely tomentose; all other parts
glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at base and apex, entire;
the base decurrent on the petiole; main nerves 10 to 12 pair's, rather prominent beneath;
both sm-faces smooth: the lower pale and sometimes glaucescent; length of blade o to
7 in., breadth 3 to 2-5 in.; petiole '5 to -7 in. Male and female flowers in separate
terminal panicles longer than the leaves : the female panicles less branched than the
male. Male flowers in rather sparse glomeruli of 2 to 5; the perianth with 5 or 6 blunt
lobes; rudimentary ovary large, globular, white, hairy ; stamens about 12. Female flowers
in rather distant glomeruli of 3. Rpe fruits on short, erect, thick, pitted racliises; the
vupules sessile, connate ; the bodies of the scales broad, connate, sericeous; their apices
free and glabrous. Bipe cupule with 1 or 2 abortive ones at its base, sub-discoid, not so
wide as, and embracing only the base of, the glans; '4: in. in diameter and about •! in.
deep. Glans sub-globular, apiculate, smooth, shining, about -5 in. in diameter and the
same in height.—Da Prod. svi. pt. ii. 107; Kurz F. Flora Burm. ii. 485; Hook. fil. FL
Br. Ind. v. 610.—haneana, Kurz (not of Schefier) I.e. 485.
Burmah, Taong Dong,— Waliich; Lonkim Forest,—Brandis ; Tongkyghat,—Kurz
(No. 1000); Kongal on the Munipur-Burmah frontier,-I-Fa^i (No. 6616); Toungyx in
Shan Hills, at 5,000 Uat,—General E. CoUett.
This is known only from Hurmah, and is not well represented in collections. Kurz,
who saw it growing, describes it as an evergreen tree in flower and fruit in November.
Kurz confused some specimens of this bearing female panicles witli Q. hancana, ScheS'.,
of which he had never seen a specimen. I believe this tree to be truly dioecious.
PLATE A-i.—Q. polystachya, Wall. 1, flowering branch; 2, female spikes; 3, spike of
ripe fruit,—all of natural size.
36. QDEECUS CELEBICAJ Miq. in Ann, Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 110.
Young parts densely ferruginous-tomentose, ultimately all parts glabrous except the
cupulea. Leaves coriaceous, shortly petiolatc, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly and
bluntly acuminate, entire; the base acute; upper surface shining, lower pale, dull and
glaucescent; the nerves 9 to 11 pairs, bold and distinct below, obsolete above; length of
blade 3 to 4 in., breadth Tl in. ; petiole '25 in., stout. Spikes short, axillary. Cupuhii
sessile, saucer-shaped, -7 to "9 in, in diameter and -25 in. deep ; the scales numerous, in
P A S A N I A . .5 1
8 or 9 verticels, broad, imbricate ; theii' bases connate and fulvous-tomentose ; the apices
spiny and glabrous. Glans (fide Miquel) ovoid-acute.—DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 2. 95; Wenzig
in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 228.
Celebes, 'BotxoQ,—Teysmann.
Of this species there are at Leiden only three leaf specimens and two cupules, and
there are only single specimens of it at Kew, the British Museum, and Calcutta. It is
suspiciously like a small-leaved form of Q. Simdaica, Bl., but is rather more flocculenttomentose
when young. In the absence of proper material, I cannot form a decided
opinion about this plant, and I prefer to keep up the species. M. De Candolle puts this in
Cyclobalanus, but in the cupules, on all the authentic specimens which have any, the
bracts have distinct apices as in Pasania. The bracts are indeed in verticels, but their
bodies are not connate by their edges so as to form true lamella3.
PLATE 45A.—Celebica, Miq. 1, leaf-twig; 2 & 3, ripe cupules,—!?/ natural size.
37. QUERCUS WALLTCHIANA, Lindl. in Wall. Gat. No. 2778.
Young shoots and inflorescence at all ages minutely cinereous-tomentosc. Leaves
rigidly coriaceous, lanceolate, rather abruptly caudate-acuminate; the base acuminate;
edges entire, undulate, slightly recurved when dry; upper surface glabrous and shining
except the midrib and 10 to 12 pairs of nerves, which are minutely furfuraceouspuberulous
on both surfaces and boldly prominent below; under surface uniformly
covered between the nerves with very minute, pale pubescence; length of blade 4-5 iu.
to 7 in., breadth 1-5 to 1-75 in.; petiole -3 to -5 in. Spikes male or androgynous,
solitary and axillary, or in small terminal panicles. Male flowers laxly glomerulate
sessile; the perianth 6-cleft; stamens 12. Female flowers connate in glomeruli of 3; the
styles short, conical, erect, divergent. Ripe cupules crowded on spikes as long as the
leaves, with thick short woody pedicels, discoid, -5 to -6 in. in diameter Tnd -1 to
•15 in. deep, embracing only the lower part of the glaus, minutely tuberculate-tomentose;
the bodies of the bracts broad and connate, their apices alone being free. Glans
depressed, hemispherical; the apex conical, apiculate; the base truncate, minutely
tomentose; length to apex -4 in., diameter -6 i-a.—IIanee in Seem. Journ. Bot. viii. 4;
Trim. Joum. Bot. for 1874, 241 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 610.
P e n a n g , — M a i n g a y , King; Malacca,—(1460-2, 1530), Grim
(No. 4467?); Vaiak,—King's Collector (many numbers); at elevations of from 500* to
2,000 feet; very common.
A tree, 30 to 60 feet high. Doubtless from some mixing of specimens or labels
M. Be Candolle {Prod. xvi. ii. 101) reduces this species to lamellosa, Sm., a
tlmalayan species quite unlike it. The real affinities of this aro with lamponaa
Miq., and Q. Sundaica, W. ^ '
PLATE 46. -Q. Wallichiana, Lindl. 1, leaves and inflorescence; 2, snike of ripe acornsd,
glans and cupule,—o/ natural size. " '
33. QUERCUS SUNDAICA, Bl. Batav. Verh. ix. 216.
Young branches minutely fulvous-tomentose. Leaves rather thinly coriaceous, elliptic
or elhptic-oblong, sometimes sub-obovate; acute, or shortly and obtusely cuspidate, entire!
ANN. EOY. BOT. GAUD. CALCUTTA, YOL. II.