CYCLOBALAKTJS.
9 to 10-zonate, 5 lines broad and 7 lines long, and the glans as sub-ovate, globose or
snb-globose, measui-ing without the styles 6 lines in length and 6 or 7 lines iu breadth.
But 1 doubt whether even the author's specimens were fully ripe.
PL.VTE 57B.— Q. sericea, Scheff. 5, braoeh with female spikes; 6, branch with young
acorns; 7, acorns further advanced,—a^i of natural size; 8 and 9, female flowers : enlarged.
52. Quercus Bennettii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 857; Suppl. 348.
Young shoots nearly glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, from elliptic-oblong to oblonglanceolate,
shortly, bluntly and rather abruptly cuspidate, entire ; gradually narrowed
from the lower fourth into the slender '35 in. long petiole; both surfaces at first
minutely pubescent, but glabrous when old; nerves 6 to 10 pairs; length of blade 3 to
4-5 in., breadth 1-25 to 2 in. Inflorescence slender, panicled, terminal, longer than the
leaves. Male flowers solitary; perianth 6-lobed; stamens about 12. Spikes oi female
flowers solitary, axillary; flowers solitary. Cupules on short, thick pedicels, solitary,
patelliform, and covering only the base of the glans, puberulous; zones about 6, subdenticulate,
-6 in. to -70 in. in diameter Glans smooth, ovoid-globose, with conical
apex and truncate base, -5 in. to -6 in. long and -6 in. to -7 in. in diameter.—
Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 112; Eook. fil. Fl Br. Ind. v. 612; DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 94;
Wenziff in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Bert iv. 235.—Miqueliana, Schefi. Observ. Phytog. ii. 48, iii. 94.
M a l a c c a , — ( N o . 1460); Borneo,—i^cccari [P.B. 2266, 2514); Bangka,—iTe^^smann,
Kurz.
This resembles Q. Lamponga, Miq., in leaves; but the acoras of Q. Lamponga, although
but slightly muricate, are those of a Pasania.
P l a t e 58A.—Q. Bennettii, Miq. 1, branch with male inflorescence; 2, spikes of female
flowers ; 3, ripe acorn ; 4, glans,—a^/ of natural size.
53. Queecus Cantleyana, King hi Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 613.
Young sboots rather thick, angular, minutely lepidote-pubenilous or sub-glabrous.
Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and rather abruptly cuspidate,
entire; the base acuminate; upper surface very minutely lepidote-puberulous or glabrous;
the lower paler and minutely but densely lepidote-puberulous; main nerves 12 to 14
pairs and bold and prominent on the lower surface, as is the midrib; length of blade
5-5 to 7-5 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole -5 in. to -75 in. Male spikes solitary,
axillary, longer than the leaves; flowers solitary, or sub-glomerulate; the perianth 6-lobed;
stamens 12, rudimentary; ovary globular, pubescent. Female spikes (apparently on a
difl'erent tree from the male) solitary, axillary, longer than tiie leaves, stout. Oupules
in groups of 3 or 2, or occasionally solitary, on stout minutely bracteolate pedicels, -3
to "4 in. long; hemispheric and tubercular when young; adult cujiules with 5 to 7
obscurely denticulate wavy pubescent lamellas; sub-hemispheric, saucer-shaped; '6 in.
to -7 in. in diameter and -15 in. to -3 in. deep; the pedicel thick, annular, and beai-ing
onp. or two aborted fruits. Glans from depressed-hemispheric to conic-hemispheric,
apiculate; the base truncate, deciduously adpreased, sericeous; -75 in. in diameter and -ó
in. long.
CrCLOBALANUS.
S i n g a p o r e , C « n % (No. 149); ^eva^,-King's Colleetor (5121,5-396, o4T5, 5554.
.5623, 5814, 7274).
A tree 60 to 100 feet high with a wide-spreading crown; very common m Perak.
There arc in the Buitenzorg Herbarium leaf specimens from the island of Riou which
are probably referable to this very distinct and handsome species. This is allied tc
Q. Ewyckii, but is readily distinguishable by the long stalks of the usually agglomerate
young cupules. It is not improbable that this may be the Q. glomerata of lloxburgh. But
Eoxburgh's description [Fl. Ind. iii. 460) is too meagre for identification, and he lef'.
no drawing of his plant at Calcutta.
PL.ATE59.—Qunileyaw, King. 1, leaf with axillary male flower-spike; 2, young
female flower-spike with the flowers solitary; 3 & 4, further advanced female spikes
wiih the flowers agglomerate; o, spike of mature fruit; 6 & 7, glans; and 8, cupule,—
all of naiurat size.
.^4. Querci'S "Weszigiaka, King in IIoolc. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 613.
Glabrous, except the inflorescence which is minutely oinereous-puberulous. Leaves
thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, rather abruptly and obtusely caudate-acuminate,
entire- the base acute; upper surface shining; the lower dull, glaucescent; main nerves
indistinct, 10 to 16 pairs; length of blade 3 to 5 in., breadth 1-5 to 1-75 in.; petiole
•3 to '4 in. Male spikes longer than the leaves, solitiiry and axillary; or in las spreading,
terminal, leafless panicles; flowers solitary or sub-glomerulate; the perianth with 6 broad
lobes; stamens 12; rudimentary ovary large, sericeous. Female sjjikes few, solitary,
axillary. Pipe etipules sub-sessile, saucer-shaped, embracing only the base of the glans, '6
in. to -S in. in diameter and -15 to -25 in. deep; lamellaj 5 or 6, bold, thick, sericeous,
their edges entire. Glans depressed-globose; the apex conical; the base broad and
truncate, smooth, shining, -5 in. to '7 in. long and '75 in. in diameter.
Middcca—Griffith (4482); Maingarj {Kew Distrib. 1527); Penang,—Cwriji (360);
Perak,—Ziw/s Collector, 5584 (wrongly issued as Q. lueida Roxb.), 5955; Borneo,—Beccari
(1208, 3263).
This species is allied to Q. Passa, Miq., and especially to its var. laiifolia. But this
is distinguished by its larger, broader, less coriaceous leaves and much larger fruit. Along
with his leaf specimens of this, Maingay distributed two kinds of loose acorns,—one
really belonging to this species, and others belonging to Q. Wulliehiana, Lindl. In his
paper on Oaks [Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. iv. 231), Dr. Weuzig describes Maingay's specimen
No. 1527 as Q. Diepenhorstii, Miq. But having compared Maingay's plant with the
fragment in the Utrecht Herbarium on which Miquel founded his Q. Diepenhorstii, I am
satisfied that the two ai-e totally distinct, and I take the opportunity of dedicating
Dr. Maingay's plant to Dr. Wenzig. Dr. Hance placed this in his herbarium as Q.
Ewyckii, Korth., which it is certainly not. The leaves of this are like those of A.
costata^ Bl., but the acorns of these two are totally unlike. This also resembles Q.
Ckmentiana, mihi, a species collected by Maingay in Malacca {Kew Distrib. 1529); but
this has smaller leaves, longer spikes, and diScrent acorns.
P l a t e 5»B.—Q. Wenziginna King. 5, branch with inflorescence {from a Perak specimen).
6, branch with ripe fruit {from Beceari's Bornean specimen, Herb. Becc., 3263); 7 glans;
8, c-a-pule.—all of nalural size ; 9, male flowers: enlarged.
iiis. BOY. BOT. OARD. CiLcvrrA, VOL. 11.