82 LITHOCAEPUS.
paler, dall, glourescenl; the midrib prominent on both surfaces; the 9 to 12 pairs o£
nerves distinct only on the lower; length of blade 4 to 6 in., breadth 1-65 in.
to 1-85 in.; petiole -3 in. to '6 in. Mak ¡pites longer than the leaves, solitary
aod axillary, or in lax few-branchod terminal panicles, minutely puberulons.
FmuJe spiks single, solitary. Male Jloiieri in glomeruli of 3, each glomornlns subtended
b y a long linear bracleole; perianth C-dentate; stamens 12. Cupula shallow, solitary, on
stout, annulate peduncles; at first depressed-turbinate, wider than the glans; when adult,
turbinate-hemispheric; the edge incurved, minutely tomentellote; the lamellaj about i,
or as few as 4, bold, the lower wide and slightly oblique, the upper approximate and
concentric, the edges of all entire. Gkms depressed-spheroidal or patelliform, enveloped
b y the closoly-applied cupale, e.^cept on the broad, flat, and truncate or convex,
glabrous, shining apex; 1 to 1-5 iu in diameter and -70 in long.—Mo, » Fl. Javm. Oupul.
25. t. 13; Jl&s. Jjiyd. But i. 301; KortMh Verh Nat. Gmch. 212; SC. Pni. xvi. ii. 93;
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. 8o2; Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. i. 116; »«2!^ in Jahrl. Bot. Gart Bcrl
IV. 239 ; fl, Fl. Br. Ind. Y . 61T.-Q. cosíala, Bl., var. com,m, Bl. Fl. Jav. Cupul
26. t. 14; Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 302; DC. Prod, I.e. U.—Lilheaipm smititma, Oudom
Ann. Crit. Oup. Javan. 20. t. 12.
Java and Sumatra,—XortMi, Teytmann; P e r a k ,—( n i H m t t mmlcr)- Kim's
Collector (4891, 5166, 5584, 6783, 7277).
^ Thi s is rathor variable as to the shape of its fruit. Both the typical form and that
Tvhich was named Q. oomeia by Blume occur in Java and Sumatra. In Perak only the
l a t t e r has yet been found. The loaves of this species are very like those of platscarpa
and of Wemitjiana, but the fruit of the latter is very difierent.
PL.4TE 7GA. - e . eostata, var. convexa, Bl. 1, branch with young fruit; 2, spike of
ripe i'rmi,~of nataral size.
76. QDEHCOS SLUSGÍYII, Bath, in Hoot. le. Flant. 1314.
Young branches and inflorescence minutely falvous-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous
ovate-lanceelate shortly acuminate, entire; the base acute; upper surface glabresceut •
t h e midrib and nerves on b„th sarfaces minutely lepidote-pubesoent; under surface
covered with very mmate, pale, stellate, pubescence; main norves 15 to 18 pairs, bold
and prominent on the under surface; length of blade 8 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 in •
petiole about 1 in., stout, minutely tomentose. Fe,naU spites solitary, axillary, shoric;
than the leaves; the rachis puberaloas; flowers solitary, sessile. Ripe acorns cr, short
thick peauncles, narrowly pyriform, with truncate umbonate apex. TM cupul, woody
about -2 m. thick, closely enveloping the whole glans except its styles, and for tlio most
part adherent to the glans, indehiscent, externally minutely tomentose, with about 3
obscure, wavy, obliqne lamelL-e; length about 1-5 in.; breadth -8 in., peduncle less
than '5 in., very thick.—Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 017.
Penang,—J&myoy (No. 1464), Curtis.
Mr. Bentham describes the flat umbonate apex of the oupule as dehiscing in a
circumscissile manner; but I have seen no specimen showing any appearance of
dehiscence. Dr. Wen^ig considers this species to be reducible to Javmsis, Miq.;
but, although resembling that in its acorn, this differs toto cclo from it in its loaves.
PMTB 77. -«. Mamaanii, Benth. 1, twig with ripe fruit; 2, spike of young acorns,-
0/ natural size. '
LITHOOARPUS. §3
77. QUERCUS BECCARIANA, Benth. in IIooL Ic. Flant. 1-31Ô.
Young shoots minutely puberalous. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, shortly acuminate,
entire, the base acute; upper sm-face glabrous, the lower pale and minutely tomentose;
main nerves 5 to 6 paii-s, prominent; length of blade 2-5 in. to 3-5 in., breadth 1 in. to
i n . ; petiole about -5 in., slender. Male spikes short, in shortly-branched, erect, terminal
panicles, much longer than the leaves; perianth 5-clcft; stamens 10. Female spikes at the
base of the panicle, solitary, axillary, pubesccnt; flowers solitary, sessile; the involucre
7-zoned; styles 3, short. Ripe acorns ovoid or ©bovoid, prominently umbonate, sessile.
Ripe cupule woody, thick-walled, indehiscent, closely enveloping the whole of the glans
except the styles, and partly adnate to it ; externally sub-glabrous, rugose, with 4 to 5
slightly prominent, wavy zones; length 2 in. to 2-5 in., diameter 1-5 iw.—Hook, fil Fl. Br.
IND. V. 617.
Borneo,—Beccari {P. B. No. 3310); Ponang,—ttirj^s.
This is also referred by Dr. Wenzig to Q. Javensis, Miq., from which, however, it differs
greatly in its leaves.
PLATE 78.— $. Boeeariana, Benth. 1, branch with flowers and young fruit; 2, ripe
f r u i t ; 3, longitudinal section of the same,—of natural size ; 4, mule flower; 5, female flower-
6, longitudinal section of the same: enlarged. Copied from Hooker''s Icônes Fiantarum, t. 131-5.
78. QUERCUS JAVENSIS, Miq. Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. i. 117.
Young shoots glabrous (? glaucous). Leaves thickly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, entire; the base acute or acuminate; upper surface glabrous, shining* lower
very minutely lepidote-pubescent, glabrous when old ; main nerves indistinct, about 6
or 7 pairs, forming loops at some distance inside the edge; the secondary nerves and
reticulations very distinct ; length 2-o in. to 3'5 in., breadth 1-25 in. to l-7o iu. ; petiole -2.5
to -0 in. Inflorescence androgynous; the spikes longer than the leaves and on lax,
axillary and terminal, erect panicles. Male flowers crowded, sub-glomerulate; the
perianth 6-eleft; stamens about 12; rudimentary ovary large, villous. Female flowers at
the base of some of the lower male spikes. Acorm pedunculate, obovoid when young,
ovate-spheroid when adult; the apex narrow, depressed-truncate, 1-5 in. long and 1-25
in. in diameter; peduncle -25 in. Cnpide -woody, about -1 in. thick, envelojnng the
whole of the glans except its apex, and partly adnate to it; minutely lepidote-puberulous
externally, with 3 or 4 obscure wavy zones. Glms bony, rugose.—i>C. Frod. xvi. ii.
104; Wenzig in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Bcrl. iv. 2Z^.—Litlwcarpus Javensis, Bl. Bijdr. 527;
Fl. Jav. Cup. 35. t. 20 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. I. 865 ; Ann. IXus. Lugd. Bat. i
118^; Oudem. Aunot. Crit. Cup. Javan. 19. t. 11.-.? Q. variag^efolia, iu °P1. Jungh.
Mountains of Western .lo.vn,—Bluvie, Junghuhn, Forbes; Sumatra,—^eccari (F.S. 75) •
at elevations of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. ' '
A tree, 80 to 130 feet high. In its leaves and male flowers this resembles
Q. Wenzii/iana, King, and Rassa, Miq.; but the leaves of this are much thicker, and the
fruit of course differs widely. Miquel himself (Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1. 865) reduces his
own species Q. vann<j(sfolia here. The only specimens of the latter which I have seen
are leafy branches collected by Jungbuhn in Java {Herb. Jungh. No. II), and they are
ANN. 1Í0Y. BOT. GAUD. CALCUTTA, VUL, II,