620 CXL. CUPULIFERE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Castanopsis. 
+ Leaves beneath pubescent or minutely tomentose.—8See also C. 
catalpzefolia. 
1. C. indica, A. DC. in Seem. Journ. Bot. i. (1863) 182; Prodr. xvi. ii. 
109; branches and inflorescence rufous-tomentose or -villous, leaves short- 
petioled oblong or obovate-oblong sinuate-toothed or -serrate finely pubes- 
cent beneath, nerves 15-20 pairs very strong beneath, spines of involucre 
close-set 2-4 in. long. Mig. Ann. Mus. i. 119; Brand. For. Fl. ii. 490. 
Castanea indica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 643; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 284; Wight 
Te. t. 417; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 478; Wall. Cat.2761. Quercus serrata, Rozb. 
Fl. Ind. iii. 641 (not of Willd.). Q. dubia, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2786. 
TroricaL HIMALAYA, from Nepal eastwards, alt. 1-4000 ft. Assam, the 
Kaasa Mrs. and SILHET, alt. 4000 ft. Currracoxa, J. D. H. & T. T., &c. 
A small or large tree. Leaves 5-8 in., rusty-red when dry, thinly coriaceous, 
opaque and glabrous above obtuse acute cuspidate or acuminate, base rounded acute 
or narrowed into the petiole,serratures subspinular ; nerves straight ascending, Cross- 
nervules fine parallel; petiole 4—4 in. Male spikes densely tomentose. Involucres 
subspherical, 1-11 in. diam. 
2. C. Hystrix, 4. DC. in Seem. Journ. Bot. i. (1863) 182; Prodr. xvi. 1. 
111; branches glabrous or nearly so, leaves petioled lanceolate acuminate 
entire or obtusely serrate above the middle appressed tomentose pubes- 
cent or puberulous beneath, nerves 10-12 pairs, spines of involucre dense 
i-i in. long. Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 119. Q. rufescens, Herb. Ind. Or. 
H. f. & T. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Sikkim, alt. 4-8000 ft., J. D. H., &c. Kasia Mrs., alt. 
2-4000 ft., Grifith, &c. ? PERAK, alt. 4-5000 ft., King’s Collector. 
A large or small tree. Leaves 3-4, rarely 7 in., very coriaceous, some 
oblong-lanceolate and caudate, very variable as to pubescence beneath, base round 
or acute; nerves very oblique strong though sometimes obscured by thick red-brown 
tomentum ; petiole 3-3 in. Involucres 1 in. diam., or less, walls very thick ; spines 
simple or compound, pubescent. Nuts 2-3, silky, free. 
times 
3. C. diversifolia, King mss.; branches tomentose, leaves (young 
very large) short-petioled broadly oblong or ovate-oblong quite entire, nerves 
12-15 pairs very strong beneath arched tomentose on both surfaces, cross- 
nervules very strong, involucre large, spines close-set. Castanea diversi- 
folia, Kurz in Journ. Beng. As. Soc. xliv. ii. 198; For. Fl ii. 479. 
Pecu and Marragay, in hill forests, Kurz ; alt. 3500-6000 ft., Brandis. 
, A tree, 40-60 ft. Leaves, young 7-9 by 4-41 in.,on the old branches 43-6 in., more 
elliptic ; petiole 1—7 in., stout, pubescent.—1 have seen specimens of only the large-leav 
state, which according to Kurz is the young, and no fruit or flower; the leaves 87° 
pale when dry with deeply sunk nerves above highly raised beneath, base round or 
subeordate. King describes the involucre as indistinctly ribbed and the spines as 
nearly dp long, and the species as differing from all others in the diverse forms 
of the leaf. 
. 4. C. javanica, A. DO. in Seem. Journ. Bot.i. (1863) 182 ; Prodr. ^ 
ü. 111; branches glabrous or nearly so, leaves petioled oblong to ovat” 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate entire subacute or cuspidate rufous subpubes 
cent beneath, nerves 9-12 pairs very strong beneath arched or near 
straight, involueres very large, spines in dense clusters, walls Oe 
thick and woody. Miguel Ann. Mus. i. 120. C. costata, A. DC. l c. 1 f 
Miquel l. c.; var. bancana, Scheff. Obs. Phyt. ii. 50. C. trisperma, rer ^ 
l. c. Castanea javanica, Blume Bijd. 525; Fl. Jav. Cupulif. 4A, be 
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