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introduced both Chestnuts to England, but apparently they have been lost to 
cultivation there. 
Hance and others have confounded this Chestnut with C. crenata Siebold & 
Zuccarini, which is confined to Japan and Korea and has the under side of the 
leaves lepidote and densely felted with short stellate hairs; only occasionally is it 
subglabrous, usually on leaves growing in the shade. The branchlet is sparsely 
velutinous or glabrous. When allowed to grow unchecked the Japanese Chestnut 
makes a large tree from 20 to 25 m. tall and has thick widespreading branches and 
a trunk from 3 to 5 m. in girth. 
In western Hupeh the vernacular name for C. Seguinii is Mao Pan-li and the 
fruits are collected and eaten by the peasantry. 
Castanea Henryi Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 
Castanopsis Henryi Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 523 (1899). — Seemen in 
Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 287 (1900). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 101 
(1916). : 
Castanea sativa Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 525 (pro parte, non Miller) 
(1899). 
Castanea sativa, Y var. acuminatissima Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 287 
(1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 250 (1910). 
Castanea Vilmoriniana Dode in Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 1908, 156, fig.; in 
Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 242 (1911). — Schneider, Jl. Handb. Laub- 
holzk. 11. 899, fig. 563^ (1912). — Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. I. 
682 (1914). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 100 (1916). 
Castanea Fargesii Dode in Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 1908, 158, fig.; in Fedde, 
Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 242 (1911). — Schneider, IU. Handb. Laubholzk. IL. 899, 
fig. 563 i-k (1912). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 99 (1916). 
Castanea crenata Henry in Elwes & Henry, Trees Great Brit. & Irel., IV. 854 
(pro parte, non Siebold and Zuccarini) (1909). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., July 31, 1907 (No. 1521; 
tree 10 m. tall, girth 0.6 m.). Western Hupeh: north and south 
of Iehang, woods, alt. 600-1800 m., June and October, 1907 (No. 551; 
tree 8-26 m. tall, girth 1-3 m.); same locality, May 1900 (Veitch 
Exped. No. 759); Changyang Hsien, woods, October 1907 (No. 3617; 
tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); same locality, October 1900 (Veitch 
Exped. Seed No. 777); Changlo Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 
1907 (No. 551°; tree 8-20 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, 
woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., June 2, October, November 1907, June 11, 
1910 (Nos. 551^, 352, 552, 4582; tree 5-26 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); 
Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., July and November 1907 (No. 
551°, 3616; tree 6-13 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); Patung Hsien, A. Henry 
(No. 2878, co-type of Castanopsis Henryi Skan); without locality, A. 
Henry (Nos. 5793, 5793*, 5800, co-type of Castanea sativa var. acumina- 
tissima Seemen); ** Ma-pan-scian," alt. 1000 m., May 1907, C. Silvestri 
(No. 331). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch 
