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subpedunculata, sericeo-villosa. SQUAMA subpatentes, lanceolatæ, valdè acuminatæ, singulæ foventes pistilla duo. Ovartum minutu 
villosum, ovatum, insidens et quasi adnatum squamule lanceolate, longè barbatæ, obsoletè glanduloso-dentate diis multd UM 
SryLI 2, capillacei, puberuli, subparalleli, squamis exterioribus parüm breviores. STIGMATA minuta, acuta uns d AMENTUM pure 
laxum, 3-pollicare, nutans, suffultum pedunculo gracili, subclavato unà cum rachi pilosula.  Squama ird ciim å foliaceæ, pallidé 
oe glabriusculæ, lanceolatæ, acutæ, concavæ, hinc subrectilineæ basique 1-dentatze, indè cedi a cu sl i 
ferè pollicares, geminatze et subsessiles in pedicello communi erecto, piloso. Nux solitaria ad basin concavam squame, ovata, ii 
COSME fusca, punctis elevatis, subresinosis supernè notata, coronata dentibus calycinis sepissiméque stylis diutiùs persistentibus, 1-locu- 
laris, 2-sperma. : 1 
This fine tree is very like the common Alder. Its wood is considered durable, and is used for ordinary building 
purposes by the natives of Nipal. The slender pendulous branches are frequently attacked by a sort of Coccus, which 
produce numerous elevated tubercles or warts. The structure of the nut resembles that of Carpinus Betulus, as 
described and figured by the incomparable Gærtner, except in the following respect. The cavity is filled with what 
appears to me an entire and homogeneous, fleshy, almost colourless substance, exceedingly like a perisperm ; in 
which are suspended, towards the apex of the seed, two minute embryones. It is possible that, notwithstanding 
the most careful and repeated examination, I may have mistaken the cotyledons of the ripe seed for a perisperm ; 
ap I have invariably seen two minute embryones lodged within the upper end of the fleshy substance which fills 
the nut. 
I am indebted to Professor Lindley for the specific character given above, and also for that of the following species, 
which was sent to me from Gurwal by Kamrup : 
Carpinus faginea, foliis ovato-oblongis, acutis, argutè serratis, glabris, petiolis. ramulisque pubescentibus ; bracteis 
fructiferis subrhombeis, grossè dentatis, acutis, reticulatis. C. oriental accedit; differt foliorum formá et margine, 
nec non bracteis diversissimis.—Zindl. MSS. 
Plate CVI. Fig. 1. 2. 3. Scales with fruit. 4. Detached nut. 5. The same divided horizontally. 6. The same divided 
longitudinally. 
CASTANEA MARTABANICA. Tab. 107. 
Founs lanceolato-oblongis, acuminatis, integerrimis, lævissimis, breviusculè petiolatis, basi acutis, subtùs argenteis ; 
amentis pubescentibus, densissimé armatis spinis palmato-ramosis, divaricatis. 
Crescit ad Amherst in provincia Martabaniæ. Fructus maturi Februario. 
" ÅRBOR procera, cortice nigricante, rimoso. Rami cylindrici, calloso-punctulati ; ramuli teretes, graciles, fusci, nitidi, uti folia glaberrimi. 
Forta approximata, alterna, patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, coriacea, 4—5-pollicaria, suprà saturatè 
viridia, lucida, subtås subargented-pallida, siccitate dilutè ferruginea, costå gracili, prominente, nervisque obliquis, numerosis. ` Perron 
graciles, 3-pollicares, suprà sulcati. Srreunx axillares, oppositæ, lineares, acute, erectæ et parallele, caducissimæ. | INFLORESCENTIA 
haud visa. Frucrus globosi, spinosissimi, magnitudine Castaneæ vescæ, aliquot parvis, abortivis plerumque intermixti, sessiles, densè con- 
gesti in spicam cylindricam, simplicem, terminalem ramulorum nudorum, digitum circiter longam. Racmrs cylindrica, demòm cicatricibus 
crebris, elevatis notata. INvouvcrum clausum, fuscum, coriaceum, extis cano-pubescens,'armatum spinis numerosissimis, magnis, pal- 
mato-ramosis, divaricatis, rigidissimis, pubescentibus, subulatis, mucrone fusco acutissimis, intüs sericeo-villosum. SEMEN seepissime 
unicum, irregularitèr globosum, mucronatum, coloris fusci, pilis fulgentibus, sericeis, adpressis. 
I have only observed this fine large species of Chestnut in the immediate neighbourhood of Amherst. It was 
covered with a profusion of fruit in the month of February. The seeds have an astringent taste. 
Professor Lindley thinks that there is no difference between €. argentea of Dr. Blume's superb Flora Javæ and 
my tree, except that the former is depicted with weak spines, a circumstance no doubt due to the fruit, which was 
described as having been unripe. I venture to differ in this respect from my highly respected friend. Dr. Blume's 
tree appears to me to differ in the following points. Its leaves are more acuminate at the apex, and sharper at the 
base, and their petioles longer; the fruit is smaller, and its spines much shorter and less compound. Besides, the 
locality seems to indicate a diversity: the Java tree grows on mountains; whereas mine occupies low ground, on 
- the sea-shore of Martaban. 
I subjoin a synoptical view of the Indian Castaneæ, by Professor Lindley ASA ze A i 
C. indica, foliis oblongis, acutis, simplicitèr serratis, subtus tomentosis, reticulatis; spinis fructüs subulatis, fas- 
ciculatis, intertextis. C. indica, Roxb. MSS. Ejusd. Hort. Beng. p. 68.—Lindl, MSS. 
Montes Napaliæ, 1821. Montes Sillet, F. De Silva ; Chittagong, H. Bruce. | ua x : 
C. spharocarpa, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, glabris, spicis masculis brevioribus ; spinis fructüs 
Vor. II. js 
