ADXOTATIOXES DE CUPULIFERTS. Hi) 



1— 3-floris difTerunt, ct quum iu quibusdum speciebii^ omnia involucra niiifloni sinf, nullum tru-n sub aii- 

 thesi discrimen coguovi. A Castaneis veris contra sub fnitificatioue aegre digno^scunlur. eodeui tunc omuino 

 habitu insignes. Invokciuni enim spiuosum utrique geueri simillimum competit, et nucularum numerus ab 1—3 

 variaus non nisi incertam differentiam sistit. 



a. Foliis serratis vel in eadeni specie intcgerrimis et serratis. 



1. Castanopsis indica miq. — Castanea indica roxb. Fl Ind. HI. p. G43. wight Icon. 11. 

 tab. 417. 



Hamuli novelli fulvo-tomentosi. Petioli semiteretes antice obiter canaliculati, circiter semipollicares. Folia e basi 

 rotundata vel subtruiicata ovato-oblonga, piaster basin sinuato-serrato-deutata, firmiter pergainacea, supra praeter 

 costam iuniorum glabra lucidula, subtus ochracea deiu cinerasceutia sensim glabriora, pilis crispulis non ap- 

 pressis, costulis utrinque 17 — 10 patentibus superioribus magis erectis, in dentes continuatis, transverse re- 

 ticulato-veuosis, 7 — 2 J poll, longa. Amenta axillarla termiualiaque pauiculata, 4 — 2 poll, longa, dense tomeu- 

 tella, plerumque androgyna, sed fiores masc. crebriores, forihus interrupte subfasciculatis, 5-fidis, 10-andris, di*co 

 tomentellis. Flores fern, vel et hermapliroditi solitarii, in singulo involucre (ap\id auctores 1—3 statuuntur) 

 solitarii, ovario tiiloculari, tristyli; amenta quaedem gracilia femiuea, fi. distantibus. Cujmla irrcgulariter rum- 

 pens, monocarpa, 



Hab. Khasia, regio tropica 3000 ped. alt: hooker^/, et Thomson, ct porro locis clevatioribus ^c^- 

 ffaliae^ caet. 



2. Castanopsis ferox spach Hist. nat. vet/St, Fhanerog. voL XL p. 180. — Caaiauea ckhiat- 

 sis SPRENG. Syst. III. p. 856. bl. Mus. hot. I. p. 286. seemann Botany of the Herald, p. 413 exd. 

 syn. Q. Eyrei. — C. tribuloides lindl. in wall. Fl. As. rar. 11. p. 6. — Qaercus tribuloldc-s smith 

 in REES Cyclop, n. 18. — Q. ferooc roxb. Fl. Ind. II. p. 640. wight Icon. I. tab. 218. — Fiupis 

 Castanea LOUE. FL CocJtin. p. 571. — Castanea pumila? herb. sieb. 



Hab. Species variabilis, foliis aliquando serratis (v. c. in sp. iapoiiicis), in Am, umlrali, iiitlc a 

 Ncpalia per regionem raontannm (in Khasia 4—6000 ped. alt.) usque in insulam chinensem 

 llonykong distributa, vid. in Ncpalia, Assam, Kamaon, Surju-vally, Khasia et Sihhim; — in iiis. 

 Ilonghong in sjlva vallis Happy-vally ad orientem sita vulgaris. — In lapmiia culta proveuit. 



3. CASTAriOPSis ECHiivOCABPA MIQ. — Castanea eckinocarpa jwok. f I. ettn. mss. Ramiglabri; 

 stipulae deciduae; folia breviter petiolata, elliptico-oblonga vel sublanceolata acumine integerrimo ab- 

 rupte terraina,ta, supra medium vel tantum versus npicem remote serrulata, pergamacea glabra, subtus 

 in sicco fuseule grisea costulisque utrinque 11—9 arcuato-patulis tenuibus transverseque tencre rcti- 

 culatis; amenta fern, axillaria solitaria, glabra, remotiflora; cupulae sessiles solitariae vel geminae, 

 iuniores obovoideae squamis griseo-tomentellis apice spiuosis densis, maturescentes basi laeves superne 



echinatae, omnes uniflorae. 



Spinarum in involucris (cupulis) situ inter congencres singularis, C. armatae accedens. Hamuli teretiusculi, uovelli 

 subangulati. Petioli antice canaliculati glabri, basi dorse incrassati, circiter semip oil i cares. Folk basi brevi-acuta, 

 acumine medico terminata, marginibus incurvulis, supra in sicco parum lucida grisee-viridula, subtus lucidula, 

 4^—^ pell, longa, 1|— f hU. Amenta a vertice distantia, quadripollicaria. P^n>o«m/i ex involucro parum ex- 

 sertum, dentibus ebtusis. Cupulae maturiores nunc nuclei cerasorum mele, praesertim prope verticem vel in 

 eo spinis subfasciculatis muricatae. Ovarium triloculare, involucrum fiaouocarpum. 



Hab. Khasia, regio temperata, 3—5000 ped. alt. : hooker ft. et Thomson. 



b. Foliis integerrimis. 



4. Castanopsis castanicarpa spach /. c. — Quercus casianicarpa roxb. /. c. p. 640. 

 Hab. India superior, in Chittagong. 



5. Castanopsis armata (don sub Quercv) spach /. c. Quercus armata roxb. Corom. III. ial^ 

 196. Fl. Ind. III. p. 640. 



Hab. India supcriur, in Chittagong. 



(i Castanopsis htstkix miq. - Castanea Ihjstn. hook. //. et t„. uss Ramuli novelli pilis 

 adpres'sis ct furfure ad.persi; stipulae lineares obtusiusculac dorso approsse pul^erao; foha brevissune 



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