Qucrclneije.] CLIX. CUPULIFER.^. 409 



4. Cyclobalanua, EndK Spicae erectse, flores (?, styli et folia Pasa?H(S, Involucra ? cupulata v. 

 ore aperta. squamarum apicibus in lamellas coucentricas seu zonas distiuctas integerrimas v. demum 

 denticulatas lateraliter connatis. Species fere 50, omnes Asiaticae, ab Archipelago Malayano usque 

 ad Chinam extensie. A, DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 91 (sect. Cyclobalanus), Bhime, Ft. Jav. Cupid, t. 13 

 ad 16. Korth. in Verh. Nat. Geschied. Bot. t. 46, 47- Oudem. Aiinot, Cup. Jav, t 8, 10. Seem. Bot 

 Her. t. 89? 90, 91. Cyclobalanus, (Erst, in Liehm. CMncs Amer. Trop. 20. G. celchica, Miq., et ff. 

 induta, Bl., in Prodromo sub Gyclohalann onumeratfe, nobis potius ad 2\i5a7iM»ireferendae -^-identur, 



5. ChlamydobalanuSt "Endl. Spicae erectse, flores d*, styli et foVui Pasani(e. Involucra? OToidea 

 V. globosa, eitus concentricc zonata v.squamarum apicibus subvcrticillatim notata, clausa v. demura 

 irregulariter fissa. Ntix omnino inelusa sed ab involucro praetor basin libera, pericarpio erustaceo 

 y. osseo. Species ad 8, omnes Asiaticae, Indicae Malayauae Chinenses v. Japonicge. A. DC. Prod. xvi. 

 ii. 102. Korth. in Verh. Nat. Geschied. Bot. t. 44, 45. Wight, Ic. Jf. 212. Sieh. et Zmc. Ft. Jap. t. 2. 

 Seem. Bot. Her. t. 92. Benth. in HooJc. Ic. PL t. 1312, 1313. 



6. Lithicarpm, Miq. Spicae erectse, flores c?, styli et folia Pasani(e. Involucra ? majuscula v. 

 magna, ovoidea v. globosa, extus concentrice et oblique zonata v. squamarum apicibus prominentibus 

 rigidis echinata, clansa v. demum prope apicem circumscissa. Nux omnino inelusa, involucro alte 

 V. fere ad apicem cohaerens, pericarpio crasso duro graniiloso v. osseo. Species 4, Asiaticae, Indica? 

 Y. MalayansB. A. DC. Prod, xvi. ii. 104. Bcnth. in HooJc. Ic. PI. 1. 1314, 1315. Kiirz in For. Fl. 

 Bunn. ii. 489. Oicdem. Annot. Cup. Jav. 1. 11, 12. Lithocarpus, Blmne, Fl. Jav. Cupul. 34, t. 20. 



8. Gastanopsls, Spach in Suit, Buff. xi. 185.— Flores monoici, utriusque sexus in 

 apicis erectis unisexualibus v. rarius androgynis sessiles. Fl. ^ sub bractea 1-3, 

 2-bracteoIati. Perianthium canipanulatum, 5-6-lobum v. partitum, lobis segmentisve 

 imbricatis. Stamina co (scepius 10-12), filamentis filiformibus exsertig ; antherse parv^e, 

 loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum parvuni, hirsutimi. 

 Fl- $ intra involucrum e squamia imbricatis conferruniinatis 3-natini inclusi v. rarius 

 solitarii v. gemini. Perianthium urceolatum, tubo ovario adnato, limbo brevi 6-lobo. 

 Ovarium inferum, post foecundationem 3-loculare ; atyli srepius 3, lineares, ex involucro 

 breviter exserti, stigmate parvo terminali ; ovula in loculis gemina, hemianatropa, micro- 

 pyle supera. Involucrum fructiferum auctum, globosum v. ovoideum, squamarum 

 apicibus parum prominulis plus minus connatis varie annulatum, saspius tamen aculeis 

 fasciculatia v. ramosis undique dense echinatum v. aculeorum v. tuberculonim faseiculis 

 distinctis armatum, perfecte clausum v. demum irregulariter fissum. Nuces in involucro 

 omnino inclusse,.solitari£e involucro conformes, v. 2-3-n0e pressione angiilatse, stepe pilosaj, 

 pericarpio cartilagineo v. indurato. Semen in nuce abortu ssepius unicum, testa membran- 

 acea ; cotyledones crasso-carnoase, in seminibus examinatis jequales, radicula supera inelusa. 

 — Arbores, rarius frutices, habitu Quercus sect. Pasani<e v. Cyclobalam. Folia altema, 

 ssepius coriacea, integerrima, parallele peunivenia, venulis secundariis parum conspicuis, 

 in paucis tamen speciebus folia dentata v. venulae inter venas primarias transverse 

 conspicuse. Spicae ^ tenuea, rigidulse, stepe elongataj, interdum paniculatfe, $ simplices, 

 masculis breviores v. interdum pariter elongate. Bracte.x* sub floribus ^ parvse. 



Species nobis notse ad 25, quarum una Califomica, creterae omnes Asiaticae, Indiae provinciarum 

 orientalium Archipelagi Malayani v. Chinae australis incolae. A. DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 109- Slurne, 

 Fl. Jav. Cupul. t. 21 ad 24. Wight, Ic. t. 218, 417, 769, 770. Seem. Bot. Her. t. 86. Bot. Mag. t. 

 4953. Torr. Bot. Williams. Exped. 6, cum ic. {pimiea sub Castanea). 



Genus.quoadspecies typicassectionem-Ei*(?a5^a?it>/Ji'i"s A.DC. formantes.eticombuscitatis illustratas, 

 a Quercu sect. Chlamydohalano differt involucris extus more Castanea aculeis densis echinatis, 

 flores nucesque saftpius (nee semper) 3 continentibus. Calljeocarpcs. Miq. PL Jungh. i. 13, ad 

 sectionem Castanopseos in Prodromo reductus, species continet paucas, involucris ut in Chfamydo- 

 halano extus zonatis, zonis parum prominulis tuberculorum v. aculeorum brevium fascicules dissitos 

 fercntibus. In C. iner mi {Castanea tnermi^ Lindl.) tuberculi minimi saepe vix prominuli, species 

 tamen involucris eaepe 2-3-floris hue nee ad Qucrcum Chlamydobalanum referenda. 



9. Caitanea, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 181, t. 37. — Flores monoici, in spicis erectis unisexual- 

 ibus V. androgynis sessiles, Fl. ^ sub bractea go, stepius 3, 2-bracteolati. Perianthium 

 campanulatum, alte partitum, eegmentia ssepius 6 imbricatis. Stamina go (10-20), fila- 



