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miniisve in petiolum attenuata, 20-25 cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, 

 supra laevia, lucida, infra pallida, pvibescentia miuiita adpressa 

 instructa, marginibus integris recurvis; costa crassissima, promi- 

 nens; nervi utrinque 12-14, primuni fere recti, deinde arcuati; 

 retieulatio obscura; petiolus crassissimus, rugosns, 1-1*5 cm. 

 longns, Flores ignoti. Fructas (immaturi) sessiles, in spicis 

 crassis circa 10 cm. longis, generaliter per tres connati, aliquando 

 plnres, aliquando solitarii vel bini ; cupulae glandem inchidentes, 

 ntrinsqne glandis lamellis circa 5 minute denticulatis ; glandes 

 albo-sericeae; umbo promiuens, conoideus, 



Malay Peninsula. Perak: in mountain regions 1000-1500 m., 

 Gunong Batu Puteh and Ular Batang Padang, Wray 1176, 

 1514. *' Used for torcbes in fisbing by Sakais." 



3. Castanopsis malaccensis, Gamble [Fagaceae] ; C. 



javanicae, A. DC, affinis sad cupulae spinis tenuioribus, foliis 

 nasi rotundatis, ramulorum lenticellis vix conspicuis. 



Arhor; ramuli graciles, cortice nigro-brunneo vix lenticellato ; 

 innovationes fusco-pubescentes ; gemmae ovoideae, perulis ovato- 

 aeutis. Folia baud coriacea, ovata vel lanceolata, apice 

 acuminata et saepe mucronata, basi saepe inaequaliter rotundata, 

 5-10 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, supra juventute lepidoto-puberula, 

 postea glabra, siccitate olivacea, infra minute fusco-puberula, 

 margine integro; costa gracilis, supra impressa ; nervi utrinque 

 8-10, ad marginem curvati; nervuli transversi multi, reticula- 

 tionem areolatam includentes; petiolus gracilis, 0*8-1 cm. longus. 

 Flores ignoti. Fructua (immaturi) globosi, 1*5-2 cm. diametro, 

 in spicis gracilibus axillaribirs ad 10 cm. longis; cupula tenuis, 

 densissime et fere omnino spinarum rectarum acutissimarum 

 1-1-5 cm. longarum fasciculis tecta ; spinae raro ramosae, acumine 

 ultimo excepto jjilis fuscis strigosis munitae; nuces plerumque 3, 

 sericeae, 



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Malay Penlnsula. Malacca : Maingayj K.D. 1461; Brisa, 

 Derry 947. 



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4. Castanopsis Scortechinii, Gamble [Fagaceae] ; C. 

 Tnalaccensi, Gamble, affinis, spinis mngis ramosis pilis longis 

 strigosis tectis, foliis ellijDticis infra dense ferrugineo-pubes- 

 centibus. 



Arhor; ramuli crassi, cortice griseo, conspicue furfuraceo- 

 pubescentes ; gemmae ovoideae, perulis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 patentibus 5 mm. longis. Folia subcoriacea, ellij^tica vel paullo 

 oblanceolata, apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi acuta, 8-12 cm. 

 longn, 3-5 cm. lata, supra costa excepta glabra, siccitate olivacea, 

 infra dense ferrugineo-pubescentia, mnrgine integro ; costa 

 gracilis, pubescens; nervi utrinque 12-15, graciles et paullo 

 impressi, primum fere recti, deinde ad marginem curvati ; nervuli 

 transversi multi, irregulares, recticulationem obscuram in- 

 cludentes; petiolus erassus, brevissimus, 5 mm. longus, pubescens- 

 Spicae S ignotae, $ circa 15 cm. longa e, axillares vel ramulis 

 ultimis laterales; rbacbis grisea et furfuraceo-pubescens, Flores 

 5 solitarii, bracteolis brevibus suffulti. Fntctus globosi, circa 

 2 cm. diametro; cupula spinarum peracutarum ad 1-2 cm. 



