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longarum fasciculis tecta ; spinae cervi cornus more ramosae et 

 pilis longis fulvis munitae. 



Malay PexixsUla. Perak (without number or locality), 

 ScoTtechini. 



5. Castanopsis fulva, Gamble [Fagaceae] ; C. costatae, A. DC, 



affinis, nucibus 3 nee 1, spinarum fasciculis vix in annulis dis- 

 positis, ramulis baud lenticellatis et foliis infra furfuraceo- 

 tomentosis differt. 



Arbor ad 18-24 m. alfca et 45-60 cm, trunci diametro, ramis 



paten tibus; ramuli crassi, purpureo-brunnei, dense fulvo- 



tomentosi, vix lenticellati; gemmae ovoideae, perulis ovatis 



acuminatis tomentosis. Folia coriacea, elliptica vel elliptico- 



oblonga, apice breviter et abrupte acuminata, basi acuta vel 



paullo rotundata, 8-16 cm. longa, 3-7 cm. lata, supra lucida, 



glabra, infra furfuraceo-villosa, margine integro incrassato 



recurve; costa crassa, supra impressa, siccitate f ulvo-tomentosa ; 



nervi utrinque 12-16, paralleli, primum fere recti, deinde curvati 



-et prope marginem arcuati; nervuli transversi baud prominentes, 



irregulares ; petiolus 1-2-2 cm. longus, fulvo-tomentosus. 



.Spicae $ ignotae, $ ad 18 cm. longae; rhacbis griseo-tomentosa. 



Flares $ plerumque per 3 nggregati, bracteolis multis ovato- 



lanceolatis imbricatis suffulti; periautbium griseo-tomentosum ; 



styli breves, patentes. Fructus globosi, 2-2-5 cm. diametro, in 



:spicis circa 20 cm. longis; cupula tenuis, plus minusve dense 



spinarum acutarum 4-5 mm. longarum fasciculis tecta ; spinae 



cervi cornus more ramosae, curvatae, complanatae ; fasciculi 



breviter caulescentes; nuces 1^, periearpio sericeo-villoso, 



iimbone conspicuo. 



Malay Peninsula. Perak : Batang Padang, 90-150 m., 

 King's Collector 7751. Selangor : Sungei Bulob, Mohamiind 

 Ilashim for A, M. Burn-Murdoch 38. 



6. Castanopsis Andersonii, Gamble [Pagaceae] ; C. Schef- 



ferianaey Hance, affinis, foliis longioribus magis nervosis, j^etiolo 

 longiore, fructus aculeis bis longioribus differt. 



Arbor; ramuli modice crassi, cortice griseo-brunneo, ultimi 



minute fulvo-pubescentes ; gemmae globosae, glabrae, perulis 



ovatis acutis vel acuminatis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, obovata 



vel oblanceolata vel elliptico-oblonga, apice acuta, basi acute 



attenuata, 8-16 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, supra glabra, lucida, 



olivacea, infra rufo-brunnea, margine integro paullo recurvato; 



'COsta gracilis, i)rominens; nervi utrinque 10-15, ad marginem 



-curvati et ibi arcuati; nervuli transversi obscuri, subparalleli, 



reticulationem areolatam includentes; petiolus gracilis, 1-5-2-5 



cm. longus. Spicae 5 graciles, ad 20 cm. longae, in paniculis 



ierminalibus vel axillaribus; 2 ignotae. Flores S solitarii vel 



fasciculati, bracteolis ovatis 1 mm. longis; perianthii lobi 6, fere 



liberi, ovati, villosi, 1 mm. longi; stamina 12, filamentis longis 



•et antberis parvis globosis; pistillodium porvillosum. Fructus 



isessiles, in spicis crassis circa 15 cm. longis, ^ globosi vel duplo- 



globosi et transverse elon^ati, obscure 4-canaliculati, 2-5 cm. alti, 



^•5 cm. lone^i et 2 cm. lati; cupula crassa, spinarum acutarum vix 



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