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ramosarum 0-5-1 cm. longarum fasciculis tecta ; spinae fulvo- 

 puberulae, curvatae, complanatae, striatae; nuces 3, qnarum 1 

 vel 2 abortivae, ov.oideo-complanatae, praeter basim rugosam 



dense rufo-sericeae, 



Malay Penhs-sula, Malacca : Sungei Hudang, Goodenough 

 1593. Singapore: T. Anderson 85; Ktirz; Hidlett 74,; Changi, 

 Tanglin and in Garden Forest, Ridley 3388, 3389, 10162, 11353. 



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7. Castanopsis megacarpa, Gamble [Fagaceae] ; species 

 insignis frnctu magno ad 5-6 cm. dianietro spinarum longarum 

 uno latere excepto fasciculis praedito, glande unica, pericarpio 

 cupulae percrassae adnato, foliis infra cinnamomeo-pubescentibus. 



Arbor magna, ad 12-18 m. alta et 60-90 cm. trunci diametro, 

 ramis patentibus ; ramuli modice crassi, cortice brunneo, lenti- 

 cellis parvulis; gemmae ovoideae, perulis lanceolatis fulvo- 

 velutinis. Folia coriacea, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga vel 

 elliptica, apice breviter cuspidato-acuminata, basi aliquando 

 inaequaliter acuta vel rotundata, e 8-14 cm. longa et 3-4 cm. 

 lata ad 16-24 cm. longa et 5-9 cm. lata, supra glabra, olivacea, 

 infra minute fulvo- vel cinnamomeo-pubescentia, margine integro 

 recurvo; costa modice crassa, prominens; nervi utrinque 12-16, 

 paralleli, leviter curvati ad marginem et ibi fortiter curvati; 

 nervuli transversi multi, subparalleli, reticulationem obscuram 

 includentes; petiolus l-5-2"5 cm. longus, basi inflatus. Spicae 

 graciles, ad 20 cm. longae, in paniculis laxis terminalibus vel 

 axillaribus, praecipue $ ; rbacbis gracilis, angularis. Flores S 

 in glomerulis bracteola ovata suffultis; perianthii lobi 6, fere 

 liberi, villosi, 1 mm. longi; stamina 12, filamentis subbrevibus et 



theris parvis globosis ; pistillodium parvum, villosum ; ^ 

 ignoti. Fructus globosi, maturi ad 5-6 cm. diametro, in spicis 

 gracilibus ; cupula percrassa (basi 1 cm., medio 5 mm.), granulosa, 

 uno latere excepto tuberculis raris crassis stipitem formantibus 

 cujus e vertice radiant spinae graciles pubescentes vel subglabrae- 

 1-1-5 cm. longae cervi cornus more ramosae; glans 1, pericarpio 

 cupulae umbone excepto adnato; semen ovoideum, 2-5 cm. 

 longuln, 2 cm. diametro, testa pubescente, cotyledonibus sinuatis. 



Malay Penixsula. Perak : up to 600 m,, Larut and Kinta, 

 King's Collector 3488, 3939, 6386, 6469, 6522, 7070. Malacca : 

 Maingay K.D. 1459/3; Aver Paiias, Goodenough 1316; Sungei 

 XJdang, Derry 1093. Singapore: Bukit Timab, etc., Ridleif 

 5118, 6683, 6894, Cantleij 25. 



This species with C. Ridleyi and C. Andersonii was included in 

 the Plora of British India and in Sir George King's Monograph 

 under Castanopsis javanica, A. DC, from which it differs entirely 

 in its fruit. 



8. Castanopsis Ridleyi, Gamble [Fagaceae] ; C. megacarpae. 

 Gamble^ affinis, sed foliis minoribus lanceolatis^ fructu multo 

 minore, cupula onmino spinarum fasciculis in annulis obliquis- 



tecta . 



Arbor magna, ad 18-24 m. alta et 60-90 cm. trunci diametro, 

 ramis patentibus; ramuli graciles, cortice brunneo, lenticellis 

 multis pallidis rotundatis; gemmae ovoideae, perulis lanceolatis- 



