OF CASTANOPSIS 



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Var. LOHGI8PINA, King in Hook, fil. PL Br. Ind. v. 603. 



Leaves larger and broader than in the last (from 6 to 8 in. long and from 2 to 8 

 in. broad), lanceolate-ovate to elliptic-oblong, rufous-pubescent (often cinnamoneous) wh -n 

 young or glabrous, beneath; spines of involucre stout, curving, often "> in. l.mj : nuts 1 

 to %.—Castanea tribidoides, A. DC, var. ferox, Kurz For. Flora Burmah ii. J SO. 



On the lower slopes of the Eastern Himalaya; on the Assam ami Chitta*>ni: raim-es 

 in Upper Burmah, from 500 up to elevations of 4,000 feet 



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Var. echidnocarpa, King m Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. G- :. 



Pubescence ferruginous; leaves sometimes serrate when young, elliptic-lanceolat oft. i 

 caudate; involucre smaller than in the typical form, am less covered by tin spim . which 

 are fewer and shorter; nut solitary. — Q. echidnocarpa, A. DC. in Seem. JooriL Bot 

 (1863) 182; Prod. xvi. ii. 112; Miq. Ann. Mus. Logd. Bit. i. 1 10.— Castanea crh hocarpa. 

 Hook. fil. and Thorns. MSS.— Quercus ? car lata, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 2787; Chifl. (HI- 

 and 4447). 



Sikkim-Himalaya ; Khasia, and other parts of the Assam Ilills; at similar elevation 

 with the typical form ; Upper Burmah,— Dr. J. Anderson. 



Castanopsis Chinensis, Hance, a species found in China, comes very near this, but has 

 narrower, more acuminate, more glabrous leaves with fewer nerves. 



Var. Wattii, King in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 623. 



Leaves as in the last; involucre small, thick, almost woody, densely clothed with 

 short-branched, often rufous, spines; inner surface rufous-villous, dehiscing to the ver; 



base ; nuts 2 to 3. 



Munipore, altitude 2,000 feet,— Watt; Khasia Hills (at Maobleh),— Clarl , 4,000 feet. 



Sikkim,— King, 5,500 feet. 



Plate 94.— C. tribidoides, A. DC. 1, flowering-branch; 2, spike of youmr fruit; 



3, spike of ripe fruit,— all of natural size. 



Plate 95.— C. tribuloides, A. DC., var. fcroz. 1, leaf-twig; 2, spike with fruits in 

 various degrees of ripeness; 3, ripe fruit of var. long i spina ; 4, young fruit-spike of same; 



5, leaf of same,— ail of natural size. 



Plate 96. — C. tribuloides, A. DC, var. echidnocarpa. 1, branch with male spikes, 

 of natural size; 2, part of the same: enlarged; 3, spike of ripe fruit, -of natural s 



fruit of var. Wattii,— of 





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15. Castanopsis Sumatraxa, A. DC in Seem. Journ. Bot. for 1863, 182 ; Prod. xvi. ii. 1 13. 



Young shoots scantily and deciduously puberulous; all other parts, except the 

 inflorescence, glabrous Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate 

 rarely elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, entire ; the base acute or acuminate ; nerves 

 10 to 12 (rarely as many as 15) pairs, thin, but prominent on both surfaces; length 

 of blade 4 to 7 (rarely so much as 9) in., breadth 1-75 in. to 3 in., rarely 4 in. ; 



petiole *75 to 1 in. Spikes cinereous-pubescent, in long-peduncled, few-branched, termi 

 or axillary panicles, or axillary, the majority bearing male flowers only, a — » — 



rabe 



bearing female flowers with a few males at the apex. Female flowers in groups of thre< 

 or four. Ripe fruit sub-globose to sub-ovoid, minutely f urf uraceous •tomentose, wmetime 



