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shining, the midrib very prominent; lower surface dull, rufous; everywh re very minuteK 

 adpressed-furfuraceous-pubescent, except the 16 to IS pairs of nerv< - which an* glabfOC 

 and prominent; the midrib sparsely sub-ad pressed, pube* ent Of glabrous, stout; length 

 of blade 5 to 9 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole "75 to 1 '25 in. Mile epikee in i ilia r y 

 or terminal fulvous-tomontose panich >. Ihmle spikes solitaiy, a\ill:u\ ; the rachis inmost 

 thick, furfuraceous-tomentose, like that of the males; flowers in groupi of tin r : >ur. 7, 

 fruit sessile, about 1*5 in. in diameter, depi d, 8ub-gl.»bose, soim times constricted 

 towards the base, obscurely three or four»*ngl< I ; the in liu-ro thiol lhd, \ itli 

 three or four rather prominent vertical grooves externally, and ubout four s<ts <>f v. i 

 prominent, thick, wavy, more or less tuberculate, horizontal ridges; dehiscing to nosr 

 the base into 3 or 4 unequal valv -;. Suts two to four, hcnii>] In rie-eomplanati , about 

 'bo in. long, shining, smooth, sparsely covered with retrov- rsed, udpr< -<<l-ful\ 



hairs ; the hilum large, dull, rugose, glabrous. 



Singapore, — jB. II. Ilullctt, Kin</s Collector; Perak, — K>n<f% Collect"* . Malacca,— .'/ fay 



(1463); Kiou, — Teysmann ; Billiton, RiedeL 



A large tree, rather common in Perak. ' he nearest ally of this is f> <>. A. I>C, 



from which its many-nerved leaves and remarkable involucre distinguish it. The pub* - 

 cence on the under surface of the leaves is extrem. ly minute and, without tlio aid 

 of a lens, and of a knife to scrape it off, it cannot in many cases be made out, and 

 the leaves appear as if they were glabrous. 



Plate 98.— C. Ilulhttii, King. !, branch with male and female spikes; 2, spike of 

 ripe fruit ; 3, a dehiscing involucre ; 4, glans,— all of natural size 



17. Castanopsis Scheffepjana, Home in Jour*. Bot for 1878, 800. 



Youno- shoots cinerescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, .shortly acuminate 

 entire; the base acute; both surfaces quite glabrous, the upper shinin: oerves 7 to 9 

 pairs, indistinct; length of blade 26 to 35 in., breadth 1 in. to 15 in.: petiole 

 in. Female spikes solitary, axillary, glabrous, much longer than the Laves; th Bow* - 

 in threes. Ripe fruit sub-globose, slightly flattened on one side, about 1 > in. in 

 diameter; the involucre indehiscent, thick-walled, woody externally, den \y covered 

 with numerous tufts of simple or branching, stout, pri matic, pubescent spines 2 in 

 long, with sharp, glabrous, slightly hooked apices ; the tufts arram d in wavy zones 

 Nute 1 to 3, ovoid- compl an ate, sparsely covered wit 



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fous-pubeacence 



Island of Linga,— Teyemam 



The nearest ally of this is C. rl tamni folia , A. DC, but the leaves of this a* much more 

 oriaceous, quite glabrous, and of slightly different shape; the involucre, men over, is of a 

 different shape. Me spikes are unknown. 



Plate 99.— C. Scheferiana, Dance. Branch with ripe fruit.— • fnatu 'Is . 



18. Castaxopsis rhamnifolia, A. DC. Trod. xvi. ii. 113. 

 Young shoots minutely cinereous, puberulous, speedily glabrescent 



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thinly coriaceous, ovate- elliptic or elliptic-oblong, with a short, blunt acumen, entn ; 

 the base acute, glabrous on both surfaces, except the midrib which on the lower i> 

 sometin.es minutely adpressed-puberulous ; length of blade 3-5 to G in, breadth lo t 



A.nn. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, Vol. II. 



