OF CASTAXOPSIS. 



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short, blunt acumen; the edixes entire; the base acute; opj m surface glabrous; the 1 wer 

 sparsely and minutely furfuraceous-pubescent, especial ly on the 9 to 19 pair^ of pi nineiit 

 nerves; length of blade 3*5 in. to ft in., breadth 1*7 to 2 J in.; petiole o5 in. ikes in 



lax, minutely tomentose, terminal, leafless panicles much longer than the h ives. -V 

 flowers glomerulate; female Jlowt ? on the low r part of only very few spikr eolitan 

 Ripe fruit obovoid, flattened on one side, about 1 in. long; the involucre thin. emstaoeous, 

 closely adherent to, and inseparable from, the single nut ; externally slightly scurf\ - 

 puberulous, and bearing numerous patelliform, slmrt, slightly flattened, blunt, simp! 

 tubercles ; cotyledons slightly sinuate 



Perak, — King^s Collector, Scortcchini. 



A handsome tree, 30 to 60 feet high. In leaf this rather resemhl < (J. ' </ or^cA/. I 11 

 The curious ovoid-complanate fruit resembles that of ft rkamnifoit^ but the tubercles are 

 shorter and blunter. 



Plate 102. — C. nephclioi<1es, King. 1, branch with ripe fruit; 2, male and female pikes 

 3, ripe fruit (the internal smooth aspect); 4, the same (the external tuberch 1 aspect). 



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21. C. Curtisii, nov. sj"-c 



Young branches slender, glabrous, minutely lenticellate. Leaves sub-coria«eous, small, 

 oblong-lanceolate, slightly inequilateral, shortly acuminate, entire, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 the upper shining, the lower dull with minute adpressed hairs on the midrib and 10 to 12 

 pairs of thin prominent nerves; length of blade 2*o to 3*5 in., breadth K » to 1*5 in.; 

 petiole *3 in., slender. Fruit on stout lateral racemes more than twice as long as the 

 leaves, the involucres solitary, pyriform, flattened or hollowed on one side and gradually 



owed to a thick peduncle, the apex 



with many interrupted vertical 



ridges and densely covered (when unripe) with minute cinereous t omentum; length (unripe 

 1 in., breadth *75 in., peduncle *35 in., nut solitary. 



Penang, at an elevation of 1,000 feet, — Mr. C. Curtis (No. 1091). 



This species has hitherto been collected by Mr. Curtis, and by him only once. lli> speci 



mens have no male flowers, and only immature fruit. Its nearest ally is C. ncphe< 



King ; but it is quite distinct from that and from any other described species. 



Plate 103. — C, Curtisii, King. Branch with nearly ripe fruit. 1, fruit cur (pen, — of 



natural size. 



22. Castanopsis Buruana, Miq. Ann. J/us. Lugrf. Bat. i. 120. 



Young branches thin, softly pubescent. Lt >ves oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lane olate, 

 shortly acuminate, entire; the base acute, slightly unequal; upper surface glabrous; the 

 lower covered with dense but minute fulvous-tomentum ; neives 11 to 13 pairs, thin, 

 prominent below and, with the midrib and petiole, adpressed-pubescent. Mali spikes nut 

 seen. Female spikes slender, axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, pubescent ; flowers 

 solitary. Fruit (not ripe) ovoid; the involucre cinereous-tomentose, with several .vavy, 

 concentric ridges, from which spring a few simple or agglomerate, short, stout, conical, 

 blunt tomentose spines with glabrous sharp points. — DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 111. 



The Island of Boeroe, — Teg 



A species of which only very poor specimens exist in the Leiden 



The 



appear to differ from any other Castanopsis. In leaf they resemble C. Tungurruf ; but the 

 fruits (only young ones being present) more resemble those of C. Surnatrana. 



Plate 101B.— C. Buruana, Miq. 4, branch with spike of female flowers; 5, ven 

 young fruits; 6, unripe fruit,— of natural size. 



