CastanopsisJ] CXL. CUPUUFERE. (J. D. Hooker.) 621 



Mus. Sot. i. 283 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. i. 867 \ Kurz For. Fl. ii. 479. 

 C. montana, Blume Bijd. 526 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Sat. I. c. C. costata, 

 Blume Mus. Sot. i. 284; Miquel I. c. 866. C. brevicuspis, Miquel I. c. C. 

 spectabilis, Miguel I. c. ; Ann. Mus. i. 120. 



MARTABAN and -TENASSERIM, Kurz, Parish. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 1461). PENANG, Phillips. PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, 

 Cantley. DISTEIB. Sumatra, Java. 



A large evergreen tree. Leaves 3-10 in., very coriaceous, base rounded or acute, 

 shining above with faintly raised nerves, more or less rufous beneath, but sometimes 

 pale and glabrate ; cross-uervules very faint ; petiole |-1 in. Involucres tonaentose, 

 sometimes 2 in. diain. ; spines J | in., tips glabrous. Nut apparently adnate to the 

 involucre and villous, but the structure of the interior is very obscure in dry 

 specimens. 



ft Leaves glabrous on both surfaces puberulous in C. catalpcefolia. 



5. C. argrentea ? A. DC. in Seem. Journ. Bot. i. (1863) 182 ; Prodr. xvi. 

 ii. 112 ; branches nearly glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate entire glabrous subsilvery beneath, nerves 10-12 pairs rather 

 slender beneath arched, involucre solitary and clustered globose tomeiitose, 

 spines close-set branched pubescent, nut solitary half adnate to the in- 

 volucre free part thin pubescent. Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 120. Castanea 

 argentea. Blume Bijd. 525 ; Flor. Jav. Cupidif. 40, t. 21 ; Miis. Bot. i. 282 ; 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. i. 867 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 479, and var. Tungurrut 

 (not C. Tungurrut, Blume}. C. martabanica, Wall. Cat. 2764 ; PL As. 

 Ear. ii. 6, t. 107. 



TENASSERIM and MART A BAN, Wallich, Parish, Kurz, Heifer (Keiv Distrib. 

 4443). DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



An evergreen tree, 50-60 ft. Leaves 5-7 in., thinly coriaceous, base obtuse or 

 acute, shining above with faintly raised nerves, sometimes quite silvery beneath ; 

 petiole 3 f in., slender. Invohicre \-l in., spines about in. Leafing and flowering 

 specimens of this may be referable to Q. argyropliylla, and vice versa. Nor can I 

 without fruit be sure that Blume's, Miquel's, Wallich's, and Kurz's plants are 

 conspeciflc. Kurz's var. Tungurrut is a stunted form from elevations of 4-5000 ft. in 

 Tenasserirn. 



6. C. castanicarpa, SpacJi Hist. Veg. PJian. xi. 185; leaves large 

 petioled lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate or caudate entire base 

 acute, nerves 10-12 pairs slanting arched rather slender beneath, cross- 

 nervules very faint, involucre ovoid pubescent densely clothed with slender 

 quite glabrous simple spines, nut solitary glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 ii. Ill ; Miquel Ann. Mus. i. 119. Castanea Eoxburghii, Lindl. in Wall. 

 PI. As. Rar. ii. 480 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 480. Quercus castanicarpa, Hoxb. 

 Cor. PI. iii. 93, t. 296 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 640; Wight Ic. t. 769. 



CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh, J. D. H. fy T. T., Clarke. MFNNIPORE, Watt. 



A large evergreen tree ; branchlets glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 612 in., 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, more or less shining above ; petiole 

 - in., glabrous or puberulous. Involucre 1 in. I havfc seen only very small fruits 

 -o in. long, with straight spines \ in. long, and ovoid free nuts with a broad flat 

 or convex areola. 



7. C. catalpaefolia, King mss.; leaves very large very stoutly 

 shortly petioled oblanceolate or obovate-oblong acute entire shining 

 above puberulous beneath, nerves 18-20 pairs very strong spreading and 

 arched beneath, involucres large globose, spines clustered stout flattened 



glabrous. 



