624 cxr.. CUPULIFEPLE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Castanopsis. 



or subacute entire, glabrous and shining above, rufous and puberulous 

 beneath, nerves 16-18 pairs glabrescent prominent beneath, involucres sub- 

 globose obscurely angled grooved vertically and with wavy zones of tubercles 

 3-4-valved. 



SINGAPORE and PERAK ; Hullett, King's Collector. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew 

 Distrib. 1459, 1463). DISTRIB. Riou and Billiton Islands. 



A large tree. Leaves coriaceous, 5-9 by 2-3 iu., base acute or rounded, midrib 

 strong; petiole f-lj in. Involucre 1^ in. diam., often depressed, or with the base 

 contracted. Nuts 2-4, sparsely hairy. 



C. Involucre subglobose, flattened on one side, indehiscent, adnate to 

 the nut, flattened surface smooth, the rest clothed with short pris- 

 matic or patelliform spines or tubercles. 



14. C. rhamnifolia, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. ii. 113; leaves elliptic-ovate 

 or oblong obtusely acuminate entire glabrous or midrib puberulous, nerves 

 7-8 pairs, involucres ovoid flattened on one side thick-walled furfuraceous, 

 flat side smooth, convex sides with conical tomentose spines, nut solitary. 

 Quercus rhamnifolia, Miguel Fl. Ind. Sat. i. 853. Castanea rhamnifolia, 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 481. Callaaocarpus rhamnifolia, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. 353 ; Ann. Mus.\i. 118 ; Scheffer Obs. Pliyt. iii. 95. 



BURMA, Kurz. SINGAPORE, Cantley. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Banca. 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, nerves slightly raised beneath ; petiole in. Involucre 

 hoary-tomentose, about 1 in. long; spines | in., conical, spinous tipped. Nut 

 flattened[on one side. 



15. C. Wallichiij King mss.\ leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate entire glabrous above, puberulous or hoary beneath, nerves 6-7 

 pairs, involucres ovoid flattened on one side indebiscent thick-walled 

 rounded surface covered with flattened pyramidal hooked pubescent spines 

 flattened surface less so, nut solitary. Castanea Tungurrut, Wall. Gat. 

 2763 (not of Blume). 



PENANG, Wallich. SINGAPORE, Cantley. PERAK, King's Collector. MALACCA, 

 Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4444), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1465). 



Leaves coriaceous, 2-3^ in., base acute, sometimes flocculent beneath, nerves 

 raised beneath ; petiole ^ in. Involucres 1^ in. long, walls thick. Nut depressed 

 globose. 



16. C. nephelioideSj King mss. ; leaves elliptic oblong or subobovate 

 obtusely acuminate entire glabrous above sparsely furfuraceous beneath, 

 nerves 9-12 pairs, involucres obovoid flattened on one side thin crustaceous 

 covered with patelliform simple short obtuse tubercles. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



A tree, 30-60 ft. Leaves thinly coriaceous, g-|~3 in.; petiole $ in. Involucres 

 1 in. long, adnate to the solitary nuts, puberulous. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



CASTANOPSIS ? ; branches stout dark, leaves 6-10 by 3-4 in. very coriaceous 

 oblong obtuse or acute glabrous entire brown-green and polished above silvery or 

 pale brown beneath with 12 pairs of strong spreading arched nerves and rather distant 

 cross-nervules, midrib and nerves slender and raised above, base acute or rounded, 

 petiole i3. in., fern, spikes as long as the leaves or longer very stout tomentose simple 

 or sparingly branched, involucres tomentose 1-fld. ; young fruiting spikes very stout 

 woody, involucres sessile -5! in. diam. globose covered with tomentose short very 

 thick spines. Quercus Jenkinsii, enth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1312 (excl. fruit) . 



