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introduced both Chestnuts to England, but apparently they have been lost to 

 cultivation there. 



Hance and others have confounded this Chestnut with C crenata Siebold & 

 Zuccarini, which is confined to Japan and Korea and has the under side of the 

 leaves lepidote and densely felted with short stellate hairs; only occasionally is it 

 subglabrous, usually on leaves growing in the shade. The branchlet is sparsely 

 velutinous or glabrous. When allowed to grow unchecked the Japanese Chestnut 

 makes a large tree from 20 to 25 m. tall and has thick widespreading branches and 

 a trunk from 3 to 5 m. in girth. 



In western Hupeh the vernacular name for C. Seguinii is Mao Pan-U and the 

 fruits are collected and eaten by the peasantry. 



Castanea Henryi Rehder & Wilson, n. comb. 



Castanopsis Henryi Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 523 (1899). — Seemen in 



Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 287 (1900). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 101 



(1916). 

 Castanea saliva Skan in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 525 (pro parte, non Miller) 



(1899). 

 Castanea saliva, 7 var. acuminalissima Seemen in Bol. Jahrb. XXIX. 287 



(1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Hal. n. ser. XVII. 250 (1910). 

 Castanea Vilmoriniana Dode in Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 1908, 156, fig.; in 



Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 242 (1911). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauh- 



holzk. II. 899, fig. 563^ (1912). — Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Horl. II. 



682 (1914). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bol. Mag. XXX. 100 (1916). 

 Castanea Far gesii Dode in Bull. Soc. Dendr. France, 1908, 158, fig.; in Fedde, 



Rep. Spec. Nov. X. 242 (1911). — Schneider, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 899, 



fig. 563 i-k (1912). — Koidzumi in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXX. 99 (1916). 

 Castanea crenata Henry in Elwes & Henry, Trees Great Brit. & Irel., IV. 854 



(pro parte, non Siebold and Zuccarini) (1909). 



Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., July 31, 1907 (No. 1521; 

 tree 10 m. tall, girth 0.6 m.). Western Hupeh: north and south 

 of Ichang, woods, alt. 600-1800 m., June and October, 1907 (No. 551; 

 tree 8-26 m. tall, girth 1-3 m.); same locality. May 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 759); Changyang Hsien, woods, October 1907 (No. 3617; 

 tree 8-13 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.) ; same locality, October 1900 (Veitch 

 Exped. Seed No. 777); Changlo Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-1600 m., June 

 1907 (No. SSI''; tree 8-20 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., June 2, October, November 1907, June 11, 

 1910 (Nos. SSI**, 352, S52, 4582; tree 5-26 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); 

 Fang Hsien, woods, alt. 1300-2000 m., July and November 1907 (No. 

 551% 3616; tree 6-13 m. tall, girth 1-2 m.); Patung Hsien, A. Henry 

 (No. 2878, co-type of Castanopsis Henryi Skan); without locality, A. 

 Henry (Nos. 5793, 5793^, 5800, co-type of Castanea sativa var. acumina- 

 lissima Seemen); " Ma-pan-scian," alt. 1000 m., May 1907, C. Silvestri 

 (No. 331). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch 



