276 ANACAKDIACE^ QUERCACEiE. 



ilici/olia, Swz. 5 W. Indies. — C. acumiiiata, M09. and Sesse. 5 Me- 

 xico. — C. dentata, Jacq. b Cuba. St. Domingo. — C. mollissima, H. B. 

 and Kth. 5 Mexico. — C. integrifolia, Jacq. 5 Jamaica. — Cyrtocarpa 

 procera, H. B. and Kth. blsTew Spain. — Picramnia Antidesma, Swz. 5 

 Jamaica. — P. Tessonia, DC. 5 Mexico. — P. Tariri, DC. 5 Guiana. 

 — Pegia Colebrookiana, Wight icon. 1, t. 236. b Shevaggery hills. — 

 Solenocarpus indicus, W. and A. Courtallum. — Coniogeton arborescens, 

 Bl. 5 Java. — Rhus juglandifolia, Willd. 5 New Granada. — R. Cava- 

 nillesii, DC. 'S Mexico. — R. decipiens, W. and A. Burm. zeyl. t. 45 ; 

 Wight, ill. 1, t. 75. Ceylon. Peninsula of India. — R. mysorensis, 

 Heyne. Mysore. — Mauria simplici/olia, H. B. and Kth. 5 S. Ameri- 

 ca. — Duvaua ovata, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 19, t. 1568. B Chili. — D. de- 

 pendens, DC; B. Reg. 19, t. 1573. S Chili.— D. latifolia. Gillies; B. 

 Reg. 19, t. 1580. t Ch.i\\.—Schinus Molle, L. ; B. M. 61, t. 3339. 5 

 Brazil. 



ORDER CXV — QUERCACE^, (Corylacese, Mirb.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



p. 170.) 



THE NUT TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, containing among them the Oak, the Hazel Nut, the 

 Beech, the Hornbeam and the Spanish Chestnut, and by Lindl. referred to 

 8 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates 37 species from N. Ame- 

 rica ; 34 from S. America and Mexico; 21 from Europe; 6 from Japan ; 

 3 from the Levant ; 2 from Caucasus and Tauria ; 2 from China ; 1 from N. 

 Africa, with several others common to Europe and the Orient ; and 1 from 

 Terra del Fuego. In the E. Indies, according to our materials, have been 

 discovered 60 species, viz. 2 of Carpinus ; 2 of Corylus ; 9 of Castanea ; 46 

 of Quercus ; and 1 of Lithocarpus ; — most of them from Nepal, Kemaon, 

 the Khassya Mountains, Rungpore, Chittagong, Assam, Darjeeling, 

 Amherst, Penang, Singapore, and Taong-Dong. With Blume's plants of 

 this order we are not acquainted. 



Castanea, Toumef. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 7G1. No. Z\2Z;—Endl. gen. pi. 

 I; p. 275.) Chestnut, 

 l.indica, Roxb. (/. ind. 3, p. 643; — Wall, pi. as. rar. 2, p. 105; — 

 Wight, icon. 2, t. 4170 5 Chittagong. Khassya and Nepal Mountains. 

 In H. C. G. fl. Dec. ; fr. Sept. Kernels eaten by Europeans and Na- 

 tives, and may be compared to indifferent filberts. (Roxb.) 

 2.vesca, Giirtn. (fr. I. p. 181, t. 352 .—Spreng. syst. 3, p. 856.— Fa- 

 gus Castanea, L. ; E. B. 13, /. 886 ;— /?ox6. //. IS. p. 68.) Common 

 Chestnut Tree. S. Europe. N. America. Introduced into H. C. G. in 

 1799, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



