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Behufs Eintheilung wie Bestimmung stellt King folgende Tabelle 

 auf, wobei die Speciesbeschreibung in lateir«-^ ber Sprache abgefasst ist: 



Group I. Anthocarps partially united, the apices ; vJing free, so that the surface 

 of the receptacle bearing the 9 fiowers is spiny or tuberculate. 

 Section I. The free apices of the anthocarps long and spiny. 



9 Receptacle subglobular, lobed. 1. .4. Forbesii nov. spec. 



9 Receptacle globular. 



With persistent bracts at its base. 2. A. bracteata nov. spec. 



Without persistent bracts at its base. 



Leaves broadly ovate, minutely and softly tomentose beneath. 



3. A. calophylla Kurz. 

 Leaves obovate-elliptic, oblong, narrowed to the base, sub-hispid, 

 not tomentose. 4. A. rigida Blume. 



9 Receptacle oblong. 



Species of $ receptacle conical, reflexed, hispid; cf receptacle 



deeply groved. 5. A. Kunstleri nov. spec. 



Species of 9 receptacle straight, cylindric ; cT receptacle long, 



ihin, cylindric, not groved. 6. A. Jiirsuta Lam. 



Section 2. Free apices of the anthocarps short, tubercular, i. e. with üat 



rarely sharp points. 



9 Receptacle oblong. 



Leaves glabrous or nearly so. 



Adult leaves glabrous, ovate to ovate-elliptic ; 9 receptacle 

 cylindric, with short, sharp tubercles. 7. A. peduncularis Kurz. 

 Adult leaves nearly glabrous, oblong-lanceolate ; 9 receptacle 

 cylindric, with broad, rather blunt, tubercles. 



8. A. Loioii nov. spec. 

 Leaves more or less hairy. 



Leaves ovate oblong or obovate-elliptic, cuspidate, coarsely and 

 sparsely hispid, stipules rather largs ; 9 receptacle with short, 

 rather sharp, tubercles. 9. A. Polypliema Pers. 



Leaves obovate-elliptic, blunt, minutely pubescent, stipules rather 

 large, 9 receptacle clavate, with broad, flat tubercles. 



10. A. Maingay i nov. spec. 

 Leaves ovate-elliptic, softy pubescens beneath, stipules very 

 large ; 9 receptacle with flat, asperulous tubercles. 



11. A, Scortechinii nov. spec. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, aeuminate, crenate, stipules very large ; 

 9 receptacle oblong, with transverse constrictions, tubercles flat. 



12. A. nohilis Thwaites. 

 9 Receptacle globular. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, oblong, entire, smooth. 



13. A. laneeaefolia Roxb. 



Leaves obovate, sub-rotund, or oblong and deeply lobed, scabrid- 



pubescent. 14. A. ChaplasTia Roxb. 



Group II. Anthocarps completely united, even to their apices, so that the surface 



of the female receptacles is smooth not tuberculate or spiny. 



cf Receptacles cylindric. 15. A. Denisomana nov. spec. 



cf Receptacles globose. 



Leaves oblong to sub-obovate, rounded at the base, pubescent beneath ; 

 9 receptacles globose or depressed globose, irregularly lobed, 2 to 

 3 inches in diameter. 16. A. Lakoocha Roxb. 



Leaves oblong to ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic, cuspidate, shining ; 

 9 receptacle globose or ovoid, smooth and shining, 75 inch to 

 1.25 inch in diameter. 17. A. Gomeziana Wall. 



1 4 Tafeln enthalten die Abbildungen. 



Quercus Castanopsis. II. 

 Verf. folgte dabei der Eintheilung von Alphonse De Candolle, 

 welche Bentham und Joseph Hooker in den Genera plantarum an- 

 genommen haben. Die Arten der ersten und gröesten Section (L e p i d o - 



Beiheft 111. Bot. Central. 1SS2. 15 



