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Castanopsis. | CUPULIFERZ. 987 
Chittagong. 
deciduous tree, 60-80 feet high. 
1991, aleeaalg ACUMINATA Roxb.; F. I. iii. 686; F. B. I. v. 607; 
E. D. Q. 6. 
Chittagong. 
large timber tree. Vernac. Kanta gola batana. 
1992. Quercus spicata Smith var. Currraconea F. B. I. v. 609. 
Chittagong 
small tree. 
1993. QuERcUS THOMSONI Mig.; F. B. I. v. 615; E. D. Q. 85. 
Q. turbinata F. I. iii. 636 
Chittagong. 
A tree, 80-100 feet hess wood only of use as fuel. 
nac. Bansua batan 
1994, Pre ea LANCE FOLIA Ps FI, iii..684.; Fi B. 1. v. 616; 
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Chittagong. 
A small or large tree, timber useful. Vernac. Shingra. 
878. Castanopsis Spach. 
Trees , rarely shrubs, deciduous or evergreen ; leaves simple, alter- 
nate, entire, toothed or lobed, ache stipules fugacious. 
Flowers small, moncecious, spicate ; males in erect spikes, bracts 
all; females erect, bracts jcleleiiiae spikes usually 1-sexual, 
very rarely androgynous. ¢ Sepals connate in a campanulate, 
5-6-] 
art 
small, hairy.  ¢ Sepals conna a0 in an urceolate perianth, adnate 
to the oy ary, enclosed in imbricate bracts; limb very shortly 
styles usually 3, linear. Frwit of 1-4 nuts, covered by the closed 
ruiting involucre, beset with clusters of spines or tubercles, often 
ere dehiscent. Seeds usually by abortion solitary in each 
3 test Sepmcner-¢ | ; albumen 0; cotyledons thick, fleshy, 
, aia ute. 
“Outer wall of involucre concealed by the crowded subulate spines :— 
Pp. 988 
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nes sinuate-toothed or serrate, finely pubescent beneath, nerves 
20 pairs indic 
Leaves entire, glabrous on both sides, nerves 10-12 pairs.. aes. 
