230. SOME CHINESE CORYLACE. 
Bentham was quite right in his surmise that it belongs to the 
section ais ER in which, though extremely well distin- 
guished from all its allies, it stands nearest Q. cuspidata Sieb. & 
Zuce.! The original description* is so incomplete that it seems 
desirable to draw up a fresh diagnosis from the specimens at han d. 
Mr. Bentham describes the male aments as arranged in a te 
panicle, but this is most likely owing to the falling-off of the leaves. 
Ramulis sulcato-angulatis glaberrimis lutescenti-brunneis, foliis 
coriaceis e basi cuneata lanceolatis sensim longe cuspidato-acu 
natis integerrimis supe lucidis costa tenui vix prominula nar yada 
indistincta subtus plus minus dense cano- -lepidotis vy. imo glabratis 
costa oun tenuissimis ad utrumque latus cire. 8 sub angulo 
50° ae als s haud elevatis 3-4 poll. longi Bi 15 lin. latis pene 
ovoideis ¢ ngis, pees ee cano- apr assine ‘ata glandem 
obyolventis squamis parvis Are ee circ. 10-seri 
Castanopsis caer) Fe n 7 
m 
angulo 40° egressis prominulis apice carvulis trabeculis numero 
tenuibus elevatis connexis 4 poll. longis 18-14 lin. latis pre 
bre Abeer fructibus dense .aggregatis ‘globonia 4 3 poll. diame 
aculeis 3 lin. longis a trunco communi divergentibus acutissimis 
Sericeis ects. 
In jugo Lo-fau-shan, na preaueaay m. Sept. 1883, leg. cl. 
C. Ford. (Herb. propr. 
An extremely fede, Pe. nearest in affinity to C. con- 
cinna A. DC. 
“\ 9. Castanopsis (Evcastanopsis) Fabri, sp. — Ramulis 
angulatis glaberrimis atro-cinereis, foliis coriaceis ‘lenauaaee basi 
© 
separatis Aiinetia 3—4-valvibus 8-spermis, nuculis a lucidis. 
In jugo Lo-fau-shan, proy. Cantonensis, m. Sept. 1888, leg- 
rev. E. Faber. (Herb. propr. n. 22219.) 
- Nearest C. tribuloides A. DQ, 
°*" 10. Castanopsis (E UCASTANOPSIS) jucunda, sp. nov.—Ramu- 
lis angulatis miatiseshnade nigricantibus, foliis rigide seen ovato- 
a 
* Hook, Kew Journ, Bot. vi. 114; Fl. Hongkong. 321. 
