4 Department Circular 383, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture 
found in southeastern Asia. ‘Twenty-two species are described by 
King as being Indo-Malayan forms.’ : 5 
The species of Castanopsis are trees, many growing to large size; 
the foliage is evergreen. The nuts are usually small and somewhat 
c 
Fic. 1.—Bur and nuts of the Chinese hairy chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume). 
i 
Collected by Dorsett and Dorsett in Chihli Province, China, October 11, 1924. 
Slightly reduced. (P29560FS) 
resemble acorns; they mature the second year and are borne in burs 
covered by stout spines. 
1KING, G. TIM INDO-MALAYAN SPECLES OF QUBRCUS AND CASTANOPSIS, Ann, Roy. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta, vol, 2, pp. 17-107, pls, 15-104, 1889. 
