260 



(2) C. CASIAUICAEPA. {SpOchJ 



Spaeh. liist. Veg. phan. xi. p. 85. — Dec. 1. c. p. iii. 



Syn. Quercus castanicarpa, Moxl. Cor. III. p. 296. Castanea 

 Eoxburghii, Zindl. in Wall. pi. as. rwr. II. p. 6. 



Engrao. Wight's loon. t. 769. 



Spjec. Chab. Younger branclies pubescent : leaves very large 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, acnmmate, entire : adtJt ones glabrous 

 above, a Uttle hairy on the nerve beneath : female spikes pubescent, 

 flowers in three's or seldom solitary, alternate, scattered : lower 

 bract lanceolate acuminate, equaUing the perianth : ripe involucre 

 globose, densely echinated, at length cleft. 



Ghittagong. 



(3) C. HxsTBix. (Alph. Bee.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. III. 



Spec. Chae. Younger branches hairy : leaves elliptic or oblong, 

 acuminate, entire, sometimes undulate-dentate towards the apex, 

 coriaceous, younger ones tawny tomentose beneath, adult ones 

 Bub-glabrate : fruit few at the apex of a stiff peduncle, globose, 

 densely echinated with a spinous involucre, prickles ramous from 

 the base, linear-acuminate, silky, except the point. 



Shasia hills. 



(4) C. lEiBUXorDES. (Alph. Bee.) 



Ident. Deo. 1. o. p. III. 



Syn. Quercus tribuloides, Sm. in Bees.- Cgd. — Castanea trfbu- 

 loides, Zindl. I. c. Q. armata, Roxh. Cor. Q-ferox, Boxb. flor. Ind. 

 III. p. 640. C. armata, Spach. I. c. p. 185. C. sphserooarpa, Wall, 

 pi. as. ra/r. II. p. 5. 



Engram. Wight's Icon. t. 770— 218.— Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 296. 



Spec. Chae. Younger branches and inflorescence tawny velvet : 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, hairy, adult ones 

 glabrate : spikes elongated, erect, unisexual : male flowers entire, 

 solitary or temate : bracts of the fascicle ovate-acute, lower ones 

 larger : female flowers temate between very obtuse bracts : fruit 

 ovate-globose echinated with a spinous involucre, prickles narrow 

 from a broadish base, acute, straight or somewhat recurved, velvetty, 

 except at the top, simple, or divided from the base, at length distant 

 and often falling. 



Khasia. Ghittagong. 



