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§ *Castanopsis. Aments elongated and persistent, perianth 
lanuginous , divided to the base; scales of the spreading cup 
loose and squarrose; stamens exserted; nut somewhat an- 
gular and downy; stigmas several , filiform and decidu- 
ous . 
Trees of Oregon, California, and the Himmalay Mountains in 
India, with the aspect of the Chestnut. Leaves entire, pennately 
nerved, sempervirent. Aments elongated, erect, the flowers 
conglomerated. Fertile flowers . . . ? To this section, or 
rather genus, belong also, as far as the male specimens are' con- 
cerned, the Quercus glomerata and Quercus spicata of Dr. 
Wallich. 
DENSE-FLOWERED OAK. 
QUERCUS densiflqra; foliis perennantibus coriaceis petio- 
latis oblongo-lanceolatis basi obtusis breviter acuminatis 
par allele nervosis integerrimis margine revolutis juniori- 
bus fu Ivo- furfur a ceo - toinen to sis subtus pallidioribus de- 
mum glabris , amentis masculis elongatis folia superanti- 
bus densifioris valde tomentosis nunc ad basin flores paucos 
femineos gerentibus , fructibus sessilibus, cupula brevi he- 
misphserica dense squamosa , squamibus elongato-linearibus 
laxis sericeis , glande ovato-globosa sericea . — Hook. Icon. 
PI. ined. Hook, and Arnot, Bot. Beechy, p. 391. 
This remarkable tree, scarcely a true Oak, but con- 
generic with species in the Himmalaya Mountains, in 
India, is a native of Upper California. It has so much 
the appearance of a Chestnut, that the cup of the fruit 
alone attests what it really is. The leaves are ever- 
green and of the same lanceolate outline with the 
common Chestnut, having similar pennate nerves, but 
entire, or nearly so, on the margin; at first they are 
