Castanopsis.] 
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(2) C. Scortechinii Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1914, P- I7 8 : Journ. 
.4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 455. 
Tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic or oblanceolate-cuspidate 
acuminate, base acute, glabrous except the midrib above, thickly 
red-pubescent beneath; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, prominent; 4 to 
4-5 in. long, 1*75 to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long, thickly red- 
pubescent. Female spikes 6 in. long, grey-pubescent. Fruit 
globose, i*5 in. through, covered thickly with tufts of branching 
spines, densely hairy . Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
(3) C. fulva Gamble, Kew Bulletin 1914, p. 179; Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 456. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 18 to 20 in. through; branchJets tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic shortly abrupt-acuminate, base acute 
or round, bright green speckled brown and grey when fresh and 
roughly red villous beneath when dry; nerves 12 to 16 pairs elevate 
beneath; 3 to 6-5 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles tomentose, 
75 in. long. Female spikes solitary, axillary tomentose, 7 in. long; 
flowers 1 to 4 together. Fruit globose, *8 to 1 in. through, covered 
with fascicles of flattened grooved tawny villous spines, on short 
stalks, the tips glabrous. Nuts usually 3; pericarp silky. Hab. 
Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Bum-Murdoch). Perak, Batang Padang 
(Kunstler). Native name: Kertah Tanga. 
(4) C. catappaefolia King, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 621; Gamble, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 457; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ii. 
ioo, t. 92. . 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
very large oblanceolate, acute narrowed to base, glabrous shining 
above, puberulous beneath; nerves 25 to 30 pairs sunk above, 
very prominent beneath; 15 to 18 in. long, 6 to 7*5 in. wide. Female 
spikes 11 in. long; rachis puberulous; flowers in threes. Fruit 
globose 1 in. through, fulvous puberulous, sessile. Cupule covered 
with close packed subulate flattened pubescent dagger-like spines 
in tufts. Hab. Open jungle on low hills. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(5) C. Andersoni Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1914, P- I 79J Journ. 
.4s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 458. . T 
Big tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous obovate or oblanceolate 
acute, base acutely narrowed, glabrous; nerves 10 to 15 pairs 
slightly raised both sides, nervules and areolations visible, 3 to 
4 in. long, 1-5 to 175 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Male spikes 
slender, 3 in. long, puberulous, panicled. Flowers solitary or 5- 
clustered. Fruits sessile, globose in stout 8 in. long spikes, 1 in. 
high, i-4 in. long, *8 in. thick; cupules thick; spines scanty subulate, 
curved, flattened, simple or slightly branched, *2 to -4 m. long. 
Hab. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Changi. Malacca, Sungei Hudang 
(Goodenough). _ „ , 
(6) C. Hullettii King, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 623; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. ii. 104, t. 98; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 459. 
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