100 IXDO-MÄLATAN SPECIES
PLATE 9I.-C. ca,ianw,irfa, Spaeh. t, branch with fruit (copied from Eoxbur^-h'a
unpublished drawing in Herb. Oaic.); 2, ripe fruit collected by Mr. Dowling,—foij of
natural size. °
11. CASTANOPSIS CATAPP^FOUA, King in Eook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 621.*
Young shoots as thick as the little finger, minutely furfniaoeons-puberulous, soon
becoming glabrous. Lease, large, on short, thick petioles, coriaceous, oblanceolate, acute,
entire, gradually narrowed from the middle to the short, stout petirJe; upper surface
glabrous, shining; the petiole and nerves pnberulous ; lower dull, very minutely pubernlous;
the nerves from 20 to 25 pairs, rather transverse, bold and conspicuous on the lower
surface, impressed on the upper; length of blade 13 to 20 in., breadth about 7-5 in.;
petiole -5 in. Mmale Sfiie, 10 or 11 in. long, glabrous; flowers in glomeruli of 3 or i.
Fruit (not quite ripe) sub^globose or oWoiig, obscarely 4.angled, from 1-5 in. to 3 in
m diameter; the involucre rather thin and crustaceous, densely covered externally with
numerous tufts of simple, subulate, slightly flattened, striate, nearly glabrous, sharij.pointed
spreading spines, aboat -3 in. long. Snk 1 or 2, ovoid-globose, adpressed-serieoous, more
than 1 m. long.
Perak, in the Goping district, at elevations of aboat 400 feet,-Kind's Colhcior (8137)
A Sne species, collected only once by the late Mr. Künstler. The pubescence on
the under sm-face of the leaves is so minute that it can be seen only under a strong lens
and when scraped off by a knife. Male spikes of this are unknown.
PLATE 9 2 . - C eatafpmfolia, King. 1, leaf with spike of female flowers ; 2, spike with
fruit in various stages; 3, glans,~o/ natuml size.
12. CASTABOPSIS AROYROPHYLLA. King in IIoo!,. fil. Fl. Dr. Ind. v. 622.
Young shoots pubescent Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-lnuceolate or oWong-lanceoate
acute, entire; the base acatc; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, thin, but prominent beneathboth
surfaces glabrous, the lower glaucescent; length of blade 4-Ö to 6 in., breadth 1-75
in. to 2-0 in.; petiole Tö to M5 in. Flowers in umall falvous-tomentose, axillary panicles
longer than the leaves. Fe,nale spikes few; the flowers single. Sif, fruit ovoid, aboai
l'2o in. long; the involucre with thin, brittle, sub-glabrous, glaucous walls, thickly covered
with tufts of simple or branching, subulate, radiating, glabrous spines about -25 in. lono-
Nuts 1 to 3, ovmd-globose, compressed on one side, densely but decidnously rufoul
tomento.se.—Ciri<j.rg,jrophjlla, Wall. Cat. 2788.-0»;™« IHImloides, A. DC var fmr
Km-z. For. Fl. Burm. ii. 481. '' ^ '
Burmah, near Hangoon,—Waiiii, McClelland, Scott,? Kaingay (Kew Distrib 14 57-2)-
Pegu and Mattaban,-ir»,-i, (098); Tcnasserim,-/Ä> (4468); kTr^n^rv,-Hill,Urand '
This species has not been often collected since Wallich's time, and it is poorly represented
in most herbaria. It comes nearest to 0. argentea, A. DC. (to which DO refers
the WaUichian sheet 2788); but it is distinguished from that species by the pubescence
of its young shoots, by its longer-petioled broader leaves, by its perfectly glabrous thinwalled
involucre and densely fulvoas-tomentose nuts. The leaf characters are, however,
not very well-marked, and in absence of fruit it is not easy to recognise this species'
• iy a 0rr,>r ,pdt Catalp^filiu i« Ft. Br. Ind. The „
i Catappia/otia irai ^iaon of iha ,
itance of ilia teases thii plant la tAoae of Terminatia Catappa, LLIUI.
OP CASTANOPSIS. I, J I
On this account I refer Maingay's specimens (Ke« Dist. 1457-2) hero with some hesitancy
Ihis species is allied also to 0. tribuhides, A. DC.
PCAIE S51i.-e. arggrophglta, King. 4, floworing.branch; o, ripe f rui t , - , / natural size.
13. CASTANOPSIS ARSIATA, Spach. Hist. Nat.Pfian. xi. 185.
Young shoots minutely cinereoas-tomentose; all other parts, except the inflorescence
glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, gradaally narrowed to the much
acuminate apex, cnt.re; the base rounded or acute; upper surface shining, the lower dull
pale; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, thin, but prominent on the lower surface and much curvedength
„i bkde t-o to 7 in., breadth 1-25 to 2-25 in. ; petiole -4 in. Male spikes ..m^r -
or terminal, sohtary, or sub-paniculate, longer than the leaves, erect- the flowem
solitary, or in glomerali. Fcnale spites a few in the panicle with the males or in separate
branches, solitary or terminal; the flowers solitary. Mip, fruit from 1-2» to 1-75 L i„
diameter, ovoid, slightly flattened on one side, thick-walled, externally cinereous-pubescen
and bearing numerous groups of spines arranged in imperfect carving .ones- t S Zs'
simple or branching, stout, radiating, flattened and pubescent below, but w th hi™
^abrous apices fcom .15 in. to-25 in. long. Nut solitary, compresseiovoid.-Li j '
m f 2 m. t. 29%6 , FF1l. Inndl . iii' . 6Z4 0; Wr i.ghf t r Ic- . 7 7 0 . - e „ i „ „ trikutoides, A. DO, vaHr - „C.romroatma
Knr. For. Fl. Burm ii 4 8 0 . - m e , n e , - i , Hance Journ. Bot. for 1^75 I T j l
Oastanoa sphmrocarpa, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 3736, and in PI. As. Ear ii 5
In the forests at the base of the Sikkim and n- ' 'i • .
in i
almost completely covered by long slendef ,Sides TMs cTi: v"» t d , ' " " " "
sented iu collections, and this fact no doubt accounts for ¿'e crndln T ''
it to a. tritutoides, from which it is really very distinct Mr r „ r « "A'®
of Forests in Assam, has recently sent namer L I elen from I IZ' l ^ T
a collector sent from the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, has suppird „„ fb, T
specimens from the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1„ n f . ^ T »•> abundance of good
Koxb. is , i„ted^as; synony^f tf ^ r m
species with ai-mod involucres which "Eoxhur^h described f,-™ I , """""«"i
this. I reduce Hance's 0. Faleo.eri to this s n e l , ! h t T ""
describing 0. Fatconeri, Dr. Hance rcmai-ks haTl J ""^inallv
Ri,xburgh's figui-e just quoted.
« M. De Candolle must be wrong in reducing « C £ 'to'^a « X ^ T
D C - a n opinion at which I have also arrived for a different reason There is no t
the cotyledons are sniuate in tids species. Bat a character derived from tl e c I I d '
n tins family is usually impossible of verification in the herbarium; for unless U e ,
has been thoroughly ripe when collected, its contents speedily decay. 11
thought it worth while to work it. f / o y. i nave not therefore