Tas. 6684. 
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA, 
Native of the United States. 
Nat. Ord. HAMAMELIDER. 
Genus Hamametis, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. i. p. 667.) 
HaMAMELIs virginiana ; fruticosa v. subarborea, ramulis ultimis petiolis nervisque 
foliorum subtus furfuracev-puberulis, foliis ovalis oblongis obovatisve grosse 
crenato-dentatis v. serratis obtusiusculis basi cuneatis v. cordatis ineequilatera- 
libus, nervis paucis validis, calycis lobis patentibus pallidis, capsula calyce 
persistente vix duplo longiore. 
H. virginiana, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 124 (1753); Zorr. et Gr. Fl. N. Am. vol. i. 
p. 597; G. B. Emerson Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts, ed. 2, vol. ii. 
p. 472, cum ic. pict. 
H. virginica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xiii. p. 129 (1767); Ait. Hort. Kew. vol. i. 
p. 167; Schkuhr Handb, vol. i. p. 88, t. 27; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 598; Barton 
Fl. N. Am. vol. iii. p. 21, t. 78; Loudon Arboret. p. 1007, t. 756, 757 ; 
DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 268; A. Gray Man. Bot, ed. 5, p. 173. 
H. dioica et androgyna?P Walter Carolina, p. 255. 
Hi. corylifolia, Monch. Meth. p. 273. 
H. macrophylla, Pursh, Fl. p. 116. 
TRILorus virginiana, nigra, rotundifolia et dentata, Raf. New. Fl. vol. iii. 
pp. 15-17. : 
This, the common Witch Hazel of the United States, 
derives its name from its resemblance to the English hazel 
in leaf, a circumstance which led to its use as a divining- 
rod in the early days of the American Colonies. It 
abounds in moist woods, and especially along the banks of 
streams east of the Mississippi from Canada to Louisiana, 
sometimes attaining twenty feet in height. Like so many 
other Eastern American trees and bushes, it puts on 
gorgeous colour at the fall of the leaf, and contributes not 
a little to the variegated hues of the forests in autumn. 
G. B. Emerson, in his account of the trees and shrubs of 
Massachusetts, says of it, “ Amongst the crimson and 
yellow hues of the falling leaves there is no more remark- 
able obje@é than the Witch Hazel, in the moment of its 
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