^^^ CLIX. CUPULIFER^. [Quercinece. 



menlis filiformlbus exsertis j antherse parvae, ovoidese v. globoste, locnlis parallelis longl- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum parvnim pilosum v. obsoletum. Fl. $ 

 intra involucrum e squamis imbricatis conferruminatis indusi, 2-3-nati v. rarius 

 solitarii. Periantliium urceolatum, tubo ovario adnato, limbo campanulato 6-lobo. 

 Staniinodia siepius go, circa stylos limbo inclusa. , Ovarium inferum, post fcecundationem 

 6-loculare, loculis apice subconfluentibus ; styli 6, lineaxes, ex involucro exseri-i, acumi- 

 nati, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis gemina, hemianatropa, micropyle supera. Involucrum 

 fructifcrum auctum, globosum, aculeis intra squamas fasciculatis densissimo echinatum, 

 nuces omnino includens, demum 2-4-valvatim deliiscens. Kuces perfectte in involucro 

 sfepius solitariae v. geminaj, pericarpio cartilagineo-coriaceo. Semen in quaque nuce 

 abortu unicum, rarius 2-3, testa membi-anacea ; cotyledones crass^, plus minus undulato- 

 ruminat.no, radicula supera inclusa. -Arbores. Folia alterna, ssepius serrato-dentata, 

 parallele pemuvenia. Spica; axillares, elongatse, inferiores mascuke, superiores sa^pius 

 ondrogynie, floribus foemmeis ad basin solitariis v. paucis. Bracte* et bracteol^ florem 

 masculum non excedentes. 



Species 2, in tempcratis liemispliarii borealis crcscentes, altera gerontogoa, imprimis Asiatica, 

 sod etiam inEuropa late dispersa indigena vcl jam a tempore remoto culta, altera boroali-Americana' 

 A DC. Prod. xvi. ii. lU. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl n. 25. mchh, Ic. Fl. Gemi t 640 

 Mich, Hist, Arb. Amer. Sept. ii. jf. 6, 7 ; N. Amer. Sylv. iii. t. 10-1, 105. Torr. Fl. N. York, t. 111. ' 



10. ^ ragus, U,m. Gen. n. I072.-Flore3 monoici, ^ laxe globoso-capitati v. in pedunculo 

 1-3-ni. Perianthmm subcampanulatum, 4-r-lobum, lobis imbricatis. Stamina oo (8-40) 

 filamcntis filiformibus exsertis ; anthera. oblongse, erects, basi obtusa. v. sagittat^e! 

 loculis contiguts rima longitudinali dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum Flores 9 

 intra involucrum e squamis numerosis basi conferruminatis 2-4-natim inclusi Peri- 

 antliium tubo 3-gono ovario adnato, Umbo brevi 4-5dobo. Staminodia 0. Ovarium 

 mferum, 3-loculare ; styli 3, Hneares et superne introrsum breviter atigmatosi v breves 

 latiores superficie mteriore fere tota atigmatosi ; ovula in loculis gemina, pendula, anatropa 

 involucrum fructiferum auctum, ovoideum v. subglobosum, aculeis v. fimbriis echinatum 

 nuces ommno includens,^ demum valvatim 4-partitum. Nuces 2-4, ad an</ulos acutie v' 

 alat.^, pencarpio crustaceo v. subcoriaceo. Semen in quaque nuce abortu unicum • 

 cotyledones criussiuscula., varie plicatse, radicula brevi supera. -Arbores, rai-ius frutices' 

 Folia alterna, pennivema, sfepius dentata, secus venas primaria^ plicata v. parvula 

 conaceaque. Pedunculi ^ capituliferi v. 1-3-flori, sajpius recurvi v. penduli. Flores in 

 capitulo potius confertim cymosi v. fasciculati cjuam spicati, bracteis parvis v. 0. Involucra 

 $ in axillis superioribus sessilia, solitaria. 



Species ad 15, in regionibus temperatis frigidioribu^ve utriiwque orbis tarn australibug quam 

 boreahbus late diffusEe. A. DC. Prod, xvi. ii. 118, 



Genus a Blumeo in genera duo divisum qme sectiones sat distinctas formant -—1 Eufumis 

 Cap.tula <? multiflora globosa. Styli elongati, pilosi, superne introrsum breviter stiffmutosi' 

 Inrolucra fructifera saepms scmipollicaria v. longiora. folia novella plicato-penniveiaa. Species 3* 

 hemisphiern boreah.«, Americans Europ.-ese v. Asiatic*. Nees, 'Gen, Fl. Germ. Monocld n %\ 

 Heichb. Ic.FL Germ. t. 639. A. DC. he, (sect. Enfagm*). Mich. Hist. Arh. Anier. JSept ii i 8 

 9 ; N. Amer. Sylv. iii, t. 106, 107. Torr. FL N. York, t. 110. * * ' 



^ 2. Notkofagus. ^ Peduoculi S breves v. brevissimi, 1-3-fiori. StyH breves, s^pc latiusculi, facie 

 mteriore fere ubique stigmatosi. Involucra ? paucisquamata, fructifera s*pius 2-4 lin longa 

 Species ad 12, omnes australes, America Chilensis v. Antarctiete, Nov* Zelandi* v AustraL 

 montana,' incola>. A, DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 119, 121 (sect. Fufagus*^ et mhofagus). Bcuth Fl 

 Audral, y. 210. Mirb. in Mem. Mus. Par. xiv. t. 23 ad 26. Pcepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et 8p t 

 194 ad 198. Hook, Joum. Bot. ii. t. 6 ad 8, et Ic. PI t. 630, 639, 652 673 881 Hook f.Fl 

 Antarct. t. 123, 124. PhUippi in Llnmm xxix. t. 12 ad 15. IS'othofagus, Blume, Mm. BoL Lad 

 isat. 1. 307. Ix)pnozoNiA, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mt. Mosc. 1858, i. 396. 



^ CArtiCECHiNus et Caluspara.sscs, Homb. et Jaipiin. Voy. Pole St^, 'ic. Phancr. L 6 ad S genera 

 mdesenpta. ex icombus eadem videntur ac subsectio Eitfagus** et sectio mthofagus, A DC 'inter so 

 foliis sol,. di.tmct8e,in priore cadivadistincteplicafco-pennivenia, in posteriore per«istentia,'coriacea, 

 Tonia minus prommulis. Characteres essentiales in utroque omnino NoiJ^fagi. 



