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‘the Duchy " Wirtemberg, and which is ‘remarkab e-for 1 
ordinarily. large leaves and fruit *. <2 — doe oe 
The ftriking variety, of which I now Beg leave to prelen a fhort 
deícription and figure to the Linnzan S ciety, deferves above all 
others the attention of. aturalifts. Itis fo remarkable tha A 
were of frequent occurrence, it ex to claim the diftin&jon 
ofa peculiar fpecies. of Pogus. {ha Il however confider it only as 
a variety, with, the following « geras — EP c s 
Facvs fyhoatica ; varietas ‘quercoides, cortice téffclato. Tie. 
—— Not fat. from the village of Reinhauffen, within about two hours 
“ride of Göttingen, is to be feen a fingle individual of this variety. 
i 3e country call it Ransmel-bufebe, apparently from 
ed from thi iixture of € of an 
“The bark of the trunk and Jarger rnc is entirely formed | 
"* like that of an Qak, by which it is at.once known from other 
Beeches. . The tree has likewife the. crooked, and proportionably 
hort, ‘branches of the Oak; fo that a {pectator at fome dianc, or 
cin the winter feafon, would undoubtedly take it. for fuch. 
- Tt is from 40 to 45 feet. high, and eight in circumference. The 
Strunk ftraight and upright, moft branching at the top. As it IS 
hollow within, and may probably not lait many years, having 
already fome dry boughs in the upper part, it isa pity fome attempt 
has not been made to increafe it, ee to fee if culture makes any 
Change in its nature. , 
"Tas. XI. reprefents | a piece of the bark, with a leaf, of 
the Fagus fyloatica, var.  quercoides.. £ 
% J.S. Kerner's Bofcbreibung und Abbildung der Biiume und 4 Coptic bicho in 
dem Herzogtbum Wirtemberg wild svacbjen. Stutlgart 3793» P ides PN 
S, d Y> a A ds 3 XXIV. Gata» 
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