

FAGACEAE 275 



Castanopsis chrysophylla. Golden Chestnut. 100. July. D. Ls. lane, 3, 

 entire, pointed, tapered at both ends, dark glossy green above, golden scurf below. 

 Catkins i, erect. Husk ih, prickly, enclosing one pale-brown edible nut. California 

 and Oregon. (Fig. 128 L.) 



FAGUS. Beech. Bark smooth, grey. Buds long and pointed. Ls. ov., parallel- 

 veined, dark glossy green above, margins fringed with white hairs when young. 

 Male fls. in long-stalked heads, female solitary or in pairs, surrounded by bracts. 

 Fruit of two smooth triangular nuts enclosed in a 4-lobed woody husk covered 

 with thick bristles. 



F. americana {F. grandifolia). American Beech. 100. Ls. 4, coarsely toothed, 



9-12 pairs lateral veins. East North America. 

 F. sylvatica. Common Beech. 100. Ls. 3, vaguely toothed or entire, 5-9 pairs 

 lateral veins. Europe (including Britain) and Asia Minor. (Fig. 108 e.) 

 Variety ciiprea. Copper Beech. Ls. coppery red. 

 Variety heterophylla. Fern-leaved Beech. Ls. deeply and pinnately 

 lobed. (Fig. 34 d.) 

 Variety pendula. Weeping form. 

 Ysinety purpurea. Ls. deep purple. 



NOTHOFAGUS. Southern Beech. Ls. small (2 or less). Fls. solitary or in 



few-flowered clusters. Fruit of three smooth triangular nuts in a 4-winged husk. 



N. antarctica. Antarctic Beech. 120. May. D. Branchlets downy. Ls. ov., 



I, rounded at end, straight or heart-shaped and unequal-sided at base, 



minutely toothed, often lobed. South America. (Fig. 34 N.) 

 N. hehdoides. 120. May. E. Branchlets clammy. Ls. ov., i, minutely and 



evenly toothed, crowded on branch. South America. 

 * N. clijfortioides. Mountain Beech. 50. E. Ls. ov., |, entire, net-veined, 



hairless, in two regular rows. New Zealand. (Fig. 128 N.) 

 N.Domheyi. 100. May. E. Branchlets downy. Ls. ov., i, unevenly toothed, 



prettily net-veined, rounded base, in two opposite rows. South America. 



(Fig. 108 G.) 

 N. ohliqua. Roble Beech. 100. May. D. Branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., lane, 



3, double-toothed or shallowly lobed, hairless, unequal-sided at base. 



South America. (Fig. 34 o.) 



QUERCUS. Oak. April-May. Ls. alternate, usually toothed or pinnately 

 lobed. Male catkins drooping, in clusters; female fls. few and inconspicuous. 

 Fruit a i -seeded nut (acorn) enclosed in a cup. 



{a) Evergreen oaks 

 O. acuta. 40. Ls. ov., 5, leathery, entire, dark glossy green above, dull 



yellowish below, margins wavy, 8-10 pairs lateral veins. Acorns crowded 



on a spike, cup downy. Japan. (Fig. 128 h.) 

 Q. agrifolia. Encena or Live Oak. 80. Branchlets densely downy, Ls. ov. or 



roundish, 2, spine-toothed, hard, dark glossy green above, hairless except 



for tufts in vein-axils below. Acorns solitary or in pairs. California. 



(Fig. 108 H.) 

 O. chrysolepis. Maul Oak. 50. Young shoots downy. Ls. ov., 2, spine-toothed 

 "^ in young plants, glossy green above, yellow and downy below in first year, 



4-10 pairs parallel veins, very shortly stalked. Acorns solitary' or in pairs. 



California and Oregon. (Fig. 109 c.) 



