£20 MONOBGIA, FOLTANBRIA. 



bose, at length ligneous and alveolate, alveoli muricate on 

 thcmargins, at first glandular. Surface of the ament gra- 

 nulated, the- granulations interspersed with infertile stylesf. 

 (Jalix and corolla none. Capsules by pairs, immersed in 

 the alveoli, each terminated by a single style and lateral 

 sligma, l-cei!ed, 1-valved, follicuiate, internally lined with 

 ooiiateral rows of angular serobiform deciduous bodies, 

 'applied to the few winged and perfect seeds. Perisperm 

 til" the '^eed carnose and thin; radicle superior; cotyle- 

 dons slraiglil. 



Oi" tiiis genus tiiere is a second species in the Levant. 



r .0. jCGLANS. L. (Walnut.) 



Masc. Jmciit inibricated. Calix consistin.^ 

 <if sc.'.lcs. Corolla 5 or 6-partcd. Stamina 18 to 

 36. Fem. Calix 4-cleft, superior. Corolla 4-part- 

 ed. Styles 1 or 2. Drwj^e partly spongy; nutru- 

 f;<iSQf and irregularly furrowed. 



Large trees with alternate and unequally pinnated 

 Icf.vcs; female flowers terminal; masculine amcnts simple, 

 ;'-.:iliar)', produced in separate partial buds. 



Svzzizs. l.J.iiip-ra. Ods. Male ament simple; flowers 

 distinct. Calix (corolla L.) mostly 5-parted, subtended 

 by a single r.nd almost similar bracte; stamina more than 

 '.^"), 30 to S6, receptacle elevated, hemispherical- Female 

 jiowere terminal, destitute of bractes, collected by 3 or 

 4 ttj-rethe- ;.germ subcyiindi-ic-ovate, terminated by a ca- 

 lafinc, toothed margin; petals 4; style 1, short, stigmas 2, 

 iubr-luvuic, margin revolute, upper surface lacerated. 2. 

 c:nere:i {J. cnthartlca, Mich. arb. 1. p. 165.) "Butter Nut.=' 

 •3- fraxiidfolia. -f- 



The original species of this genus fJ- ^'egiaJ, the com- 

 ir on Walnut of Europe, and J? pterocarpo, byih indige- 

 r.cus to tlie borders of the Caspian sea in Persia, with the 

 ;>bove, appe;:r to comprize tiie present genus. 



:C1. ^CARYA.f JuGLAKS species, L, JVilUU 

 (Hickory.) 



T^1Asc. Ament imbricated. Calix S-parted 

 j-CLilc.«. Corolla none. Stamina 4 to 6. Fem. 



j Y^affvci, 'Jic Walnut Tree. (Tiie name which the Greeks 

 applied 10 Jiiglnns regiaj- 



