OICLIMIA AMEKTACE^. AlnUS. 62S 



Betula AInus. 5>. pi. 1394, 



Icon. Engl. lot. 1508. Loes. pruss. t. I. 



On the banks of rivers, in the interior of Canada, and 

 on the north-west coast, Ij . April, v. v. A large 

 tree, known every where under the name of Alder. 



2, A. foliis oblongis acutis basi rotnndatis dnplicato-serratis, crispa 



petiolis venisque subtus pilosis, axillis venarum nudis, 



stipuUs ovato-oblongis. 

 A. undulata. JFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. :^36. 

 Betula Alnus crispa. Aljch.Jl. amer. 2. p. 181. 

 Betuia crispa. Ait. hew. 3. p. 33g, 

 In Canada and on high mountains, in sphagnous swamps, 



of Pensylvania. y^ • April, v. v. A shrub not above 



three or four feet high. 



3. A. foliis obovatis acuminatis venis et axillis venarum sub- serrulata. 



tus pilosis, stipulis ellipticis obtusis. IFilld. sp. pl.4. 



p. 336. 

 Betula serrulata. Ait. kew. 3. p. 333. 

 Betula rugosa. Ehrh. beitr. 3. p. 21. 

 Icon. Abbot, insect. 2. /. Q2. Ifafigh. amer. 

 In swamps and on river sides ; common every where. 

 ^2 . March, v. v. A shrub from six to ten feet high, 



growing in close thickets. 



6g6. CARPINUS. Gen. pi. lUg. 



1. C, foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis inaequaliter serratis, 

 strobilorum squamis tripartitis, lac'nia intermedia ob- 

 liqua ovato-lanceolata uno latere dentata. — JVilld. sp. 

 pl.4. p. 46s. 



C. virginiana. Mich. arb. 3. t. 8. 



In shady woods and hedges : Canada to Florida. Fj . 

 May. V. V. This species of Hornbeam resembles the 

 European very much, and its wood is of the same 

 qualities : it rises to about fifteen feet high. 



amencaneu 



6p7. OSTRY A. Mich. gen. 223 . 



1. O. foliis ovato-oblongis basi subcordatis acuminatis inae- 

 qualiter serratis, strobiiis oblongo-ovatis erectis, gemi- 

 nis acutis. — IFilld. sp. pi. 4, p. 46q. 



Carpinus virginiana. Ait. kew. 3. p. 363. 



Icon. Abbot, insect. 2. p. 151, t. 75. Pluk. aim. t. 15(3, 



/.1. 



In shady woods : New England to Carolina. Tj . May, 



virginictL. 



