MONOECIA— POLYANDRIA. Fagus. 131 



none. Germ. 2 or 3, below the inner calyx, ovate, more 

 or less compressed or angular, of 3 or 6 cells, with rudi- 

 ments of 2 seeds in each. Styles 3 or 6, short. Stignu 

 oblong, undivided, spreading or erect, permanent. Nuts 

 2 or 3, ovate, more or less angular, coriaceous, not burst- 

 ing, of 1 cell, attached to the base of the outer calyx, and 

 crowned with the inner one. Kertiels 1, 2, or 3, with 

 large, furrowed, or plaited cotijledons^ widiout any sepa- 

 rate albumen: cmhrijo at the top of the seed. 

 Large trees, with hard ii:ood. and stalked, alternate, simple, 

 deciduous, more or less serrated, or wavy, leaves. Fl. 

 from axillary buds. 



1 . F. Castanea. Sweet Chesnut. 



Leaves lanceolate, sharply serrated ; smooth beneath. 

 Prickles of die outer calyx compound and entangled. 

 Stigmas six. 



F. Castanea. Linn. Sp. PI. 1416. FL Dr. 1027. Eiigl. Bot.v. 13. 

 t.SSG. mild.Baumz.lW. Ehrh.Arb. ]29. 



Castanea. RaiiSyn.44Q. Bauh.Hist. v.\. p.2.\2\.f. Trag. Hist. 

 J 100./. Fuchs. Hist. 377. f. /c.214./. Matth.f^algr.v.\.\9\ ./. 

 Camer.Epit.WS.f. Duham. Arh.v.l.t.'jQ. Dod. Pempt.S\4.f. 

 Ger. Em. 1442./. 



C. vesca. Gcertn. v.\. ISl . t.37. f. \. Wilhl Sp. PL v. 4.460. 



C. vulgaris. ''DeCand. FL GalL Sijn. 181." Hook. Scot 273. 



C.n. 1623. HalLHisL u. 2. 292. 



C. sativu. MilLIc.b(J.t.HA. 



Chesnut tree. Hunt. EvcL Sylv. 159./. 



In woods ; whether wild or not has been doubted, but it appears 

 to be so in the south and west of England, and has been em- 

 ployed in some of our oldest buildings. 



Tree. May. 



A stately and majestic tree, rivalling, if not exceeding, the British 

 Oak in size and duration. The bark is remarkable for its deep 

 and wide clefts, which seem to have furnished ideas for some 

 ornaments in Gothic arcliitecture. Branches widely spreading ; 

 round and smooth when young. Eeavcs near a span long, el- 

 liptic-lanceolate, acute, smooth, with many transverse veins, 

 cndijig in sliarp serraturcs ; of a rich shining green above ; ])aler 

 beneath. Hanen catkins numerous, axillary, solitary, yellow, 

 l)endulous, almost lus long as tlie leaves, deciduous. FL ranged 

 along the common stalk in lateral sessile tufts. Stavi. numerous, 

 spreading. Fert. fL much fewer, on terminal stalks, which are 

 lengtliened out as "the fruit advances. Styles about 6, with long, 

 smootli, upright stigmas. Cnertner detected about IJ scarlet 



