196 Cupuli/erae. 



lito, subregfulari, crecto. Ovarium Iriangnlare, (rilocn- 

 lare; loculis biovulalis*). Stijrmata 3, elonjjata, filifor- 

 mia, rima laterali papillosa praedita. Frnctns g^cmini. 

 involucro communi Talile aucto, lig^neo - coriaceo, extns 

 spinis mollibns cchinato, qnadrifido inclusi, triquetri, co- 

 riacci, 1-spcrmi, indchisceutes. Scmen pendulnm. Inte- 

 gumentum simplex, tenuiter mcmbranaccum. Embryo rcc- 

 tus, exalbuminosus. Coljicdones crassae, carnosae, in- 

 terne irrcgnlariter plicalae, arctc cohaerenlcs. Radieula 

 supera, subexserta. Arbores vel frvtices. Folia sparsa, 

 integra. Stipulae liberae, caducae. Gemmae imlricato- 

 sqtiamosae; folia juvenilia aperta (nec complicafa), plicafa. 

 Flores coaetanei. 



1. Fagus sylvaticaZinK. *Sjoec. 1416. Engl.Bot.t.l8i6. 



Flor.Dan. t.\283. Schkuhr, Handb.i.t.303. Guimp. 



Ahhild. t. Ii3. JSees ah Esenh. Gen. 1. t.l6. 



Foliis subrotundo- vel ovato-cHipticis, acntis, subre- 

 pando- dcnlatis, cilialis, glaliris, subtus in axillis rena- 

 rum sericeo-pilosis; involucris ovato-g-lobosis, spinis mol- 

 libus patcntibus cchinatis. 



In ncmoribus frequens. (Thierg-arten, Grn- 

 newald,Teg-el,Brieselang^.)FloretAprili, Majo.lj 



Folia basi acuta, rotundata vel snbcordala, inlerdum 

 obliqua. 



II) CoRyLiNEAE. Florcs amentaeei; niasculi calycc 

 privati, squamis amenli inlerne inserli. Anlhcrae nnilo- 

 cnlares, apice barbatae. Squamac amenti feminci basi bi- 

 florae; florcs singuli nnnc bractea involncrali trifida se- 

 miamplexi, nunc involucro campanulalo cincli. Ovarium 

 biloculare; ovnlis solitariis. — Complcclunlur, practcr se- 

 qncntes, Ostrjam. 



Carpinus L//in. 

 Flores monoeci, amentacei. Amenta mascula in ra- 



') Loculi nniovulali, secundum Endlicher; lapsu calamJ ! 



