DICOTYLEDONS. — CORYLACE.E. Qz/cm/,'^. 195 



2. JUNIPERUS. 



Dioociou^, rarely mnnccdqns. Barren fl. Aments ovate; the scales 

 verticillate, peltato-pedicellate. ybiik. 4—8, I -celled. Fertile 

 Ji. Amerds globose; scales 3, concave, coadunate. Stigma gap- 

 ing. Berry witli o bony 1- seeded Nuts, surrounded with the 

 united and fleshy scales. Decand. 



1. i.commwn.'i, leaves ternate patent niucronate longer than the 

 berry, p. 290, — JVoods and moors. 



3. TAXUS. 



Flowers dioecious or monoecious, surrounded with many scales. 

 Barren fi. Stam. 8—10, their filaments monadelphous. Anth, 

 peltate,G — S celled; rc/Zi deluscent beneath. Fertile JI. SlyleO. 

 Sligrna concave. Driipe fleshy, open at the extremity. Nat 

 1 -seeded. Decajid. 



1. T. haccata, leaves approximate, p. 290. 



Order II. COiiYLACE.E. Mirb. 

 {Cupidiferce Rich.) 



Flowers amentaceous, with the anthers and pistils in distinct 

 fiowers. Barren fl. Pe?m/ztA sometimes wanting. Slam.o — 20 

 on each bractea or scale. Fertile Jl. Cupule 1 - or many-flowered. 

 Perianth adherent, multidentate. Ovary single, many-celled, 

 and with many ovules. Style 2 — 3 or many-cleft. Nuts 1 or 

 more, by abortion 1-celled, l-seeded. S6^ec? pendulous. Radicle 

 superior. Albumen none. 



Shrubs or trees with alternate simple leaves and stipules. Mirb. 



1 . CORYLUS. 



Monoecious. Barren fl. in a cylindrical catkin ; its scales 3-cleft. 

 Perianth 0. Sta)n.S. Anthers 1-celled. Fertile fl. Peria?ith 

 almost obsolete. Ovaries severa), surrounded by a scaly invo- 

 lucre. Stigmas 2. Nut l-seeded, surrounded at the base with 

 the enlarged united coriaceous scales of the involucre, forming 

 the cupule. 



1. C. Avellana, stipules oblong obtuse, leaves roundish-cordate 

 pointed, involucre of the fruit campanulate rather spreading 

 torn at the margin, p. 275. — IVoodi. 



2. QUERCUS. 



Monoecious. Barren fl. in a lax catkin. Perianth single, some- 

 what 5-cleft. Stam. 5 — 10. Fertile fl. Cupule cu\)-shaped, 

 scaly. Perianth 6-lobed. Ovary 3-celled, 2 of the cells abor- 

 tive. Style \. Stigmas 3. iV''«^ (gco??.') 1-celled, l-seeded, 

 surrounded at the base with the scalv cupule. 

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