250 ‘DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
S. Vess. Capsule (heretofore the involucrum,) very large, 
roundish, beset with thorns, of 1 cell and 4 valves, 
Sreps. Nuts 2 or 3, egg-shaped, but 3-cornered or com- 
pressed, tapering to a point. 
‘Oss. The Fagus Castanea has its male flowers disposed in 
a cylindrical catkin, and they each contain from 5 to 20 sta- 
mens. The female flowers inclose 12 barren stamens; the style 
has 6 divisions; the germen 6 cells; the nuts are 2 or 3, con- 
vex on one side, flattish on the other. The capsule’is armed 
with stiff branching thorns, 7 to “ee 
In the F. sylvatica, the male catkins are globular, the stamens 
from 8 to 12; the style with 3 clefts, the germen with 3 cells; 
the nuts 2, 3-cornered ; the capsule set with soft thorns. Lin. 
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. RESE’DA. Tourn. 238, & Luteola. Gerin. 76. 
Car. Cup | leaf, divided. Segments narrow, acute, up- 
right, permanent, 2 of them standing more open on — 
account of the nectariferous petals. 3 
Buoss. Petals several, unequal, always some with 3 shal- 
low clefts; the uppermost bulging at the base, as long 
as the cup, and containing honey. + gee 
Nectary a flat upright gland, rising from the recep- 
tacle, situated between the stamens and the uppermost 
petal, closing with the base of the petals, which on that 
side are dilated. Ee: 
‘Stam. Filaments 11 to 15, short. Anthers blunt, upright, 
as long as the blossom, i 
Pisr. . Germen bulging, ending in some very short style. 
Summits simple. : we 
S. Vess. Capsule bulging, angular, tapering to the styles, ees 
with 1 cell, opening between the styles. ; 
Szeps many-kidney-shaped, fixed to the angles of the 
capsule. 
has 4 divisions, the petals are 3; the uppermost, containing pes, 
nectary, has 6 shallow clefts.. The lateral and opposite pe 
have 3 clefts; and there are sometimes 2 other very sii@ 
entire petals, Styles 3. Stamens many, Liny. 
