lis Cl'I-l I.IKKK.K. (<»AK FAMILY.) 



1. C. vesca, l-. (("hkstm t.) Leaves ohlong lanceolate, ac-uniinate, 

 coarsely Miraii', siiiKotli <>u lioth sides; nuts mostly 3, tlic middle one Hat- 

 tonc'il, tlie 2 outer onus pluno-eonvex, darii lirown. — Drv woods, mostly in 

 tlio u|i]Hr (iistiiits. Aiuil. — A large tree. Leaves C- 7' long. 



2. C. pumila, Michx. (CinNyi ai-in.) Leaves ohlong, acute, or ol)tuse, 

 fint'lv senate, lioary-tomentose beneatli ; nuts solitary, nearly gloliular. (C. 

 nana, Muld., a form with larger leaves and nuts.) — Dry sandy soil, riorida, 

 and nurtiiward. April- May. — A large slirub or small tree. Leaves, invo- 

 lucre, ami nut smaller than those of the preceding. 



3. FAGUS, Touru. Beech. 



Sterile flowers capitate, on long and drooping peduncles, with deciduous 

 bracts. Calyx i)ell-shaped, 5 -6 cleft. Stamens 8-12: anthers 2-celled. 

 Fertile flowers solitary or i)y pairs, peduncled, surrounded witli numerous 

 liuear bracts and a 4-lobed involucre. Calyx of 4-5 subulate lobes. Ovary 

 3-celled, with two ovules in each cell. Styles 3, filiform, ^■ut8 commonly 2, 

 acutely 3 angled, enclosed in the soft-spiny 4-valved involucre. Cotyledons 

 thick and fle.shy. — Trees, with whitish bark, and straight-veined leaves ex- 

 panding with the flowei'S. 



L F. ferruginea, Ait. Leaves oblong-ovate or rhombic, acute, finely 

 serrate, silky on both sides when young, when old only on the veins beneath ; 

 spines of the involucre short, recurved. — Damp sandy soil. April. — A large 

 tree, with widely spreading branches. 



4. CORYLUS, Tourn. H.vzel-xct. 



Sterile flowers in cylindrical pendulous bracted aments. Calyx 2 cleft, 

 partly united with the bract. Stamens 8: anthers 1-celled. Fertile flowers 

 clustered. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled. Stigmas 2, filiform. Involucre tut)ular 

 at the base, leafy and lacerated at the summit, enclosing a single bony (edible) 

 ni'.t. — Shrubs, with broadly cordate doubly serrate petioled leaves. Flowers 

 appearing before the leaves. 



L C. Americana, Walt. (H.vzel-xut.) Branchlets glandular ; leai^es 

 round-cordate, coarsely serrate, acuminate, pubescent; involucre roundish at 

 the base, dilated and flattened above the nut, glandular-hairy ; nut roundish, 

 somewhat flattened. — Rich soil along the mavginf! of woods and thickets. 

 West Florida, and northward. Feb.- March. — Shrub 5*- 6° high, tough 

 and flexible. Leaves 4' -6' long. 



2. C. rostrata, Ait. (Beaked Hazel-xht.) Branchlets smooth ; leaves 

 ovate or ol)loiig-ovate, slightly cordate, acuminate, finely serrate, rather thin, 

 pubescent ; involucre bristly, prolonged into a tube above the nut, 2-cleft and 

 toothed at the summit; fruit nearly globular. — Rich soil in the upper dis- 

 tricts. March - April. — Shrub 4°- 6° high. 



5. CARPINUS, L. HoRXBEAM. 



Flowers destitute of floral envelopes, supported by scale-like bracts. Sterile 

 flowers in drooping cylindrical aments. Stamens 8- 14 : filaments short : an- 



