MQNOECIA POLVANDRIA 



613 



FAGUS 



P 



1448 



fid 



Mas cull 



Qalyx 5 



camp 



Corolla 



circiter 1 

 Foemi 



deiitatiis^ setosus. 

 rolla 0. G 



Nu 



St am 



Calyx 4 



Co. 



la 2 



ces 2 



? 



nato, coriaceo, quad 

 fido inclusa3. 



^ 



H 

 J 



Sterile florets 



Ca 



ft 



ate 



Corolla 



campa 



Sta 



C 



mens about 12. 



Fertile florets, 

 hjx 4-toothed^ bristly 

 Corolla 0. (7e/7>: 



9 



echi- A?^^.y 2, inclosed in an 



ly 



4 



1. Sylvatica. 



Lin. 



F. foliis ovatis, acu 

 niinatis, Jeviter denta 



I 



margine 

 aculis; nucibus 



Var. Americana. 



Leaves ovate 



5 



tis, 



acu 



minate, slightly tooth 

 ciliatis, [ ed, fringed 



asi 



along 



the 



margin, acute at base; 

 nuts ovate-triquetrous, 

 obtuse but mucronate. 



ovato triquetns, obtu- 

 sis cum mucrone. 



^ 



Sp.pl 4. p. 459. Walt. p. 233. Pursh, 2. p. 624. Niitt. 2. p. 2l6. 

 * . Sylvestris, Mich. 2. p. 194, 



Icon. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 170. 



A large and beautiful tree, growing sometimes from 50 to 60 feet in height 

 and 2 to 3 in diameter. The trunk covered with a smooth white bark' 

 tranches numerous, and forming a very compact handsome head. heavt& 

 alternate on short petioles, oval, lanceolate, acuminate, ribbed, serrate. Am- 

 f '! "'■ '^^ '^* °^ ^**^"*^ florets, somewhat terminal or on short peduncles 

 lertile florets axillary, very small. Calyx persistent, somewhat like those of 

 tne chmquapin, but 4-cleft, and the spines weak and flexible. Seeds gene- 

 rally triquetrous. " 



. ^*^'*. 's one of the handsomest of our forest trees. The verdure of its 

 tr^^^^ ^nn*^ ^^^'"^ surpasses in delicacy and beauty that of any other of our 



do7* wi""'"" ^^ ''** ^^°^ '^ ^'"^ ^^^ "^"^^^^^ 3"*^^ *t is but little used, as the 

 g wood (Cornus Florida) and some other of our close grained trees sur- 

 pass It much in strength and durability. ' ' 



t grows h» damp and rich soils, and where the substratum is rlav the 

 »» 's generally as durable as it is fertile. Where the substratum howe^■e^ 

 's frequently the case in the low country of white sand, no soil is more 



M 



speedily exhausted. 

 i lowers March 



April. 



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