MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



615 



2. PUMILA 



c. 



foil is 



oblon 



gis 



9 



acutis, mucronato-ser 

 ratis, subtus albo to 

 mentosis. 



Leaves oblong, 



a 



cute, miicronately ser 

 rate, 



tomentose 

 hoary underneath. 



and 



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Sp.pl4.p46V Mich. 2. p. 193. Pursh. 2. p. 624. Nutt. 217 

 Fagus Pumila, tar. Scrotina, Walt. p. 233 



Icon. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 166. 



A small tree, sometimes growing 30—40 feet in height, and /s— 15 inch- 

 es in diameter but more commonly assuming the form of a shrub from 12- 



nvn '? v!^ ^'"'''^^ """i'^ ''"^"^'' *''^" ^^^°5^ «f the preceding species, 

 oval and obovate, mucronately serrate, tomentose underneath, and as in all 



iJnZ ^'""r' '"'^ '"f "'"''^ '''^^^'^- ^^'^'^^ ^^'•^t^ generally 1 in each in- 

 InZ \ T'^l ^'''. ""'? commonly prove abortive. Nut small, ovate, 

 acute, enclosed m the spiny involucrum. ' 



fnr'!!''^"'^'"^ ""^i *^'^ Chinquapin, whenever it can be obtained large enough 

 or posts, IS much valued, as it is supposed to be more durable when exposed 

 to die weather than any of our trees, excepting the Red Cedar. 



ran. STL'" ^^ ^''?^' '''^'' '''''' ^^""^'^"' "^^^^ ^'^^ sea-coast; I believe 

 rare m the upper count^3^ " 



/ 



4 



Flowers in 3133% 



i 



3. Na?{a. Muhl. 



F 



C. humibs: foliis 



o 



I 



A small shrub; leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, rather 



obtuse. 



mucronately 



vali-lanceolatis, sub 

 obuisis, mucronato-ser 



ratis, supra nitidis sub- 1 serrate, shining on the 

 tus sub-tomentosis. I upper surface, slighth 



tomentose underneath. 



C. Alnifolia, Nutt. 2. p. 217". 



, Walt. p. 233. 



patl£ 'x^th '^"■"^- '"'"'^ '^ ''■'!; ^"''"'^^ " ''^^^ ^" h^'^S^^t; •* g'-^"^^ "' small 

 mllllZ' ''''P'?^ '°''''' f ^'"^'^^ "'^ '^'■S^^ than those of the preced- 

 m nnnf ' ""^'^ glosfy o" .tf^e upper surface, less tomentose underneath, 



the fe tn r'! "i''^^"'^^^^^ V^^'^' ""^' consequently serrate; involucrum of. 



in,' ,, n M ' ' V^' °" ^> ^''''''' P^^'t ^^^'•''^- ^'«"'^ generally matur- 

 'L) as ,n the preceding species. Only l nut. 



fenerillvT^f 1" Chinquapin grows in sandy pine barrens. The nut is 

 tlowL%7av ''"^'"'' "'^""f^'-^nt tlian those of the preceding specie-!. 



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