.910 | .. CXIII. CUPULIFERZ. , | Fagus. 
. within each catkin-scale, gromenalete 4- to 6-lobed, containing 8 to 
16 stamens, with protruding filaments. Female cat s globular, 
almost sessile, the scales linear, with: numerous close-packed filiform 
inner scales, p empty except the innermost and forming an involucre 
ound 2 to.4 sessile flowers in the centre of the iin: Perianth-limb 
each cell. Styles 3. Nuts 2 to 4, angled or winged, enclosed in a 
hard prickly involucre, composed of the combined scales of the catkin, 
and opening in 4 valves.—Trees or rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, 
coriaceous, penniveined, frequently plicate and toothed. Stipules - 
idao ous. Male catkins usually in the lower axils, the females — 
in the upper ones. 
The genus comprises 2 or 3 European or North American species, and seve veral 
a ag ones from South America and New Zealand. The Australian species are all 
en 
leone op ehrtugir plato, with the veins gigi f da prominent under- 
Stipules persistent, saccate 1. F. Gunnii. 
rer flat, coriaceous, x ein s slightly mre Stipules 
membranous, very 
Leaves of ToS branches bid, very obtuse, ] to Lin. : $ 
lon e à $ . 2. F. Cunninghamu. 
Leaves of f flowering branch ovato, shortly acute, P to 1 in. ; 
DOC RIE ES ree aM" . 98. F. Moore. | 
k. f. in Hook. oa dip t. 881; Fi Tasm. i. 946. 4 
A Din VARF d shrub, “tian covering ith an impenetrable 
scrub 5 to 8 feet high, the young bradda tee pubescent and the 
foliage usually sprinkled with a few o Leaves very 
upper 
coriaceous, eac with 4 to 6 rudis obtuse dorsal scales (or ho 
the adnate scales). Nuts usually 3, T 3-winged, or the 
one 2-winged.—A. DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 120 : 
Tasmania. Summit of Mount Shui at an elevation of 4600 to 5000 ft., Gunn; 
Mount TARDEN C. Stuart; Mount Sorrell, Macquarrie harbour, igan. 
ourn. Bot. 
dcl pu or cs idm es nly re senes ev oat. 
eltoid rhomboid or orbic 
