tlie Duchy of VVirtembefg, and wiiich is remarkable for 'its extra* 

 ordinarily hirge leaves and fruit -'. 



The ftriking variety, of which I now "beg leave to prcfcnt a fliort 

 defcription and figure to the Linnxan Society, defcrvcs above all 

 others the attention of Natnralifls. It is fo remarkable that, if it 

 ■Were of fri-quen't occutrence, it might fcem to claim the diftinftioa 

 of a peculiar fjiecies of Fugus. I iliall however confidcr it only as 

 a variety, with the following chara6lers : 



¥ AiiVi Jjlvatica ; varictas quercoidcs, cortice tcflellato-fulcnto. 



Not far from the village of ReinhaufTcn, within about two hours 

 ride of Gottingen, is to be fcen a fingle individual of this variety. 

 ■The people of the -country call it Ramviel-bufchc, apparently from 

 an qpinbn of its having originated from the intermixture of aa 

 •Oak with a Beech. 



The bark of the trunk and larger branches is entirely formed 

 .like that of an Oak, by which it is at once known from other 

 Beeches. The tree has likewife the crooked, and proportionably 

 fhort, branches of the Oak ; fo that a fpectator at fome diil:ance, or 

 in the winter feafon, would undoubtedly take it for fuch. 



It is from 40 to 45 feet high, and eight in circumference. The 

 trunk ftraight and upright, moft branching at the top. As it is 

 hollow within, and may probably not lad many years, having 

 •already fome dry boughs in the upper part, it is a pity fome attempt 

 has not been made to increafe it, and to fee if culture makes any 

 change in its nature. 



Tab. XI. reprefents a piece of the bark, with a leaf, of 

 the Fagm fylvatica^ var. quercoides. 



* J. S. Kerner's Befchreibung und Ablildung der Biiume and Geflraucbe ivelcbe in 

 dem tierzogtbum IVirtemberg wild wacbjen. Stuttgart 1793. />. 31. 



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