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b. Species not yet introduced. 
* 3. F. opri‘qua Mirb. The oblique-leaved Beech. 
Identification. Mém. Mus., 14. p. 466. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 14. t. 23.; and 
our jig. 1919. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves ovate-oblong 
oblique, somewhat rhomboid; _ blunt, 
doubly serrated, entire at the base; at- 
tenuated into the petiole, somewhat 
downy. Perianth of the male flowers 
solitary, hemispherical, sinuated. Anthers 
30—40. Cupules capsuliform, muricate, 
4-partite; segments ovate, obtuse. Ova- 
ries included, 3-sided; angles winged. 
(Mirbel.) A tall tree, a native of Chili, 
_ and found by Dombey near Concepcion ; 
flowering in September. In Chili, it is 
known by the name} of Roblé. Leaves 
alternate, from lin. to 2in. long, and 
from 4 lines to 8 lines broad. Stipules 
deciduous, membranaceous, lanceolate, 
linear ; about the length of the petioles, {27 
(Mirb. Mém. Mus., xiv. p. 466.) 
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B. Cupule involucriform ; Segments narrow, laciniate. Ovaries laterally inserted. 
Young leaves not plicate. 
a. Species introduced into Britain. 
£ 4. F. Beruworpes Mirdb. The Birch-like, or evergreen, Beech. 
Identification. Miro. in Mém. Mus., 14. p. 470.; Hook. in Bot. Mag. 
Synonyme, Bétula antarctica Forst. in Comm. Goett., 9. p. 45., Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 466. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 14. t. 25.; and our fig. 1920. 
Spec. Char., &§c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenulate, leathery, shining, glabrous; round at the 
base, on short footstalks. Perianth of the male flowers solitary, turbinate, 5—7-lobed. Anthers 
10—16. Cupules involucriform, smooth, 4-partite; segments nearly linear, laciniate. Ovaries 
3-sided, laterally exserted ; angles marginate. (M7rbel.) An ever- 
green tree, a native of Terra del Fuego,where it forms vast forests. 
Branches divaricate, tortuous, brownish; young ones pubescent. 
Leaves ciliate, alternate, from 4 to 10 lines long, and from 3 to 
8 lines broad. Flowers axillary. The structure and disposition 
of the male flowers, as well as many other characters of vegetation, |. 
resemble those of F. antarctica Forst.; but, according to this !y 
botanist, the leaves of F. antarctica’are plaited in the bud; and z 
the disk is less prolonged on one side of the petiole than on the 
other, which characters do not exist in F. betuloides. (Mém. Mus., 
xiv. p. 470.) The evergreen beech grows at Port Famine, Straits 
of Magellan, and in its neighbourhood, in the greatest abundance. 
It attains a very large size; trees of 3 ft. in diameter being common, 
and ‘there being many with'‘trunks 4 ft. in diameter. There is one 
tree (perhaps the very same as that mentioned by Commodore 
Byron), the trunk of which averages 7 ft. in diameter to the height 
of 17 ft., and then divides into three large limbs, each of which is 
3 ft. in diameter. (See Journ. of Geo. Soc., and Bot. Mag. for June, 
1836.) This beech is also a native of Van Dieman’s Land, where 
it is called the myrtle tree by_the colonists. It generally grows 
in the western part of the island, where an esculent fungus is 
found in clusters around the swollen parts of its branches. This 
fungus varies in size from that of a marble to that of a walnut: 
when young, it is whitish, and covered with a skin like that of a 
young potato. This skin is easily taken off; and the remaining 
portion, when raw, tastes like cold cow-heel. When this fungus 
is matured, the skin splits, and exhibits a sort of network of a 
yellowish white colour. (See Backhouse in Gard. Mag., vol. xi. 
p. 340.; and Comp. to Bot. Mag., vol. ii. p. 340.) F. betuldides 
is said to have been introduced in 1830; but we have not seen the plant. 
¥ 5. F. antva’rotica Forst. The antarctic Beech. 
Identification, Forst. in Comment, Goett., 9. p. 24.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 460. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves ovate, blunt, glabrous; attenuated at the base; doubly dentate; their margins 
naked. (Wrild.) A native of Terra del Fuego, and introduced in 1830. Branches rugged, tortuous. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, 1,in. long; plicate; veins on the under side somewhat downy ; the 
teeth roundish, blunt. (Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p. 460.) We have never seen the plant. 
b. Species not yet introduced into British Gardens. 
¥ 6. F. Domse‘yz Mirb. Dombey’s, or the Myrtle-leaved, Beech. 
Identification. Mém. Mus., 14. p. 468. ; Comp. Bot. Mag., 1. p. 301. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 14, t. 24.; and ourfig. 1921. 
