CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CER, CASTA‘NEA. 1983 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, somewhat rhomboid, 
pointed. 3; serrated, coriaceous, 
shining, glabrous ; wedge. 
shaped, and oblique at the base, 192% 
on very short footstalks. Peri- 2 
anth of the male ternate, cam- 
panulate, 4—5-lobed. Anthers 
8—10. Cupules involucriform, 
smooth, 4-partite ; segments al- 
most linear, laciniate. Ovaries 
laterally exserted, 3-sided; an- 
gles marginate, (Mirb.) A tall 
tree, a native of Chili, where it 
was found, along with F. ob- 
qua, by the botanist after 
whom it has been named. It 
is known in Chili by the name 
of Coigué, and furnishes excel- 
lent wood for the purposes of <- 
construction. Young branches S_ 
downy, glutinous, eaves al- 
ternate, from 5 to 10 lines long, 
and from 3 to 5 lines broad, on 
the flowering branches, and 
about double the size on the ste- 
rile branches. Stipules oval, de- 
«iduous, about the length of the petiole. Fruit unknown, (Mém. Mus., xiv. p. 408.) 
2 10. #. pu‘zia Mird. The dubious Beech. 
Identification. Mém. Mus., 14. t. 26. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus,, 14. t. 26.; and our fig. 1932, 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, bluntish, doubly serrate, coriaceous, shining, glabrous ; round at the 
base, on short footstalks. Perianth of the male solitary, turbinate, 5—7-lobed. Anthers 10—16. 
(Mirb.) It is extremely pacer that the #, dibia is nothing more than a variety of F. betuldides. 
The branches are smoother and more elongated; the leaves larger, oval, and not elliptic; and den- 
tate, not crenulate ; all which differences may be the result of a more vigorous growth. The dried 
specimen in other respects perfectly resembles that of F, betulGides ; and Commerson, who gathered 
it at the Straits of Magellan, had placed it along with that species, under the name of Bétula 
antarctica. As Mirbel had not seen the female flower, he thought it better not to confound it 
with FP, Jetuldides. 
Genus III. 
ann 
CASTA‘NEA Tourn. Tue Cuestnut. Lin. Syst, Moncecia Polyandria. 
Identification. Tourn., 352. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 460.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 65. 
Synonymes. Fagus Lin. and others; Chataignier, Fr. ; Kastanie, Ger. ; Castagno, Itad.; Castano, 
Span. ; Castanheiro, Port.; Castanietre, Swed. and Dan.; Keschton, Russ. 
Derivation. From Castanea, a town in Thessaly, or from another town of that name in Pontus. 
Description, §c. Deciduous trees, with nearly the same geographical dis- 
tribution as the oak, but more tender. There is only one European species, 
which is chiefly valuable as a fruit tree, and as coppice-wood ; the timber of 
full-grown trees being brittle, and of short duration. The foliage is large and 
ornamental; and, in this and its fruit, it bears a close analogy to the beech. 
The botanical difference between the two genera has been noticed in p. 1949, 
¥ 1. C. ve’sca Gertn. The eatable, sweet, or Spanish, Chestnut. 
Identification. , ae Sem., 1. p. 181.; Michx. Amer., 2. p. 193,; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 460. ; Lindl. 
Synop., p. 171. 
Synonymes. Fagus Castanea Lin. Hort. Cliff, 447., Hort. Ups., 287., Roy. Lugdb., 79., Mat. 
‘Med. 203., Dalib. Paris., 294., Gron. Virg., 150., Du Roi Havbk., 1. p. 40, niph. Cent., 5. 
No. 31., Régn. Bot.; Castanea sativa Mill. Dict., No. 1., Scop. Carn., No. 1187., Hall. Helv., 
No. 1623., Blackw., t. 330., Houtt. Lin, Pfl., 2. p. 328.5; C. haps mk: Lam. Encyc., 1. p. 708., 
N. Du Ham., 3. p. 66., Eng. Bot., t. 886., Eng. Fl, 4 p.151., Hook. Br. Fl., ed.’3., p. 411. 
Mackay Fl. Hibern., p. 251. 
erivation. The term Sweet Chestnut is applied with reference to the fruit, in contradistinction to 
the fruit of the horsechestnut, which is bitter. _ It is called the Spanish chestnut, because the best 
chestnuts for the table, sold in the London markets, are imported from ae 
ravings. Eng. Bot., t. 886. ; Blackw., t. 330.; Hunt. Evel., 1. p. 152.; N. Du Ham., 3. t. 19. ; and 
the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, mucronately serrated ; 
glabrous on each side. (Wil/d.) A stately tree, rivalling the oak in size 
and longevity ; but, in regard to its timber, comparatively worthless. A 
native of Asia Minor; but cultivated in the temperate parts of Europe 
from time immemorial. 
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