2030 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
@ 3. C. RosTRA‘TA Ait. The beaked, American, or Cuckold, Hazel. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 364. ; ed. 2., 5. p. 303.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 471.; Mi 
Amer., 2. p. 201.; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 21. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. if 2? 
Synonymes. C. sylvéstris, &c., Gron. Virg., 151.; C. cornuta Hort. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stipules linear-lanceolate. Leaves ovate-oblong, acumi- 
nate. Involucre of the fruit tubular, campanulate, larger than the nut, 2- 
partite; divisions inciso-dentate. (Willd.) C. rostrata is a bushy shrub, 
seldom exceeding 4 ft. or 5 ft. in height, resembling the common European 
hazel, but distinguished from it by its fruit being covered with the calyx, 
which is prolonged in the form of a long very hairy beak ; and hence the 
name. The kernel is sweet, but not worthy of cultivation for the table. 
The plant is found, according to Pursh (ii. p. 635.), on mountains, from 
Canada to Carolina; but is not common on the plains, and rarely occurs 
so far south as Boston. The American hazel was introduced into Eng- 
land, in 1745, by Archibald Duke of Argyll, but has never been much cul- 
tivated. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. each; at Bollwyller, 
2 francs; and at New York, 25 cents, 
gv 4. C. aMERICA'NA Miche. The American Hazel. 
Identification. Michx. Amer., 2. p. 210.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 471. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. C. am. humilis Wang. Amer., 88. t. 29. f. 63.; Dwarf Cuckold Nut, wild Filbert, 4mer. 
Engraving. Wang. Amer., 88. t. 99, f. 63. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate. Involucre of the 
fruit roundish, campanulate, longer than the nut; limb spreading, dentately 
serrated. (Willd.) The American hazel is a shrub, growing, according to 
Pursh, to the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft. It differs from C. rostrata about 
as much as the filbert from the European hazel. The calyx is larger than 
the included nut, the flavour of the kernel of which is said to be very fine. 
It is found in low shady woods from Canada to Florida. It was ‘intro- 
duced, in 1798, by the Marchioness of Bute. Plants, in the London 
nurseries, are 2s. each ; at Bollwyller, 14 francs ; and at New York, 25 cents. 
App. i. Species of Corylus 1950 
not yet introduced. 
C. férox Wall. Pl. As. Rar., t. 87., and 
our jig. 1950., in which a is the nut with 
its deeply laciniated calyx ; 6 the nut; 
c the kernel; and d a longitudinal 
section of the nut, with the kernel en- 
closed. The leaves are oblong, and 
much pointed. Stipules linear-lanceolate. 
Nut compressed, and half the length of 
the villous, 2-parted, ragged, and spinous 
involucre. (Wall.) “ A native of the top 
of the mountain Sheopur, in Nepal ; 
flowering in September, and bearing 
fruit in December. A tree, 20ft. high, 
with a trunk sometimes 2 ft. in circum- 
ference, and somewhat glabrous ash- 
coloured bark. Branches twiggy, smooth, 
cylindrical, brownish, dotted; the young 
ones silky. Buds conical-oblong, co- 
vered externally with softdown. Leaves 2% 
Sin. or 4in. long, covered on both sides 
with adpressed down ; dark green above; 
rough, and of a pale colour, beneath. 
The wood of this tree is light, compact, 
and of a pale tinge. The nut is small, 
and precisely like the common hazel nut tS, tM) —— 
in taste. The shell is exceedingly hard \\ SAHVA ) Or—at= 
and thick.” (Wall. Pl. As. Rar., t. 87.) fz \ a 
mill} 
This species has not been yet intro- i} 7 g 
duced; but, from the elevation of its f AX 1 UNS 
native habitat, it would doubtless prove \ AN b. <p — 
hardy. From the laciniated calyx of \\ Y yh a 
this nut, it appears nearly allied to 4 Ni? Wy 
C. C. arborescens Fisch. (See p. 2029.) se 
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