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BIRCH FAMILY 

 Corylus americana Walter 1788 Hazel-nut 



A shrub, 1-2.5 m. high, bark, gray and smooth, young twigs and peti- 

 oles hispid-pubescent or glandular-bristly; leaves ovate or broadly oval. 

 obtuse or cordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, serrate all around. 



sometimes slightly lobed, glabrous or nearly so above, finely tomentose 

 especially along the veins beneath, 6-16 cm. long, 4-12 cm. wide, petioles 

 5-20 mm. long; staminate catkins 4-8 cm. long; involucre of the nut 

 composed of 2 leaf -like bracts, free down to the nut, serrate or cut along 



