DICOTYLEDONS. COKYLACE.'E. Qliercits. 195 



2. JUNIPERUS. 



Di&cions, rarely monoecious. Barren ji. Amenls ovate; the scales 

 verticillate, peltato-pedicellate. Anlfi. 4 8, 1 -celled. Fertile 

 fl. Aments globose; scales 3, concave, coadunate. Stigma gap- 

 ing. Berry with 3 bony 1 -seeded Nuts, surrounded with the 

 united and fleshy scales. Dccand. 



1 . J. community leaves ternate patent mucronate longer than the 

 berry, p. 290. Woods and moors. 



3. TAXUS. 



Flowers dioecious or monoecious, surrounded with many scales. 

 Barren fl. Slam. S 1 0, their filaments monadelphous. Anlh. 

 peltate,6 S celled; cells dehiscent beneath. Fertile fl. StyleO. 

 Stigma concave. Drupe fleshy, open at the extremity. Nut 

 J -seeded. Decand. 



1. T. laccata, leaves approximate, p. 290. 



ORDER II. CORYLACE.^. Mirb. 

 (Cupuliferce Rich.) 



Flowers amentaceous, with the anthers and pistils in distinct 

 flowers. Barren fl. Perianth sometimes wanting. Stam.o 20 

 on each bractea or scale. Fertile^. Cupule 1 - or in any- flowered. 

 Perianth adherent, multidentate. Ovary single, many-celled, 

 and with many ovules. Style 2 3 or many-cleft. Nuts \ or 

 more, by abortion l-celled, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous. Radicle 

 superior. Albumen none. 



Shrubs or trees with alternate simple leaves and stipules. Mirb. 



1. CORYLUS. 



Monoecious. Barren fl. in a cylindrical catkin ; its scales 3-cleft. 

 Perianth. Stam.S. Anthers l-celled. Fertile fl. Perianth 

 almost obsolete. Ovaries several, surrounded by a scaly invo- 

 lucre. Stigmas 2. Nut 1-seeded, surrounded at the base with 

 the enlarged united coriaceous scales of the involucre, forming 

 the cupule. 



1. C. Avellana, stipules oblong obtuse, leaves roundish-cordate 

 pointed, involucre of the fruit campanulate rather spreading 

 torn at the margin, p. 275. Woods. 



2. QUERCUS. 



Moncecious. Barren fl. in a lax catkin. Perianth single, some- 

 what 5 -cleft. Stam. 5 10. Fertile Ji. Cupule cup-shaped, 

 scaly. Perianth 6-lobed. Ovary 3-celled, 2 of the cells abor- 

 tive. Style 1. Stigmas 3. Nut (acorn) l-celled, 1-seeded, 

 surrounded at the base with the scaly cupule. 



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