586 MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



In woods and gentlemen's plantations, h. V. 



This tree is low, being feldom more than ten or 

 twelve feet high : the bark is white, the wood 

 hard, tough and white : the leaves oval, nervous, 

 wrinkled, and fharply ferrated : thefcalcs of :;r.e 

 femle catkins are haftate, or lanceolate, .virii a 

 lobe on each fide at the bafe. 



The wood is efteem'd by the mill-wright and wheel- 

 wright for pullies, axles, fhafts, &c. 



Very neat efpalier hedges, b) the fides of garden- 

 walks, are often form'd of the young trees : 

 the inner bark will dye yarn of a yellow colour, 

 and cattle are fond of the leaves. 



CORYLUS. Gen. pi. 1074. 



MASC. Cal. i-phyllus, 3-fidus, fquamiferis, i-flo- 



rus. Cor. o. St am 8. 

 FEM, Cal. 2-phyllus, lacerus. Cor. o. Styli 2. 



Nux ovata. 



ji^illana i, CORYLUS ftipulis ovatis obtufis. Sp. pi. 141 7. 

 (Ger.em. 143B./. 2. Blackwell. t. 293.) 



The Hafel nut tree. Anglis. 



An Calltain. Gaulis. 



hi woods frequent, "h . III. IV. 



The male catkins appear in the Autumn, and wait 

 for the expanfion of the female gems in the 

 Spring, which are fefTile, and placed near the 

 bale of the males. The ftyles are of a bright 

 red colour, long and fetaceous. 



The 



