THE HORNBEAMS 

 1. GENUS OSTRYA, SCOP. 



SMALL trees with very hard wood and scaly bark. Leaves, 

 simple, alternate, ovate, deciduous. Flowers small, monoe- 

 cious, both in catkins. Fruits conical, hop-like, of many nuts, 

 each one in an inflated sac. 



2. GENUS CARPINUS, LINN. 



SMALL tree, with smooth, gray bark, showing swellings lik-- 

 veins. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers, 

 both sorts in aments, monoecious. Fruit, paired nutlets, each 

 with a 3-lobed wing. (C. Caroliniana) HORNBEAM 



