54<5 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



3. Nothofagus pumilio^ Krasser. Shrub or low tree, S. America, Not 

 introduced. Leaves ovate, \ X.o \\ inch long; lateral nerves five to seven pairs; 

 regularly bicrenate in margin, with two teeth between the ends of each adjacent pair 

 of nerves. Young branchlets clothed with dense yellow pubescence. 



4. Nothofagus obliqua, Blume. Large tree, S. America. Introduced. Leaves, 

 I to 2\ inches long, ovate-oblong, glaucous beneath ; lateral nerves seven to eleven 

 pairs ; lobulate and serrate in margin. 



5. Nothofagus procera? Oerstedt. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 

 Leaves, 2 to 3^ inches long, oblong ; lateral nerves fifteen to sixteen pairs ; doubly 

 serrate in margin. 



6. Nothofagus Gunnii^ Oerstedt. Shrub, Tasmania. Not introduced. Leaves, 

 J inch long, ovate ; lateral nerves six pairs, prominent beneath ; margin regularly 

 crenate, with one tooth between the ends of each adjacent pair of nerves. 



IL Leaves evergreen, margin not entire. In this section, the leaves are 

 usually very coriaceous, and glabrous, or with only slight pubescence. 



A. Leaves minutely crenulate in margin. 



7. Nothofagus apiculata,*^ Krasser. Tree attaining 40 feet in height, New 

 Zealand, Not introduced. Leaves i inch long, elliptical, conspicuously mucronate 

 at the apex. 



B. Leaves crenate in margin. 



8. Nothofagus Menziesii, Oerstedt. Large tree, New Zealand. Introduced. 

 Leaves, ^ inch long, ovate, rhomboid or orbicular, doubly crenate, with two pubescent 

 pits on each side of the midrib near the base on the lower surface. 



9. Nothofagus Cunninghami, Oerstedt. Large tree, Australia, Tasmania. 

 Introduced. Leaves, ^ inch long, ovate, deltoid or rhomboid, simply crenate; 

 lower surface without pits or resinous papillae. 



10. Nothofagus betuloides, Blume. Large tree, S. America. Introduced. 

 Leaves, f to i inch long, ovate, crenate or obtusely dentate ; lower surface dotted 

 with resinous papillae. 



C. Leaves serrate in margin. 



11. Nothofagus Dombeyi^ Blume. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 

 Leaves, i inch long, lanceolate ; nerves six pairs ; lower surface dotted with resinous 

 papillae. 



12. Nothofagus nitida,^ Krasser. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 

 Leaves, i to i J inch long, trapezoid-ovate, acuminate ; nerves six pairs ; lower 

 surface not dotted. 



13. Nothofagus fusca, Oerstedt. Large tree. New Zealand. Introduced. 



Fagus pumilio, Poeppig et Endlicher, Nor. Gen. et Sp. ii. 68, t. I9S (1835). Fagus antarctica, var. bicrenata, PC. 

 Prod. xri. 2, p. 120 (1864). 



* Fagus procera, Poeppig et Endlicher, N(n). Gen. et Sp. ii. 69, t. 197 (1835). 

 ' Fagus Gutittii, Hooker, Icon. Plant, t. 881 (1852). 



Fagus apiculata, Colenso, Trans. N. Zeal. Instil, xvi. 335 (1884). 

 ' Fagus Dombeyi, Mirbel, Mint. Mus. Paris, xiv. 467, t. 24 (1827). 



Fagus nitida, Philippi, Linnaa, xxix. 44 (1857). 



