214 Oak (Cupuliferce) 



Fruit, rounded, the wrap about twice the length of the 

 nut, broad, with spreading and coarsely-toothed edge, 

 opening down to the nut. September. 



Found, common, often forming clumps along the borders 

 of fields and woods from Canada southward. 



A shrub four to eight feet high. Its nuts are of 

 pleasant flavor, but inferior in quality to the English 

 "filberts." 



Fig. ioo. Beaked Hazel-nut. C. rostrata, Ait. 



Flowers, the staminate clusters about one inch long, alone 

 or in pairs. April. 



Leaves, much as in the preceding, but oftenest smaller 

 about three inches or less in length. 



Fruit, much as in the preceding, but with the wrap 

 curiously lengthened into a long, tubular beak. 

 September. 



Found, from Nova Scotia to New Jersey and westward, 

 and in the mountains southward to Georgia. 



A shrub two to six feet high, much less common than 

 the preceding. 



(4) Genus Carpinus, L. 



Fig. 101. Hornbeam. Ironwood. Water Beech. Blue 



Beech. C. Caroliniana, Walt. 



Flowers, the staminate form with several stamens in the 

 axil of a scale-like bract, in drooping clusters an inch, 

 or usually less, in length at the sides of the branches ; 

 the pistillate form in numerous pairs, spiked in a 

 loose, terminal cluster, about two inches long. April. 



