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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRTTANNICUM. 



b. Species not yet introduced. 

 3. F. OBLI^QUA Mirb. The oblique-leaved Beech. 



Identification. Mem. Mus., 14. p. 466. 

 Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 23. : and our 

 /g. 1700. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, oblique, somewhat rhom- 

 boid ; blunt, doubly serrated, 

 entire at the base; attenuated 

 into the petiole, and somewhat 

 downy. Perianth of the male 

 flowers solitary, hemispherical, 

 sinuated. Anthers SO 40. Cu- 

 pules capsuliform, muricate, 4- 

 partite; segments ovate, obtuse. 

 Ovaries included, 3-sided ; angles 

 winged. (Mirbel.) A tall tree. 

 Chili, near Conception ; flower- 

 ing in September. 



'00. F. obllqua. 



B. Cupule involucriform ; Segments narrow, laciniate. Ovaries laterally inserted. 

 Young leaves not plicate. Natives of South America and Australia. 



a. Species introduced into Britain. 



t 4. . F. JSETULOI'DES Mirb. The Birch-like, or 

 evergreen. Beech. 



Identification. Mirb. in Mem. Mus., 14. p. 470. 



Synonyme. J5etula antarctica Forst. in Comm. Goett. 9. p. 45., 



Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 466. 

 Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 25. ; and our fig. 1701. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenu- 

 late, leathery, shining, glabrous; round at the base, 

 on short footstalks. Perianth of the male flowers 

 solitary, turbinate, 5 7-lobed. Anthers 10 16. 

 Cupules involucriform, smooth, 4-partite ; segments 

 nearly linear, laciniate. Ovaries 3-sided, laterally 

 exserted ; angles marginate. (JMirbel.) An ever- 

 green tree. Terra del Fuego, where it forms vast 

 forests. This beech is also a native of Van Die- 

 man's Lund, where it is called the myrtle tree by 

 the colonists. It generally grows in the western 

 part of the island, where an esculent fungus is 

 found in clusters around the swollen parts of its 

 branches. Said to have been intro- 

 duced in 1830. 



1701. F. 6tuioides. 



02. F. antarctica. 



5. F. ANTARCTICA Forst. The antarctic Beech. 



Identification. Forst. in Comment. Goett., 9. p. 24. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 460. 

 Engravings, Our Jig. 1702. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's herbarium ; 

 KaAJig, 1703. from the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, blunt, glabrous ; 

 attenuated at the base ; doubly dentate ; 

 their margins naked. (Willd.} A tree or 

 shrub, a native of Terra del Fuego. Branches 

 rugged, tortuous. Leaves alternate, petio- 

 late, J A in. long ; plicate ; veins on the 

 under side somewhat downy ; the teeth 

 roundish, blunt. Said to have been intro- 



dllCed in 1830. 1703. /'. antarctica. 



