916 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1711. C. arg^ntea. 



1712. C. javanica 



the volcanic mountain of Gede. Blume mentions two varieties : C. j. mem- 

 tana, 6'. montana Blume Bjdr. 10. p. 526.; and C. j. fucescens. (Blume.} 



C. inermis Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. is a native of Singapore. 



C. chinensis Spreng. is mentioned in our Hortus Britannicus. 



GENUS IV. 



6'A'RPINUS L. THE HORNBEAM. Lin. Syst. Monce'cia Polyandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 497. ; Juss., 409.; Fl. Br., 1029. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 197. 



Synonymes. Carne, Charme, Fr. ; Haynbuche, or Hainbuche, Gcr. ; Carpino, Ital. 



Derivation. According to some, from car, wood, and pix, the head, Celtic; from the wood being 

 used to make the yokes of oxen : and, according to others, from the Romans using the wood for 

 making a sort of chariot, which they called carpentum, and which the Swedes still call karm. The 

 French name, Charme, is evidently from the same origin. The English name of Hornbeam al- 

 ludes to the horny texture of the wood ; and the German one of Hainbuche, to the use of the 

 wood for making groves in the geometric style of gardening. 



(jren. Char., Sf-c. Male jlowcrs. Catkin lateral, sessile, cylindrical. Bracteas 

 imbricate. Floivers consisting of 12 or more stamens inserted at the base 

 of a bractea. Anthers bearded at the tip, 1-celled. Female flowers in lax 

 terminal catkins. Bracteas of two kinds, outer and inner ; outer bracteas 

 entire, soon falling off; inner bracteas in pairs, each 3-lobed. Calyx cloth- 

 ing the ovary to near its tip, and adhering to it ; toothed at the tip. Style 

 very short. Stigmas 2, long, thread-shaped. Fruit not attended by the 

 involucre ; ovate, compressed, ribbed, clothed except at the base, and 

 tipped with the adnate calyx ; woody ; including one seed. (6r. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; feather-nerved, plaited 

 in the bud. Floivers very small, greenish. Trees, mostly of the middle 

 size ; natives of Europe, the Levant, and North America ; little valued 



