\No. 201. CHESTNUT, Castanea sativa. Gaertn. 

 PLATE XV 127. 



Cupuliferae. 



;>ca, Gaertn. C. vui.^ris, Lam. 

 -<ply. Europe, North . 



\ames. Sweet, Span;- Edible Chestnut, 



tnut in the U.S.A. (12). Y, jropeesche or Kaap- 

 in South Africa (51). 



rs, etc. Recorded dry-weight 32-46 Jibs, per 



rrade 6, firm ; compare ( >ak. Smell none. 



'id unpleasant. 1 ;!, but the embers 



'>od. Solution 



' 



,c-.i young : lem .ill and round. When old, 



usually in a spiral or lattic 



:lt to obtain large 1< id ... durable 



vourable situations :^soon - : alternate wet and 



a useful coopers' wood . . . clap-boards, ladders, 



" (69). "Elastic (i.e. the your:*: wood), durable ... a post 



ntolasteighi :L the ground . . . gives way 



Z at the breaking-point" (95). This appears to 



m species. C. vulgaris, var. americana. which 



is rep u arable when exposed. Splits rather 



easily witi 



Authorir, op. 21, 29. Schwartz (106), p. 483. 



Nordl v <S),vol. iii. p. 79. Mathieu (69), 



p. 325. (37), p. 379. Wiesner (131), L. 



dark brown, well defined from 

 at 2-6 rings wide. 

 Anatoi ' -e section : 



ariable : coarse, I or few- 

 's" smaller pores arranged in 

 .dei ), all readily visible to 



. ;.er sq. mm. in the pore-ring : 

 large pores, oval, to 0'5 by 



Ray e, siae 7, one size only : difficult to see, 



especially rcely denser than the 



grour looji : r mm. : direct but 



'.int of the prominent pore-ring 



