CoRYLus. CUPULIFER^. 187 



2. CoRYLUs RosTRATA, Alt. Beaked Hazcl-nut. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, doubly serrate ; involucre prolonged above the fruit into 

 a narrow tubular beak, which is laciniately toothed at the summit. — Ait. Kew. (ed. 2 ) 2. 

 p. 364 ; " Willd. arh. p. 80. t. l.f. 2 ;" Michx. fl. 2. p 201 ; Pursh, ft. 2. p. 635 ; Nutt. 

 gen. 2. p. 216 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 357 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 612 ; Torr. compend. p. 354 (bis) ; 

 Beck, hot. p. 332 ; Hook. fl. Bar- Am. 2. p. 160 ; Loud. enc. tr. <^ shr. p. 925. 



A shrub 2-5 feet high, with slender smooth branches. Leaves about three inches long, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, pubescent (especially on the veins) underneath, smoothish 

 above : petioles hairy, 3-5 lines long. Involucre of the fruit nearly two inches long ; the 

 lower part closely enveloping the nut, and densely clothed with stiff hairs ; the upper part 

 tubular and smoothish, cut at the extremity into several unequal acute teeth. 



Mountain woods and banks of rivers ; frequent north and west of the Highlands. Fl. 

 April. Fr. September. Easily distinguished from the preceding by its narrow leaves and 

 the long beak of the involucre. 



4. QUERCUS. Linn. ; Endl gen. \Mb. oak. 



[ Said to be derived from Ihe Celtic words quer, beautiful, and cuez, a tree.] 

 Sterile fl. in long slender pendulous aments, without bracts. Calyx 6 - 8-parted ; the 

 segments unequal, mostly entire. Stamens 6 - 10 : filaments slender : anthers 2-celled. 

 Fertile fl. Several together on erect axillary peduncles, or sessile on a rachis. Involucre 

 1-flowered, consisting of numerous closely imbricated scales, in fruit becoming an indurated 

 cup surrounding the base of the nut. Ovary 3-celled, with two suspended collateral ovules 

 in each cell, becoming in fruit an ovoid or roundish 1-seeded nut. — Trees or shrubs, with 

 stipulate often lobed or serrated leaves. Flowers inconspicuous, greenish white ; the sterile 

 aments usually several together. Pubescence stellate. 



* Fruit biennial, sessile, 

 t Leaves entire. 



1. Q,UERCus Phellos, Linn. (Plate CIV.) Willow Oak. Peach-leaved Oak. 



Leaves deciduous, narrowly lanceolate, acute at each end, very entire ; cup saucer-shaped ; 

 nut somewhat globose. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 994 ; Abbot, ins. Georg. 2. t 91 ; Michx. Querc. 

 t. 12, and fl. 2. p. 97 ; Michx. f. sylv. 1. «. 14 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 625 ; Torr. compend. 

 p. 357 ; Beck, bat. p. 328. 



A tree 30 - 50 feet high and 12-18 inches in diameter, with a smoothish bark. Leaves 

 3-4 inches long and 6-8 lines broad, light green, smooth, often a little undulate on the 

 margin, sometimes toothed in the young state. Acorns nearly sessile ; the cup shallow ; the 

 scales closely appressed : nut dark brown when ripe, nearly spherical or somewhat depressed : 

 kernel bitter. 



Sandy rather moist woods : Suffolk county. Long Island. Fl. April. Fr. October. The 

 wood of this Oak is reddish and coarse-grained. It is not much esteemed. 



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