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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



b. Species not yet introduced. 

 S 3. F. OBLi^QUA Mirb. The oblique-leaved Beech. 



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

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

 fig- 1700. 



Spec. Char., Si-c. 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 30 40. Cu- 

 pulas capsuliform, muricate, 4- 

 partite ; segments ovate, obtuse. 

 Ovaries included, 3-sided ; angles 

 winged. (Alirbet.) A tall tree. 

 Chili, near Conception ; flower- 

 ing in September. 



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

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



a. Species introduced into Britain. 



? 4. F. SETULoi~DES Mii-b. The Birch-like, or 

 evergreen. Beech. 



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



Synoninnc. i>etula jintarctica Forsl. in Coimn. Goett. 9. p. 45., 



VVilld. Sp. Fl. A. p. 466. 

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



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



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



on short footstalks. Perianth of the male flowers 



solitary, turbinate, 3 7-lobed. Anthers 10 16. 



Cupuies involucriform, smooth, 4-partite ; segments 



nearly linear, laciniate. Ovaries 3-sided, laterally 



exserted ; angles marginate. (M/7-bel.) An ever- 

 green tree. Terra del Fuego, where it forms vast 



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



inan's Land, where it is called tlie myrtle tree by 



the colonists. It generally grows in th^ western 



part of the island, where an esculent fungus is 



found in clusters around the swollen parts of its 

 branches, ^aid to have been intro- 

 duced in 1830. 



'i 5. F. anta'rctica Fo?'st. The antarctic Beech. 



Identification. Forst. in Comment. Goett., 9. p. 24. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 160. 

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

 a.ad.fig. 1703. from the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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, ji in. long ; plicate ; veins on the 

 under side somewhat downy ; the teeth 

 roundish, blunt. Said to have been intro- 

 duced in 1830. """S. F. antiircUcft 



