LXX. CORYLa'cEJE : FA^GVS. 



Oil 



h. Species not yet introduced into British Gardens. 



2 6. F. Dombe'y/ Mirb. Dombey's, or the 

 Myrtle-leaved, Beech. 



Identification. Mem. Mus., 14. p. 468. : Comp. Bot. Mac 1 

 p. 301. *"' ' 



Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 24. ; and onr fig. 1704. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, some- 

 what rhomboid, pointed ; serrated, coriaceous, 

 shining, glaarous ; wedge-shaped, and oblique 

 at the base, on very short footstalks. Perianth 

 of the male ternate, campanulate, 4 .5-lobed. 

 Anthers 8 10. Cupules involucriform, smooth, 

 4-partite ; segments almost linear, laciniate! 

 Ovaries laterally exserted, 3-sided ; angles mar- 

 ginate. (Mirb.) A tall tree, a native "of Chiii, 

 where it was found, along with F. obliijua, by 

 the botanist after whom it had been named. 

 Whether it is deciduous or evergreen we are un- 

 certain ; there being no living plants of it either 

 in France or England. 



The dubious Beech, 



17U4. F. Donibeyi. 



: 7. F. DUBiA Mirb. 



Identification. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 26. 



Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 2ij. ; and our^^. 1705. 



Spec. Char., S^-c. Leaves ovate, bluntish, doubly ser- 

 rate, coriaceous, shining, glabrous, round at the 

 base, on short footstalks. Perianth of the male 

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

 (ATirb.) A South American tree, not introduced. 



Probably nothing more than a variety of F. betu- 

 loides. The branches are smoother and more elon- 

 gated ; the leaves larger, oval, and not elliptic ; and 

 dentate, not crenulate ; all which differences may be 

 the result of a more vigorous growth. The dried 

 specimen, in other respects, perfectly resembles that 

 of F. 6etuloides ; and Commerson, who gathered it at 

 the Straits of Magellan, had placed it along with that 

 species, under the name of i?etula antarctica. As 

 Mirbel had not seen the female flower, he thought it 

 better not to confound it with F. 6etuldides. 



1705. F. diibia 



Genus III. 



CASTA'NEA Tourn. The Chestnut. Lin. Syst. Monoe^cia Polyandria. 



Identification. Tourn., 352 ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 460. ; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 65. 



Synunymes. /agus 7.m. and others ; Chataignier, Fr. ; Kastanie, Ger.; Castagno, Ital. ; Castano, 



Span. ; Castaiilieiro, Port. ; Castanietree, Swed. and Dan. ; Keschton, Russ. 

 Derivation. From Castanea, a town in Thessaly, or from another town of that name in Pontus. 



Gen. Char. Male jloivers each consisting of a 6-parted calyx, and 10 15 

 stamens, affixed to its bottom, and extended beyond its mouth. Flowers 

 sessile, and disposed in groups along axillary stalks : each group consists of 

 many flowers, and is iiivolucrated by a bractea and a bracteole. Female 

 flowers consih.ting each of an ovary taper to the tip, clothed with a calyx, 

 and crowned by its 6 7 8-cleft limb, and bearing as many styles, and 

 having as many cells, with two pendulous ovules in each. The flowers are 



