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1711. C. arg^ntea. 



1712. C. jaTinica. 



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

 tana, C. 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. ^. j 



Genus IV. 



CA'RPINUS L. The Hornbeam 



MonoeVia Polyandria. 



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



Synonymes. Carne, Charme, Fr. ; Haynbuclie, or Hainbuche, Ger. ; Carpino, Ital. 



Derivation. According to some, from cai-, wood, and pix, tlie 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 carpcntum, and which the Swedes still call kanti. 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. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Male flowers. Catkin lateral, sessile, cylindrical. Bracleas 

 imbricate, i^/oit^ers 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 kintis, 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 adnatc calyx ; woody ; including one seed. (G. Don.) 



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

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

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



