LXX. CORYLA CE/Ti : STRYA. 



921 



Florida. Height 15 ft. to 40 ft. 

 as in the preceding species. 



The Virginian hop hornbeam, or iron wood, 

 generally forms a tree about 30 ft. high, growing 

 more rapidly than 0. vulgaris, and differing from that 

 species, according to Willdenow and Pursh, chiefly 



in the position of its fe- 

 male catkins, which are 

 upright, instead of being 

 pendulous. The tree, ac- 

 cording to Michaux, is 

 easily known, in winter, 

 by its smootii greyish bark, 

 which is finely divided, and 

 detached in strips of not 

 more than aline in breadth. 

 In British gardens the tree 

 bears a close resemblance 

 to the European hop horn- 



1718. O. virgfnica. beam. 



Genus VI. 



Introduced in 1692. Flowers and fruit 



1719, O. virginica. 



CO'RYLUS L. The Hazel. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Polyandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1074. ; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 17. 

 SynoHi/mes. Coudrier, Fr. ; Haselnuss, Ger. ; Nocciolo, Ital. 



Derivation. According to some, from korus, a lielmet ; tlie I'ruit, with its involucre, appearing as 

 if covered with a bonnet ; and, according to others, from the Greeii word karuon, a nut. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Male flowers in cylindrical catkins. Bracteas sessile, im- 

 bricate. Perigonal scales two, cohering at the base, and adnate to the 

 under surface of the bracteal scale. Stamens 8, inserted upon the peri- 

 gonal scales towards their base. Anthers bearded at the tip. Female 

 flowers in a bud-like catkin, which is developed into a branchlet. Bracteal 

 scale ovate, entire. Calyx not obvious, formed of a slightly villous mem- 

 brane. Stigmas 2, long, thread-shaped. Fruit an ovate nut. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, feather-veined. 

 Flowers whitish in the male, and red in the female, protruded before the 

 leaves. Low trees and large shrubs, deciduous ; natives of Europe and 

 North America ; thriving only in good soil, rather dry than moist. 



Sk 1. C. ^VELLA^NA L. The common Hazel nut. 



Identification. Hort. Cliff., 448. ; Eng. Bot., t. 723. 



Synonytnes. Coudrier Noisetier, Fr. ; Haselstrauch, Nussbaum, Ger. ; Avellano, J^occiolo, Ital. ; 



Aveliano, Span. . . -v, . ,,,... , . , 



Derivation, ^vellana is derived from Avellino, a city in Naples. Hazel is from the Anglo-Saxon 



word hiEsil, which signifies a head-dress. Noisette signifies a small nut ; and Nussbaum, a nut tree. 

 Enirravings. Blackvv , t. 2fi3. ; Eng. Bot., t. 723.; and our /g. 1720., in which a is a sprig in 



blossom"; b, one in fruit ; c, the nut without its calyx ; and d, the kernel. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stifiules oblong-obtuse. Leaves roundish, cordate, pointed. 

 Involucre of the fruit campanulate, rather spreading, torn at the margin. 

 (Willd.) A deciduous shrub or low tree. Europe and the east and west 

 of Asia. Height 20 ft. and upwards ; but commonly found in the character 

 of a bush, as undergrowth in woods, especially of the oak. Male flowers 

 greyish; February: female flowers crimson; April. Nut brown; ripe in 

 October. 



Varieties. These are numerous ; and they may be divided into two classes ; 

 viz., botanical or ornamental varieties, and those cultivated for their fruit. 



