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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



1931 



with a thick trunk ; a native of mountains in the west of Java The wood is used for beams and the 

 axletrees of waggons ; and the acorns are eaten when boiled or roasted. (Blume.) 



C. Tungurrut Blume Bjdr., Fl. Jav., t. 22., and our fig. 1930., has the leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 and ash-coloured beneath. The veins and catkins are downy. It is an immense tree, 150ft. high ; 

 and is found in the province of Bantam, at an elevation of from 4000 ft. to 6000 ft. above the level of 

 the sea The natives call it Tungurrut, or Tungerreh. (Blume Fl. Jav.) 



C.javdnica Blume Fl. Jav., t 23, 24, and OUT fig. 1932, has the leaves falcate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 sharp at both ends, glabrous, ochreous beneath ; the younger ones streaked underneath with dark 

 yellow. A lofty tree, attaining the height of 120 ft., with a trunk 7 ft. in girt. Common in the woods 

 of the volcanic mountain of Cede. Blume mentions two varieties : C. j. montana, C. mont&na 

 Blume Bjdr., 10. p- 526. : and C. j. fucescens. (Blume.) 



C. mtrmis Lindl. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. is a native of Singapore. 



C. chintnsis Spreng. is mentioned in our Hortus Britannicut. 



GENUS IV. 



CA'RPINUS L. THE HORNBEAM. Lin. Syst. Monoe v cia Polyandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 497. ; Juss., 409. ; Fl. Br., 1029. ; Tourn., t. 348. j Lam., t. 780. ; Gzertn., 

 t. 89. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 467. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 197. 



Synonymes. Charme, Fr. ; Haynbuche, or Hainbuche, Ger. 



Derivation. According to some, from car, wood, and pix, the 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 carpentum, and which the Swedes still call karm. The 

 French name, Charme, is evidently from the same origin. The English nameof Hornbeam alludes 

 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. 



Description, $c. Deciduous trees, mostly of the middle size ; natives of 

 Europe, Asia, and America; little valued either for their timber or orna- 

 mental effect ; but one species valuable as a garden hedge plant. 



t 1. C. -Z?E /r ruLUs L. The Birch, or common, Hornbeam. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1416. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 467. ; Fl. Br., 1029. ; Eng. Bot, t. 2032. ; 

 Hook. Scot., 274. ; FL Dan., t. 1345. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 198. ; Eng. FL, 4. p. 156. ; Hook. Br. 

 FL, p. 405.; Mackay FL Hibern., p. 256. ; Lindl. Synop., p. 240. 



