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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



st 3. C. ROSTRA'TA Ait. The beaked, American, or Cuckold, Hazel. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 364. ; ed. 2., 5. p. 303. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 471. ; Michx. 



Amer., 2. p. 201 ; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 21. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. C. sylvestris, &c., Gron. Virg. t 151. ; C. cornuta Hort. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Stipules linear-lanceolate. Leaves ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate. Involucre of the fruit tubular, campanulate, larger than the nut, 2- 

 partite; divisions inciso-dentate. {Willd.} C. rostrata is a bushy shrub, 

 seldom exceeding 4 ft. or 5 ft. in height, resembling the common European 

 hazel, but distinguished from it by its fruit being covered with the calyx, 

 which is prolonged in the form of a long very hairy beak ; and hence the 

 name. The kernel is sweet, but not worthy of cultivation for the table. 

 The plant is found, according to Pursh (ii. p. 635.), on mountains, from 

 Canada to Carolina ; but is not common on ihe plains, and rarely occurs 

 so far south as Boston. The American hazel was introduced into Eng- 

 land, in 1745, by Archibald Duke of Argyll, but has never been much cul- 

 tivated. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 1*. each ; at Bollwyller, 

 2 francs ; and at New York, 25 cents. 



& 4. C. AMERICANA Michx. The American Hazel. 



Identification. Michx. Amer., 2. p. 210.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 471. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Sunonumes C. am. humilis Wang. Amer., 88. t. 29. f. 63. ; Dwarf Cuckold Nut, wild Filbert, Amer. 

 Engraving. Wang. Amer., 88. t. 29. f. 63. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate. Involucre of the 

 fruit roundish, campanulate, longer than the nut ; limb spreading, dentately 

 serrated. (Willd.'] The American hazel is a shrub, growing, according to 

 Pursh, to the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft. It differs from C. rostrata about 

 as much as the filbert from the European hazel. The calyx is larger than 

 the included nut, the flavour of the kernel of which is said to be very fine. 

 It is found in low shady woods from Canada to Florida. It was intro- 

 duced, in 1798, by the Marchioness of Bute. Plants, in the London 

 nurseries, are 2s. each ; at Bollwyller, 1 francs ; and at New York, 25 cents. 



App. i. Species ofCorylus 

 not yet introduced. 



C.flrox Wall. PI. As. Ran, t. 87., and 

 our Jig. 1950., in which a is the nut with 

 its deeply laciniated calyx ; b the nut ; 

 c the kernel ; and d a longitudinal 

 section of the nut, with the kernel en- 

 closed. The leaves are oblong, and 

 much pointed. Stipules linear-lanceolate. 

 Nut compressed, and half the length of 

 the villous, 2-parted, ragged, and spinous 

 involucre. (Wall.') " A native of the top 

 of the mountain Sheopur, in Nepal ; 

 flowering in September, and bearing 

 fruit in December. A tree, 20ft. high, 

 with a trunk sometimes 2 ft. in circum. 

 ference, and somewhat glabrous ash- 

 coloured bark. Branches twiggy, smooth, 

 cylindrical, brownish, dotted ; the young 

 ones silky. Buds conical-oblong, co- 

 vered externally with soft down. Leaves 

 Sin. or 4 in. long, covered on both sides 

 with adpressed down ; dark green above; 

 rough, and of a pale colour, beneath. 

 The wood of this tree is light, compact, 

 and of a pale tinge. The nut is small, 

 and precisely like the common hazel nut 

 in taste. The shell is exceedingly hard 

 and thick." (Wall. PI. As. Ear., t. 87.) 

 This species has not been yet intro- 

 duced ; but, from the elevation of its 

 native habitat, it would doubtless prove 

 hardy. From the laciniated calyx of 

 this nut, it appears nearly allied to 

 C. C. arborescens Fisch. (See p. 2029.) 



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