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The gci:uiii (g'cviiina avellina, gen. nov.) 

 called lay (he Spaniards axeUano, or the hazle, 

 from the appearance of its fruity grows to a 

 middle height in marshes and in the valleys of 

 the Andes, Its leaves are winged and terminated 

 vri<h one dissimilar like those of the ash, but the 

 leaflets arcroundcr^ more solid, slightly denticu- 

 lated^ and disposed by four or five couple upon 

 a common pedicle. Tiie flov/ers are white, 

 quadripetal^ and attached by pairs to a spike 

 which proceeds from the hollow part of the 

 leaves. The fruit is round, nine lines in diame- 

 ter, and covered with a coriaceous shell, which 

 is at first green, afterwards becomes yellow, and 

 at length black ; the kernel is divided into two 

 lobes, and in taste resembles the European 

 walnut. 



'^i\w. pcunio fpeumus, gen. nov.) is a tree con- 

 sisting of four very dilTerent species, and a great 

 number of varieiies ; all of these are tall and 

 covered with stiiT sn'omatic leases, the fruit is 

 like the olive, but a little smaller, having a ker- 



Tiie fruit is also singuUu; it con<^ist- of lurge oval rounded 

 cones, coi!ij-,-j>cvl of ii grout iinuib.T of elongntcd fee(!-, fixed 

 naked iiround o\w rouunoii axis. 7"ue>^e seeds, of course, arr 

 Dot lo lc foui'.d in pairs in the liollou of each >;(ale of the cone 

 ys in Ihe pine, jiiice tli;it of the dombova !i,is no scales. Fr.. 



The Sn;!ni:(ids c.i!l the resin of llii> tree iricen---. -xn^ wf it 



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