MONOCHLAMTDE^E. 123 



native trees. Leaves obovate- oblong, deeply sinuate, lobes blunt. 

 Male flowers in slender pendulous clusters ; fruit clustered or 

 spiked, on a fruit- stalk from i to ^ inch long. The variety Q. 

 tessiliflora (E. B. t. 1845) has the fruit-clusters sessile. Very 

 abundant in woods, etc. (E. B. 1. 1342.) T. IY. v. 



CORYLUS. HAZEL-NUT. 



C. Avellana (common Hazel.) In hedges and thickets. A 

 large shrub, but sometimes almost a tree. Leaves roundish 

 heart-shaped, lobed, and pointed, serrated, downy on both sides. 

 Male catkins long and pendulous ; females sessile on the sides of 

 the twigs, with protruding crimson styles ; nut ovate, 1-celled, 

 covered by the leathery-looking fimbriated calyx. Yery common. 

 (E. B. t. 723.) Sh. m. IY. 



CARPINUS. HORNBEAM. 



C. Betulus (common Hornbeam.) In woods and hedges. A 

 small tree, rarely reaching the height of 30 feet. Leaves alter- 

 nate, ovate or heart-shaped, acute, doubly serrate, stalked ; when 

 young curiously plaited. Male catkins sessile ; female flowers in 

 loose, terminal, bracteated clusters ; scales of the fruit in 3 seg- 

 ments, the middle one the longest ; nut small, ovoid, striated. 

 Chagford. (E. B. t. 2032.) T. Y. 



OED. LXXXVIL CONIFERS. 



Pinus sylvestris (Scotch Fir), belonging to this Order, has 

 been extensively planted in this neighbourhood ; and Taxus bac- 

 cata (common Yew) is also to be found in many localities within 

 my prescribed circuit. An ancient Yew-tree formerly grew in 

 the Waldon Hill wood, near the end of the Rock Walk, but was 

 cut dowTi to make way for the recent buildings there ; these trees, 

 however, not being indigenous to the county, cannot, of course, 

 be legitimately placed in our Flora. 



