246 11. Corylus. 6. CORYLIDEiE. PLex.mon^ 



II. 11. CORYLUS/Pliny. HaseL 

 Monoicous. — Male. Amenf cylindrical ; scales imbricate, 



hairy, S-lobed, middle lobe broader, covering the narrow 

 side ones ; stamens 6 or 8, very short. — Female. Flowers 

 many, in the scales of the bud, becoming peduncled ; cu- 

 pula l-leafed, 1 -flowered, fleshy below, above turgid, 2-lip- 

 ped, torn ; perigonium scarcely visible ; ovary 2-celled ? 

 styles 2 ; ovules 2 ; nucida ovate, smooth, involucrated at 

 the base, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — Stem shrubby; ament ter- 

 minal ; frult-luds axillary. 



1. Corylus sylvestris. Wild HaseL 

 Stipules oblong, ovate; cupula bellshape, tip patulous, 



torn, toothed ; leaves ovate, heartshape, pointed. 



Corylus sylvestris, Raii Syn. 439 ; Ger. em. 1439, 2. 

 Corylus, seu Nux avellana sylvestris, Park. 1416. 

 Corylus avellana, Lin. S. P. 1417. 

 Haselnut. 



Woods and hedges; shrubby; March and April. 



Leaves expanding after the flowers; petioles short; ame?its 

 pendulous ; fruit-huds ovate ; styles blood-red, projecting. 

 — Floivers the first of our trees, considered by country- 

 people to prognosticate the future harvest : root used for 

 inlaying and staining; wood clears turbid v/ine, used for 

 walking-sticks, fishing-rods, crates, hoops, and for char- 

 coal ; nuts eaten, also expressed for oil. 



2. Corylus tuhulosa. Tubular liasel. 

 Stipules oblong, blunt; cupula tubular, cylindrical, tip 



narrower, jagged, toothed ; leaves rather round, heartshape, 

 pointed. 



Nux avellana, sive Corylus, Ger. em. 143S, 1 ; Park. 1416. 

 Corylus avellana 8, Lin. S. P. 1417. 

 Corylus tubulosa, TVilld. S. P. 

 Filberd. 



Cultivated for its fruit. 



III. 12. QUERCUS. Pliny. Oak, 

 Monoicous. — Male. Ament threadsh ape ; flowers distant ; 



perigonium torn; stamens B to 10. — Female. Cupula one- 

 flowered, scaly ; scales many, coalescing into a cup ; peri- 

 gonium 6-sepaled ; sepalcs very small, pubescent, girding 

 the base of the style; ovary 3-cellcd, 2 cells abortive; style 

 short, pyramidical, thickened; glans 1 -celled, 1-seeded, 

 base included in the cupula. — Stem arborescent; leaves an- 

 nual (in exotics perennial). 



