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as it is commonly called. The wood of the Chestnut-tree is light, easily 
sl ae flay br se i very tek pe teemed for fuel, but 
— aking fences. The t os pi growth, —being 
speedily reproduc od, at aiken: Teotn “the when cut off— 
therefore well calculated to keep up a sane of pabing ite 
. pu Mz. Leaves obovate-oblong, acute, serrate or denticu- 
mila, 
er. whitish-tomentose beneath ; nut solitary, ovoid, small. 
Dwarr CasTaNEa. : Re 
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dent eae 
pomath: ; petioles about half an inch in len ngth. Staminate ath es = 4 in- 
ches Pony slender and numerous. Jnvolucres of the pistillate flo a atte clus- 
tered on short renin axillary branches or common peduncles seat iaate finally glo. 
bose, an inch or an inch and a half in diameter, pubescent paint prickly, opening atsum 
baci 4 ube or valves. — boc deng abortion ?) constantly solitary, small, ovoid, acute, dark 
scen tsu 
Sterile oils : — y id Fl. June. Fr. Oct. 
Obs. This shrub is envell seen north of Maryland. The kernels are 
mone fomtis sweet and pleasant to the taste, er are scarcely half the 
size even of our native Chest wat The seeds of both Chestnuts and 
Oibeiicnpin~ an d especially of the latter—are ae gabjeet to be 4 
upon by worms. 
3. FA’GUS, Tournef. Bexcu. ‘ 
({Latin,—from the Greek, phago, to eat ; the fruit being esculent.] 
Srawmnate Fi. in globose lng peduncles pendalons clusters, with de-. 
ciduous scale-like bracts. Culyx campanul —6-cleft. Stamens 
8-12. Pratt ATE FL. usually in se i within ‘. ovoid pedunculate | 
wmvolucre, which is formed of numerous united a ped ble bracts. 
U 5—6, awl-sha ary led ; ovules 2 in each cell; 
styles 3, filiform ; stigmas la teral. Nuts a antely. 0 riqnelcons, usually two 
in the leathery, a prickly, 4-valved tnvol Cotyledons s thick, 
fleshy, irregularly plicate. Trees with a thin, moore ored bark, 
oo. branches, long pointed buds and greenish-y: ellow flowers, 
F. ferrugin’ea, Ait. Leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, more or . 
ess toothed, eae’: the scales of the involucre spreading or rath pocnn car i 
ee, Facus. Beech Tree. American Beech. _ : 
Fr. Le Heétre. Germ. Die Buche. Span. Haya. 
Pig 40-80 feet or more an yt 6 ih promseeDoel pb bark. Leaves 
pote Bon i-nerved, an Te gov along nerves w oung, -pilose, 
finally smoothish Sakseheupier Guntulte ; petioles one-eighth to half an ine Tong ; ‘aipulet 
spi eth aioe. & sy shad 
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