264 AMENTIFEEJ). 



2. Q. sessiliflora, Sm. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 376. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1289. 

 Woods ; very rare ? Tree. April, May. 



IV. One in the grounds of the Protestant Dissenters' School* at Mill 

 Hill ; Lotid. Arh. et Frut. 1736. 

 VII. Most of the oaks in Ken f "Wood are of this kind ; Loud. Suburban Gar- 

 dener, and loc. cit. ; but Q. pendunculata is equally abundant there. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. The natural woods of the county pro- 

 bably consisted largely of oak as it is a prominent tree in the small 

 portions of them •which remain, not, however, usually growing to any 

 large size. 

 Q. Cerris, L. Turkey Oak. Much planted as an ornamental and timber 

 tree, and frequently collected as a native plant. Introduced about a 

 century ago from South Europe. 



COEYLUS, Linn. 

 635. C. Avellana, L. Hazel. 



C. sylvestris (Johns., Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 378 ; iii. 507. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1292. 

 Woods and hedges; common. Shrub. February — April. 



I. Harefield! ; 5/«rfe. i^as<7. 21. South Mims. Pinner. 



II. Staines. 



III. Harrow, abundant; iVfete.74. Twickenham. Worton. Hounslow Heath. 

 IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enum. Bishops Wood. 



V. Horsington Hill. 

 VI. Edmonton. 

 VII. Certainly occurs in the northern suburbs. 



First record : Johnson, 1632. 



CAEPINUS, Linn. 

 636. C. Betulus, L. Hornbeam. 



Carpinus (Johns., Blackst.). Betulus (Merr.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 378 ; iii. 506. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1293. 

 Woods and hedges ; common. Tree. April, May. 

 I. Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 10. Pinner AVood; Melv. 74. By Elstree 

 reservoir, a single large tree. Near Pinner Ey. Station. Stanmore 

 Heath. South Mims. 



II. By Kingston Bridge. Hampton, probably planted. 



III. Harrow, in plantations ; Melv. 74. Near Twickenham in several 



places. Whitton. 



IV. Hampstead Wood and Heath ; Johns. Eric, and Enum. Stanmore. 



Scratch Wood, abundant. Bishop's and Turner's Wood. About 

 Kingsbury ; Farrar. 

 V. Twyford ! ; Newb. Horsington Hill. 



• Formerly the residence of Peter Collinson. f Een=Kern, or acorn. 



