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* Barren jlowers in a globose catkin. Anthers 2-ceUed. 



1. Fagus. Fertile flowers 2 together within a4-lobed prickly involucre. 

 )L I Stigmas 3, filiform. 



** Barren flowers in a long cylindrical catkin or spike. 



ytlijl f Anthers 2-celled^ 



2. Castanea. Fertile flowers 1 — 3 together within a 4-lobed muricated 

 , , involucre. Stigmas usually 6 (6 — 8), filiform. 



^H 3. QuERCXJS. Fertile flowers solitary within a cup-shaped scaly at length 



indurated involucre. Stigmas 3, oblong. 



If Anthers 1-celIed. 



4. CoRYLUS. Fertile flowers aggregate in a short compact catkin. 



Involucre of one piece, at length enlarged leafy and laciniate, 



containing a single nut. Stigmas 2, filiform. 

 6. Carpinxjs. Fertile flowers in a lax catkin. Involucre of 2 distinct at 



length enlarged leaves, containing 2 nuts. Stigmas 2, filiform. 



1. Fagus Linn. Beecli. 



Barren JI. in a globose catkin. Perianth companulate, 6-cleft. 

 '°5 Stam. 8 — 15, Anthers 2-celled.— Fertile fl. 2 together within 



a 4-lobed involucre. Perianth urceolate, with 4 — 5 minute lobes. 



Ovary incorporated with the perianth, S-celled, 2 cells becoming 

 -ir abortive. Stigmas 3, filiform. Nuts triquetrous, in pah's within 

 mv the enlarged prickly involucre, — Name : (payoQ, in Greek, from 

 "'^^i ^ayw, to eat^ on account of the nutritive qualities of the fruit. 



1. F. sylvdtica L. (common JB,) ; leaves ovate glabrous obso- 

 letely dentate their margins ciliated. E. B, t. 1846. 



Woods, especially on a chalky soil. Scarcely Avild in Scotland, 



but abundant in forests in the south of England, 1^ • 5. — The wood 



is employed for an infinity of purposes, by carpenters, turners, wheel- 



Avrights, &c. Swine are driven into the forests of Beech to feed upon 



J thema^ifin Autumn. 



^IP 2. Castanea Tourn. Chestnut. 



tl;"'^ Barren fl. in a very long cylindrical interrupted spike, Pe- 



ari-^ nWA single, of 1 leaf, 6-cleft. Stam. 8— 20. Anthers 2'Ce\led, 



'^'l —Fertile Jl. usually 3 (1 — 3) within a 4-lobed involucre^ 



Perianth single, urceolate, 5 — 6-lobed, having the rudiments of 



K]\ 5-- 12 stam.. Ovary incorporated with the perianth^ 3— 8-celled, 



#' each cell 2-seeded, all the cells except one mostly abortive. 



iiij; Stigmas^— 8^ filiform. Nuts 1—2 together within the enlarged 



f pi'ickly iTOoZ?icre. — Named from Castanea^ in Thessaly, which 



% I produced magnificent Chestnut trees. 



1. C. ^ vulgaris Ijiim. (Spanish C); leaves oblong-lanceolate 



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