586 MONOECJA POLYANDRIA. 



In woods and gentlemen's plantations. "^ . V. 



This tree is low, being feldom more than ten or 

 twelve feet high : the bark is white, the wood 

 hard, tough and white : the leaves oval, nervou*^, 

 wrinkled, and fharply ferrated : thefcales of the 

 femle catkins are haftate, or lanceolate, with a 

 lobe on each Tide at the bafe. 



The wood is efteen;i'd by the mill-wright and wheel- 

 wright for pullies, axles, fhafcs, &c. 



Very neat efpalier hedges, b} the fides of garden- 

 walks, are often form'd of the young trees : 

 the inner birk will dye yarn of a yellow colour, 

 arid cattle are fond of the leaves. 



CORYLUS. Gen-pL 1074. 



MASC. Cal i-phyllus, 3-fidus, fquamiferis, i-flo- 

 rus. Cor. o. St am 8. 



FEM, Cal. 2-phyllus, lacerus. Cor. o. Styli 2. 

 A^//.v ovata. 



aveilana I. CORYLUS ftipulis ovatJs obtufis. Sp. pi. 1417. 

 (Ger.em. 1438./. 2 . Blackwell. t. 293.) 



The Hafcl nut tree. Anglis. 



An Calkain. Gaidis. 



In woods frequent. T? . III. IV. 



The male catkins appear in the Aiunmn, and wait 

 for the cxpanlion of the female gems in the 

 Spring, which are fcfille, and placed near the 

 bale of the males. The ftyles are of a briglit 

 red colour, long and fetaceous. 



The 



