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3. Nothofagus pumilio Krasser. Shrub or low tree, S. America. Not 
introduced. Leaves ovate, 1 to 14 inch long; lateral nerves five to seven pairs ; 
regularly bicrenate in margin, with two teeth between the ends of each adjacent pair 
of nerves. Young branchlets clothed with dense yellow pubescence. 
4. Nothofagus obligua, Blume. Large tree, S. America. Introduced. Leaves, 
1 to 24 inches long, ovate-oblong, glaucous beneath ; lateral nerves seven to eleven 
pairs; lobulate and serrate in margin. 
5. Nothofagus procera, Oerstedt. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 
Leaves, 2 to 34 inches long, oblong; lateral nerves fifteen to sixteen pairs ; doubly 
serrate in margin. 
6. Nothofagus Gunnit,’ Oerstedt. Shrub, Tasmania. Not introduced. Leaves, 
4 inch long, ovate; lateral nerves six pairs, prominent beneath; margin regularly 
crenate, with one tooth between the ends of each adjacent pair of nerves. 
II. Leaves evergreen, margin not entire. In this section, the leaves are 
usually very coriaceous, and glabrous, or with only slight pubescence. 
A. Leaves minutely crenulate in margin. 
7. Nothofagus apiculata,s Krasser. Tree attaining 40 feet in height, New 
Zealand. Not introduced. Leaves 1 inch long, elliptical, conspicuously mucronate 
at the apex. 
B. Leaves crenate in margin. 
8. Nothofagus Menziesiz, Oerstedt. Large tree, New Zealand. Introduced. 
Leaves, 4 inch long, ovate, rhomboid or orbicular, doubly crenate, with two pubescent 
pits on each side of the midrib near the base on the lower surface. 
9. Nothofagus Cunninghami, Oerstedt. Large tree, Australia, Tasmania. 
Introduced. Leaves, 4 inch long, ovate, deltoid or rhomboid, simply crenate ; 
lower surface without pits or resinous papille. 
10. Nothofagus betuloides, Blume. Large tree, S. America. Introduced. 
Leaves, $ to 1 inch long, ovate, crenate or obtusely dentate; lower surface dotted 
with resinous papillz. 
C. Leaves serrate 1n margin. 
11. NMothofagus Dombey,° Blume. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 
Leaves, 1 inch long, lanceolate ; nerves six pairs; lower surface dotted with resinous 
papille. 
12. Nothofagus nitida,’ Krasser. Large tree, S. America. Not introduced. 
cae : , . ‘ 
Leaves, 1 to 1% inch long, trapezoid-ovate, acuminate; nerves six pairs; lower 
surface not dotted, 
13. Nothofagus fusca, Oerstedt. Large tree, New Zealand. Introduced. 
1 Fagus pumilio Poeppig et Endlicher Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 68 G7 18 5 je i ‘arctica, var. bicrenata, DC. 
b ) 3, op ’ 95 ( 3 ) agus ant ti » ? 
* Fagus procera, Poeppig et Endlicher, Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 69, t. 197 (1835). 
3 Fagus Gunnii, Hooker, Zcon. Plant. t. 881 (1852). 
4 Fagus apiculata, Colenso, Trans. N. Zeal. Instit. xvi. 335 (1884). 
5 Fagus Dombeyi, Mirbel, Mém. Mus. Paris. xiv. 467, t. 24 (1827). 
° Fagus nitida, Philippi, Linnaa, xxix. 44 ( 1857). 
