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8. Qtjer'ctjs Linn. Oak. 



1, Q. JRdbur (L.) ; 1. deciduous stalked obovate-oUong sinuate, 

 lotes blunt, inv. much shorter than the ripe acorn its scales ad- 

 pressed. — a. Q. pedunculata (Ehrh.) ; young branches glabrous, 

 petioles short, fr. -catkins long-stalked, t'r. scattered. E. B. 1342. 

 — 13. Q. intermedia (D. Bon) ; young branches glabrous, petioles 

 short, 1. stellate-downy beneath, fr.-catkins shortly stalked, fr. 

 near together. Mart. Rust. 11. — y. Q. sessilflara (Salisb.) ; 

 young branches downy, petioles long, 1. glabrous beneath, fr.- 

 catkins subsessile, fr. near together. E. B. 1845. — It is gene- 

 rally supposed by foresters that there are two if not three species 

 of Oak in Britain. I have failed in learning how to distinguish 

 them.— Woods. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



9. CoR'ntrs Linn. Hazel. 



1. C. Avelldna (L.) ; stip. oblong blunt, 1. roundish-cordate 

 acuminate, involucre of the ovoid fr. bellshaped spreading torn 

 at the margin. — E. B. 723. — A shrubby tree. Young twigs 

 hairy and glandular. L. downy beneath. Male catkins long, 

 pendulous. Fern. fl. in ovoid buds. Stigmas bright crimson. — 

 Hedges and copses. Sh; III. IV. Hazel Nut. E. S. I. 



10. Caepi'ntts Linn. Hornbeam. 



1. C. Bet'uhcs (L.) ; scales of the fruit 3-parted, segments 

 lanceolate, the middle one longest. — E. B. 2032. — A small tree. 

 L. ovate, acute, plaited when young, deeply and sharply doubly 

 serrate. — Damp clayey woods and hedges. T. V. E. 



Division V. GYMNOSPERMiE. 



Ovules and seeds apparently naked. Carpel spread out flat. 

 No calyx, no corolla. 



Order LXXIX. CONIFEEJE. 



n. monoecious or dioecious. — Barren fl. of one or more mona- 

 delphous stamens, in a deciduous catkin, about a common axis. 

 Anth. of 2 or more lobes bursting outwaa-ds, often ending in a 

 Bcalelike crest. — Fertile fl. usually in cones, sometimes solitary. 

 Ovary spread open in the shape of a scale and placed in the axil 

 of a membranous bract; in the solitary fl. apparently wanting. 

 Ovules naked in pairs on the face of the ovary and inverted j or 



