44S 



CUPUI.IFER/i', 



3. C-VRrfNUS (Hornbeam). --Trees with deciduous leaves; 

 slaininate flowers in catkins ; slameiis 3-'-: 2, with forked filaments 

 and tufts of hair on the anthers ; carpellale flnwers in pairs in the 

 axils of leafy bracts, forming an erect spike m flower, becoming 

 pendulous in fruit ; ovary 2-chambered, 2-ovuled ; slyles 2. 

 (Name, the Classical Latin name of the tree.) 



1 . C. Bettthis (Common Hornbeam). — A small tree with smooth, 

 light grey bark: leaves elliptic-ovate, acufe, doubly serrate, strongly 

 plaited parallel to the pinnate veins when in bud ; fruiting ealkiiis 



2 — 4 in. long, with large 3-lobcd leafy bracts. — Clayey woods in 

 the .south. ; local. A'alual)le as fuel and for cogs. — Fl. May. 

 Perennial. 



4. Ci'iRvi.us (Hazel).- Shrubs or trees with deciduous leaves: 

 slaniiiiale eatkms long, drooping, (-yliitdric; sianieiis 4- 8, with 

 short filaments and tufts of hair on tiie 'anthers ; earpcllale flflwers 

 in pairs in the axils of the upper bracts of a small head ; ovarv 

 2-chambercd, 2 ovuled; slyUs 2, long, slender ; jrnil a woody nut, 

 enclosed in a witlicring leafy capsule. (-Name, the Classical Latin 

 name of the tree, from the Creek koriis', a cii[).) 



