910 AKBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
b. Species not yet introduced. 
+ 3. F. opui‘qua Mirb. The oblique-leaved Beech. 
Identification. Mém. Mus., 14. p. 466. 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 14. t. 23. ; and our 
g a 
Spec. Char., 5c. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, oblique, somewhat rhom- 
boid ; blunt, doubly serrated, 
entire at the base; attenuated 
into the petiole, and somewhat 
downy. Perianth of the male 
flowers solitary, hemispherical, 
sinuated. Anthers 30—40. Cu- 
pules capsuliform, muricate, +- 
partite; segments ovate, obtuse. 
Ovaries included, 3-sided ; angles § 
winged. (Mirbel.) A tall tree. 
Chili, near Conception ; flower- 
ing in September. 1700. F. oblqua. 
B. Cupule involucriform ; Segments narrow, laciniate. Ovaries laterally inserted. 
Young leaves not plicate. Natives of South America and Australia. 
a. Species introduced into Britain. 
? 4. F. perutorpes Mirb. The Birch-like, or 
evergreen, Beech. 
Identification. Mirb. in Mém. Mus., 14. p. 470. 
Synonyme. Bétula antarctica Forst. in Comm. Goett. 9. p. 45., 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 466. . 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 14. t. 25.; and our fig. 1701. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, crenu- 
late, leathery, shining, glabrous; round at the base, 
on short footstalks. Perianth of the male flowers 
solitary, turbinate, 5—%7-lobed. Anthers 10—16. 
Cupules involucriform, smooth, 4-partite ; segments 
nearly linear, laciniate. Ovaries 3-sided, laterally 
exserted ; angles marginate. (Mirbel.) An ever- 
green tree. Terra del Fuego, where it forms vast 
forests. This beech is also a native of Van Die- 
man’s Land, where it is called the myrtle tree by 
the colonists. It generally grows in the western 
part of the island, where an esculent fungus is 
found in clusters around the swollen parts of its \ 
branches. Said to have been intro- 1701. F. betulvides. 
duced in 1830. 
-* 5. Fo anva’rovica Forst. The antarctic Beech. 
Identification. Forst. in Comment. Goett., 9. p. 24.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 460. 
Engravings. Our fig. 1702. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker’s herbarium ; 
and fig. 1703. from the British Museum. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, blunt, glabrous ; 
attenuated at the base; doubly dentate ; 
their margins naked. (Willd.) A tree or 
= MN shrub, a native of Terra del Fuego. Branches 
rugged, tortuous. Leaves alternate, petio- 
ne late, J4in. long; plicate ; veins on the 
i. ie under side somewhat downy; the teeth 
AAS) roundish, blunt. Said to have been intro- 
1702. F.antérctica. duced in 1830. 2703, F.antarctice 
