FLOWERING SHRUBS 
an odorous gum; the flowers are tubular, divided into five 
segments at the margin, in color varying from white to rosy- 
pink; the inside of the long tube is beset with silvery hairs. 
The lovely waxy flowers are clustered at the summits of the 
creeping stems, and give out a delightful aromatic scent. 
The classical name of our pretty evergreen is derived from 
the Greek, and signifies “ upon the earth,” in allusion to its 
prostrate trailing habit. 
BreakeD HazeLnNut—Corylus rostrata (Ait.). 
The Beaked Hazelnut is a small bush, not more than three 
to four feet high; the leaves are large, oval, and coarse in 
texture, furrowed and dentate at the edge. The catkins 
‘appear in April; the light crimson tufted pistillate flowers 
in May. The nut is enveloped in a rough green involucral 
calyx, which is undivided and closely invests it; this rapidly 
diminishes in size above the nut, and is prolonged for about 
an inch; in shape it takes the form of a hawk’s bill, whence 
the specific name rostrata, or beaked, is derived. 
The calyx is closely beset with short bristly hairs, which 
pierce the fingers, producing an unpleasant irritation; 
especially is this felt when the fruit is ripe and the envelop- 
ing case is withered and dry. The nut is sweet and well- 
flavored, and resembles the common Filbert more than the 
wild Hazelnut of England. The bush seems to affect dry 
open ground and copse woods. There is another native 
species, the 
AMERICAN HAZELNUT—Corylus Americana (Walt.). 
This is a much taller bush, found chiefly in damp thickets, 
the long slender wand-like nut-brown branches springing 
from a thickened rootstock or stool, and reaching to a 
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