PAGiris. — CAEPimrs. 327 



glutinous rather abrupt -with a wedgeshaped base, axils of the 

 veins beneath downy.— ^. B. 1609. E. xii. 641. St. 29. 15. 

 — ^A moderately large tree. Trunk and branches crooked. 

 Male catkins long and pendent ; fern, ones short, ovoid or oblong, 

 very persistent. — /3. incisa ; leaves deeply cut. — Wet places and 

 river-banks. j3. Wigtonshire. Dr. Balfour. T. III. E. S. I. 



Tribe IV. Cupuliferce. 



6. Fa'gtjs Linn. Beech. 



1. F. sylvatica (L.) ; 1. ovate glabrous obscurely dentate ciliate 

 on the edges.— ^. B. 1846. JR. xii. 689.— A large tree.— 

 Woods, particularly on calcareous soils. T. III. IV, E. 



7. Casta'nea Tourn. Chestnut. 



ifl. C. vulgdris (Lam.); 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate mu- 

 cronate-serrate glabrous on each side. — Fagiis Sm., B. B. 886. 

 R. xii. 640.— Height 50—80 feet. A magnificent tree.— A 

 doubtful native, ofteai planted. T. V. Sweet Chestnut. E. 



8. QuEE'ctrs lAnn, Oak. 



1. Q. Rdhur (L.) ; 1. deciduous stalked obovate-oblong sinuate, 

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

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

 petioles short, fr.-catkins long-stalked, fr. scattered. F. B. 1342. 

 — ^. Q. intermedia (D. Don) ; young branches glabrous, petioles 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 them.— Woods. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



9. Coe'tlts Linn. Hazel. 



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

 acuminate, involucre of the ovoid fr. bellshaped spreading torn 

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

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

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

 Hedges and copses. Sh. IH. IV. ECazel Nut. E. S. I. 



10. Caepi'ntjs Linn. Hornbeam. 

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



