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Thfe Corolla is fix-parted, elliptic, equal, and plane : the div{-' 

 fions are fomewhat ere6l and concave, pedicell'd andinferted 

 in the interior center of the corolla, ^nd rachis. 



The Filaments are many, (eighteen) very lliort. ihe Anthem 

 are erect, lharp pointed,, and the length of the calyx. 



*The Female are without a katkin, two or three together, and 

 fitting clofe, in the fame plant. 



The Empakmeiit is four cleft, eredt, very Ihort, crowning the 

 gerinen, and vanifiiing. 



The Corolla is four parted, acute, er^ft, and a little larger than 

 the calyx. 



The Germen is oval, large, and beneath. The St;^les' are two, 

 very lliort. The Stigmas are very large, clubbed, reflexed, 

 and torn above. 



The Seed-vejjel is a drupe, or capfule, dry, oval, large and one 

 cell'd. 



The Seed is a nut very large, roundilTi, netted with furrows, 

 and half four cell'd. Tho Kernel is four lobed and varioufly 

 furrowed. 



The Species f or chiefly Varieties according to Wefton) 

 with usy are, 



I. JuGLANS nigra. Round black Virginian Walnut. 



This tree often rifes to the height of fifty or fixty 

 feet, and to three feet or more in diameter, covered 

 with a dark furrowed bark, and dividing into many 

 branches, furniflied with winged leaves, compofed 

 of ten or twelve pair of lobes, and an odd one; 

 thefe are fmooth, oblong, fliarp pointed and fawed 

 >©n their edges; and upon being bruifed emit a flrong 

 aromatic flavour, as doth alfo the external covering 

 of the fruit. The fruit are round, their covering 

 pretty fmooth, and foftifli when fully ripe. The 

 nuts themfelves are hard, netted and furrowed, con- 

 taining fweet oily kernel. 



2. JuGLANS 



