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CUPULIFER^E, 



Castanea. 



2. Castanea pumila, Michx. Chinquapin. 



Leaves oblong, acute, mucronately serrate, hoary-pubescent underneath. — Michx. fl. 2. 

 p. 193 ; Michx. sylv. 2. t. 105 ; Pursh, ft. 2. p. 624 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 615 ; Beck, hot. p. 332 ; 

 DarUngt. fl. Cest. p. 537 ; Loud. enc. trees $ shrubs, p. 914. Fagus pumila, Linn. sp. 2. 

 p. 998 ; Wang. Amer. p. 57. t. 19. /. 44. F. pumila, var. serotina, Walt. fl. Car. p. 233. 

 F. Castanea pumila, Marsh, arbust. p. 47. 



A shrub 6-12 feet high (in the Southern States sometimes 30 - 40 feet high and a foot 

 or more in diameter). Leaves 3-4 inches long and about an inch and a half wide, sharply 

 serrate, similar to those of the preceding species, only much smaller, and white on the under 

 surface. Sterile aments 2-3 inches long. Involucre of the fruit about an inch and a half 

 in diameter, covered with short prickles, opening at the summit by four valves. Nut solitary, 

 ovoid, convex on both sides, about half as large as the common chestnut. 



Sandy woods, Long Island (Mr. W. R. Prince). 



Order C. MYRICACEjE. L. C. Rich. The Gale Tribe. 



Flowers in aments, monoecious or dioecious, destitute of both calyx and corolla. 

 Sterile fl. consisting of 2 - 6 free or monadelphous stamens in the axil of a 

 bract, forming a slender anient. Fertile fl. in an oval or cylindrical head, 

 each consisting of an ovary of one cell and a single ovule, surrounded at the 

 base with scales : stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit drupaceous or dry, indehiscent 

 Albumen none. — Shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, which are dotted with 

 resinous glands. 



]. MYRICA. Linn.; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 235. CANDLE BERRY MYRTLE. 



[ From the Greek word myro, to flow ; the species first known being found on the banks of rivers.] 



Flowers dioecious. Sterile fl. in cylindrical aments. Stamens mostly 4. Fertile fl. in 

 small ovoid aments, closely imbricated. Bracts small. Involucral scales 3, at the base of 

 each ovary. Styles filiform. — Leaves deciduous or evergreen, more or less serrate. 



i . Myrica Gale, Linn. Sweet Gale. Dutch Myrtle. 



Leaves cuneate- lanceolate, slightly serrate towards the point ; sterile aments closely 

 imbricated, the bracts fringed ; fruit in imbricated heads , the involucral scales thick, pointed, 



