EXPLANATORY TABLE 



OP THE 



Parts of FRUCTIFICATION of the different Species of Trees described 



in the SILVA. 



Obs. The Parts marked with a Capital Letter are magnified. 



The OAK. Quercus (Robur.) 



MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



a. A Male Catkin. 



b. c. The Calyx. In some Flowers it is divided 



into four, in other into live segments, 

 B. C. Ditto. 



d. An entire Flower. 



D. Ditto, shewing the situation of the Stamina. 



e. A single Stamen. 



E. Ditto. 



/. A Female Flower. 



F. Ditto. 



g. The Acorn, or Nut, as it sits in its permanent 



Calyx. 



h. Ditto, separated from the Calyx. 



i. The Cup, or permanent Calyx. 



The ELM. Ulmus ( Campestris.) 



PeNTANDRIA DiGYNIA. 



a. An entire Flower, 



B. Ditto. 



c. The Calyx. 



C. Ditto. 



d. The Stamina. 



D. Ditto. 



e. The Pointal, or Female part of the Flower. 



E. Ditto, 



/. The Seed. 



g. A Branch, at the time of flowering, which 

 happens before the leaves appear. 



The BEECH. Fa^us (Sylvatica. ) 



MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



a. A Catkin of Male Flowers, ' 



b. A single Flower. 



B, Ditto. 



c. The Calyx. 



C. Ditto. 



d. A Female Flower. 



e. The Calyx. 



/. The Germen, or Embryo, with its three 

 Pointals. 



g. The two Embryos with their Pointals, as they 



sit in the Calyx. 



h. The permanent Calyx, become a Capsule, or 



Seed-vessel. 



i. Ditto, as it opens at the top. 

 k. The two Seeds. 



The HORNBEAM. Carpinus (Vulgaris.) 



MOKOECIA POLVANDRIA. 



a. A Male Catkin, 



b. A Male Flower with its Scale, 



B, Ditto. 



c. The Scale. 



C, Ditto. 



D, The Stamina. 



€. The Female Catkin. 



/. The Female Flower with its Scale. 



F. Ditto. 



G. The Scale. 



