AN 



EXPLANATOHY TABLE 



OF 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. 



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



into four, in others into five segments. 

 B. C. Ditto. 



d. An entire Flower. 



D. Ditto, shewing the situations of the Stamina. 



e. A single Stamen. 



E. Ditto. 



/. A Female Flower. 



F. Ditto. 



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

 Calyx. 



//. Ditto, separated from the Calyx. 



i. The Cup, or permanent Calyx. 



The ELM. Ulmus ( Campestris.) 



Petandria 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* 



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The BEECH. Fagus (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 becomes a Capsule, or 

 Seed-vessel. 



i. Ditto, as it opens at the top. 

 k. The two Seeds. 



The HORNBEAM. Carpinus (Vulgaris.) 



Monoecia Polyandria. 



a. A Male Catkin. 



b. A Male Flower with its Scale. 



B. Ditto. 



c. The Scale. 



C. Ditto. 



D. The Stamina, 

 e. The Female Catkin. 

 /. The Female Flower with its Scale. 



F. Ditto. 



G. The Scale. 



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