7C). CONII'ER.E. 
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lobes obloii" rounded with deep narrow somewhat aeute sinuses, 
bases biaurieulate ecpial, fern, eatkius on lon^ peduueles, fr. ob- 
lou^.” — m. B. 1342. Martyii Rust. U). — Woods. T. IV. V. 
Common Oak 
2. Q. intermedia (D. Don); “young branches glabrous, 1. on 
Ion" footstalks eimeately oblong slightly pinnatitid glaucous and 
copiously clothed with fine starry pubescence beneath, lobes short 
rounded sinuses shallow siireadiug olituse, base obtuse unequal, 
fein. catkins on very short peduncles, fr. oblong.” — Mart. 11. — 
Hilly woods. T. IV. V. Intermediate Oak. Norwood Oak. 
3. Q. sessilijlora (ISalisb.); “ young branches jmbescent, 1. on 
long footstalks oblong pinnatitid glabrous beneath, lobes ovate- 
oblong obtuse sinuses rather deep forming a somewhat acute 
angle, base unequal obtuse or frequently more or less attenuated, 
fern, catkins sessile, fr. ovate.” — E. B. 1845. Mart. 12. — Hilly 
woods. T. IV. V. Sessile-fruited Oak. Durmast Oak. 
[I have thought it advisable to adopt the characters of our sup- 
posed three oaks as given by the lamented Prof. Don in Leighton’s 
Shropshire Flora and must refer to that excellent work for a de- 
tailed account of them. See also a highly valuable paper by 
Dr. Greville in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. i. 69.] 
9. CoRYLUs Linn. Hazel. 
1. C. Avellana (L.); stip. oblong obtuse, 1. roundish-cordate 
acuminate, involucre of the ovoid fr. campamilate spreailing tom 
at the margin. — E. B. 7-3. — A shrubby tree. Young twigs hairy 
and glandular. L. downiy beneath. Male catkins long, pendu- 
lous. Fern. fl. in ovate buds. Stigmas bright crimson. — Hedges 
and copses. Sh. HI. IV. Hazel Nut. 
10. C.\RPiNus Hornbeam. 
I. C. Betulus (L.); scales of the fruit 3-parted : segments 
lanceolate the middle one longest. — E. B. 2032. — A small tree. 
L. ovate, acute, plaited when young, deeply and sharply doubly 
serrate. — Damp clayey woods and hedges. T. V. 
Subclass II. GYMNOGENS. 
Seeds quite naked. 
Order LXXVI. CONIFERiE. 
Fl. moncEcious or dioecious. Barren fl. of one or more mona- 
delphous stamens, collected in a deciduous catkin about a com- 
mon axis. Anth. of 2 or more lobes bursting outwards, often 
