THE 
BRITISH HERBAL. 
CLASS XXXIII. 
TREES and SHRUBS. 
THE vegetables of this clafs carry their diftinflion in the moll obvious manner in their outer 
form ; yet modern fyftems do not preferve them feparatc. The late writers in general place 
in the fame clalTes thqfc trees and herbaceous plants, whofc flowers have the lame number 
of filaments : but in this work, intended to familiarife the fcience, we have kept them, as they are 
in nature, dillini5t. 
SERIES I. 
TREES whofe male and female flowers are feparatc. 
GENUS I. 
THE WALLNUT. 
N V X. 
fT^HE male flowers are in catkins ; and each is divided into fix parts. The female flowers ftand 
two or three together on other parts of the tree : each confifts of a cup, divided into four parts, 
with a fingle.petal, divided alfo into four parts, and an oval rudiment, which afterwards becomes the 
fruit, confifting of a flefhy covering, with a fiielly fubllance within, cnclofing an uneven kernel. 
I. The Wallnut Tree. 
Nux vulgaris. 
The tree rifes to a great height, and fpreads 
irregularly into branches. 
The leaves are pinnated j the pinn^ vail, ob- 
long, and of a fine green. 
The catkins are brownilh, with a tinge of 
green, and the fruit covered with a green rind. 
It is wild in Scotland ; and is planted every 
where for the fruit. 
The flvln furrounding the kernel is a good 
aftringent. 
G E N U S II. 
H A Z L E. 
C O R r L u s. 
'T'HE male flowers are in catkins, and confill of numerous filaments : they are feparated by fcales, 
divided at the top into three parts, which turn back. The female flowers ftand at a diftance 
from thefe, and are enclofed in a bud. The cup is formed of two leaves, and is ragged at the edges : 
thefe are fo fmall as to be fcarce diftinguilhable. From the rudiment of the fruit rife two feathered 
and coloured ityles. The fruit is a nut, contained in the cup, which enlarges greatly. 
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