( 485 .) 
CASTANET* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Monce'cia +, Polya'.n'DRIA. 
Natural Order. Cupuli'fer.e, Richard. — Lindl. Syn. p. 239 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 97. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 545. — 
Coryla'cea:, Loud. Encvclop. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 845. — 
Amenta'ce.e, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 407. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. 
p. 189. — Loud. Hort. Brit, p.534. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 242. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 419. — Querneales ; sect. Quercina: ; 
type, Corylacea ; Burn. Out!, of Bot. v. ii. pp. 523 & 531. 
Gen. Char. Sterile Flowers numerous, on a very long cylin- 
drical catkin , in irregular clusters, (see fig. 1). Calyx (see fig. 2.) 
of 1 sepal, in 5 or 6 segments. Corolla none. Filaments (see 
fig. 2.) from 5 to 20, or more, hair-like, longer than the calyx. 
Anthers roundish, or oblong, of 2 lobes . — Fertile Flowers (see fig. 3.) 
3 together, within a 4-lobed, thickly muricated involucrum. Calyx 
(fig. 4.) of 1 sepal, in 5 or 6 segments, having the rudiments of 
12 stamens. Germen incorporated with the calyx, 6-celled (see 
fig. 5.), each cell 2-seeded, 5 of the cells mostly abortive. Styles 
(see fig. 4.) 6. Stigmas oblong, permanent. Nut 1-celled, with 
from 1 to 3 seeds, inclosed in the enlarged spiny involucrum (fig. 6). 
The sterile flowers clustered, on a very long cylindrical calkin, 
each flower with from 5 to 20 stamens ; and the fertile flowers in- 
closed, 3 together, in a 4-lobed, spiny in volucrum, each with 6 styles ; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CASTA'NEA VESCA. Eatable Chestnut. Sweet Chestnut. 
Spanish Chestnut, or Chesnut. 
Spec. Char. Leaves oblong-spear-shaped, pointed, sharply 
serrated ; smooth on each side. 
Gaertn. v. i. p. 181. t. 37, f. 1. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. I. p. 460. — Gray’s Nat. 
Arr. v. ii. p. 248. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 580. — Lindl. Syn. p. 239. — Loud. Arb. 
et Frutic. Brit. v. iii. p. 1983. figs. 1923 to 1926 ; and v. viii. t. 286. ; Encyel. of 
Trees & Shrubs, p. 912. f. 1706. ; Encycl. of Gard. (new ed.) p. 943. par. 5166. — 
lrv. Lond. FI. p. 114. — Cow. FI. Guide, p. 31. — Beesl. Hist. Banb. p. 588. — 
Castanea vulgaris. Park. Theat. Bot. p. 1400. f. 1. — Lara. Diet. v. i. p. 708. — 
Lam. el Deeand, FI. Fr. v. iii. p. 306. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 408. — Maer. Man. Brit. 
Bot. p. 216.— Hook. FI. Seot. p. 273 — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 203.— FI. Devon, pp. 
155 & 133. — Bab. Prim. FI. Sara. p. 91. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 82. — Leight. FI. of 
Shropsh. p. 476. — Mack, Cat. PI. of Irel. p. 83. ; FI. Hibern. p. 255. — Castanea 
sativa, Mill. Ic. p. 56. t. 84. — Hunter in Evelyn’s Silva, p. 159, with a plate. — 
Castanea. Ray’s Syn. p. 440. — Bauli. Hist. v. i. pt. ii. p. 121, with a figure. — 
Evelyn’s Silva, (2nd ed.) p. 41. — Duhara. Arb. v. i. t. 50. — Johnson’s Gerarde, 
p. 1442. f. 1. — Fagus Castanea, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1416. — Engl. Bot. t. 886. — 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 422. — With. (2nd ed.) v. ii. p. 1086. — Sm. FI. Brit, 
v. iii. p, 1027.; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 151. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 211. — Davies’ Welsh 
Bot. p 91. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 462. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Sclecta;, p. 78. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northurab. and Durh. p. 62. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 283. — Baines’ 
FI. of Yorksh. p. 93. — Gulliv. PI. of Banb. p. 20. — Chesnut, Phill. Pom. Brit, 
(2nd ed.) p. 93. ; Comp, for the Orch. p. 84. — Chestnut Tree. Kent’s Sylv. 
Sketches, p. 92. 
Fig. 1. A tuft of Sterile Flowers. — Fig. 2. A separate one of ditto. — Fig. 3. A 
tuft of Fertile Flowers. — Fig. 4. A separate one of ditto. — Fig. 5. Enlarged Ger- 
men. — Fig. 6. Matured Involucrum and Nut. 
* From Castanea, a town in Thessaly ; or from another town of that name in 
Pontus. f See fol. S3, note f. 
