i331.) 
FAGUS* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Monce'cia f, Polya'.ndria. 
Natural Order. Cupuu'fer.e, Richard. — Lindl. Syn. p. 239 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 97. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 545. — 
Amenta'cee, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 407. — Sin. Gram, of Bot. 
p. 189. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 534. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 242. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 419 . — Querneales; sect. Quercinac ; 
type, Corylace-E ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 523 & 531. 
GeNv Char. Barren Flowers (figs. 1 & 2.) in a globose catkin. 
Calyx (figs. 2 & 3.) of 1 sepal, bell-shaped, in 5 or 6 segments. 
Corolla none. Filaments (see figs. 2 & 3.) from 5 to 12, or more, 
hair-like, longer than the calyx. Anthers roundish, or oblong, of 
2 lobes. Fertile Flowers (figs. 4 & 5.) 2 or 3 together, within a 
4-lobed, prickly involucrum ( outer calyx of Sm.^ (see figs. 5 to 8). 
Calyx ( inner calyx of Sm.^ (see figs. 5 & 9.) single, of 5 or 6 mi- 
nute lobes, which are downy internally. Gcrmen (fig. 6.) incor- 
porated with the calyx, triangular, 3-celled. Styles (see figs. 6 & 9.) 
3. Nuts (fig. 10.) invested with the enlarged involucrum. (fig. 8.) 
upright, 3~angled, crowned at the tip (see fig. 9.) with the hairy 
lobes of the calyx, by abortion, 1-celled ; and 1- or 2-seeded. 
The barren flowers in a close capitate calkin, each of a mono- 
sepalous, bell-shaped, 5- or 6-lobed calyx, with from 5 to 12 
stamens; the fertile fiowers 2 together, in a 4-lobed, prickly invo- 
lucrum, each with a 5- or 6-lobed, downy calyx, adnate to the 
germen ; the 3 stigmas ; and the 3-angled, 1-celled, 1- or 2-seeded 
nut ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and 
order. 
One species British. 
FA'GUS SYLVA'TICA. Wood Beech. Common Beech. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped, smooth, obsoletely serrated, 
their margins fringed. 
O O 
Engl. Rot. 1. 1846. — Hunt. Evel. Silva, p. 136, with a plate. — T.oud. Arbor, rt 
Frutir. lirit. p. 1950. t. 283.— Linn. Sp. FI. p. 1416. — Muds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) 
p. 422. — VV il Id. Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. i, p. 459. — Sm. FI. Hrit. v. iii. p. 1028. ; Engl. 
FI. v. iv. p. 152. — With. (7tli ed.) v. ii. p. 576. — tiray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 248. — 
l.yndl. Svn. p.239. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 408. — Marr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 216. — 
Lightf. FI. Scot. v. ii. p. 584. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 152. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 210. 
— Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 90. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p.461. — Kelli. FI. Cant. 
(3rd. edit.) p.395. — Hook. FI. Scot, p.274. — Grev. FI. Edin. p.203. — Sylvan. 
Sketches, p. 38. — FI. Devon, pp. 155 & 133.- — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 207. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 62. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p 283. — 
Bab. FI. Bath. p. 46. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 56. — lrv. Bond. FI. p. 114. — Luxf. 
Keie. F’l p. 82.— Mack. Catal. PI. Irel.p. 83. ; FI. Hibern. p.255. — Fagus, 
Ray’s Syn. p.439. — Johnson's Gerarde. p. 1444. — Beech, Phil. Pom. Brit. 
(2nd ed.) p 64. 
Fig. 1. Ba i ren- flowered Catkin. — Figs. 2 5c 3. Barren Flowers. — F~ig. 4. Fer- 
tile-floweied Calkin. — Figs. 5 6: 6. Fertile Flowers. — Fig. 7. The Involucrum — 
Fig. 8. The same when the fruit is ripe. — Fig. 9. A Nut in an unripe state. — 
F ig. 10. The same when ripe. 
* Phagos, in Greek, from P/iago, Gr. to err t ; on account of the nutritive 
qualities of the fruit. t 8ce lolio 03, nutet. 
