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The Corolla is wanting. 
The Filaments are eight, very iliort, joined to the Interior fide 
of the calycine fcale. The Antherce are oblong-ovate, fhort- 
er than the calyx, and ere&. 
* The Female flowers are remote from the Male in the fame 
plant, fitting clofe and included in a bud. 
The Empalement is of two leaves, coriaceous, torn at the mar- 
gin, eredl, and the length of the fruit; at the time of fiore- 
fcence, fcarce manifeft for its fmallnefs. 
The Corolla none. 
The Germen is roundifh and very Imall. The Styles two, brift- 
ly, coloured, and much longer than the calyx. The Stigmas 
are Ample. 
The Seed-veJJel none. 
The Seed, a nut fomewhat ovate, fliaved at the bafe, fomewhat 
comprefled and pointed at the apex. 
The Species with us are , 
1. Corylus americana. American Hazelnut . 
This grows very common in a rich, loofe, moifl 
foil ; fpreading far by its roots, and rifing at firfl with 
a fimple, ere&ftem; which, as it grows old, is di- 
vided into a few irregular branches, cloathed with 
oval, pointed leaves, fawed on their edges. The 
Male katkins are produced at the ends of the branch- 
es, and the Female parts a little beneath them, often 
many together, at other times fmgly ; and are fuc- 
ceeded by feed-veffels, roundifh at the bafe, but 
lengthened out into a leaffy, fringed expanfion, part- 
ed at the extremity ; each containing one nut. 
2. Corylus cornu ta. Dwarf Filbert , or 
Cuckold-nut . 
This kind much refembles the other, except in 
fize, feldom growing above three or four feet high 5 
and alfo in having its nuts Angle upon the branches, 
and 
