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four or five parls* difclofmg its feeds hanging by fine 
white threads. This makes a very beautiful appear- 
ance in autumn when its fruit are ripe ; and from 
their red appearance obtained the name of the Burn- 
ing Bufh. The young plants retain their leaves all 
winter. All the fpecies grow naturally in moift, 
fhaded places. 
F A G U S. 
The BEECH- T R E E. 
Oafs 21. Order 8 . Monoecia Polyandria. 
* r ~pHE Male flowers are affixed to an Amentaceous receptacle, 
T The Calyx is an Empalement of one leaf, bell-ffiaped, and 
five-cleft. 
The Corolla none. 
The Filaments are many (about twelve) the length of the calyif, 
and briflly. The Antherce are oblong. 
* The Female flowers are contained in buds upon the fame 
plant. 
The Calyx , an Empalement of one leaf, four-toothed, ereft and 
acute. 
The Corolla none. 
The Germen is covered by the calyx. The Styles are three, awl- 
iliaped. The Stigmas are Ample and reflexed. 
Th eSeed'VeJJel is a capfule (formerly the calyx) which is round- 
ifh, large, fet round with foft 'fpines ; with one cell and four 
valves. 
The Seeds are two nuts, which are ovate, triangular, three 
valved and ffiarp-pointed. 
Obf. The Male flowers of the Beech are difpofed in a globular 
form; thofe of the Chefnut in a cylindrical. 
We have but one Species of this Genus, befides the 
Chefnut and Chinquepin , which are fomewhat im- 
properly joined with it, viz. 
Fagus 
