( 47 ) 
burnt into coals for the ufe of blacldmiths, & c. but 
not much efteemed for common fuel. 
2. Fagus-Castanea pumila. Dwarf Chef- 
nut Tree , or Chinquepin . 
This feldom rifes above eight, ten, or twelve feet, 
otherwife much refembling the Chefnut in the ap- 
pearance of its branches and leaves. Its fruit cap- 
fules are fmall, and generally contain but one conical 
fhaped nut. It grows naturally in a light gravelly 
foil. 
FOTHERGILLA. 
FOTHERGILLA, 
Glafs 13. Order 2. Polyandria Digynia. 
T HE Empalement is of one leaf, hairy, and five-toothed at 
the margin. 
The Corolla is wanting,. 
The Filaments from fixteen to eighteen, Inferted in the calyx, 
long, incurved and leffened towards the bafe. The Anthem 
are minute. 
The Germen is oblong and villofe, ending in two acute Styles, 
The Seed-veJJel is a capfule, oblong, of two cells and covered 
by the calyx. 
The Se'eds are fingle and oblong. 
Fothergilla Gardeni. Carolinian Father - 
This fmall, but beautiful flowering ihrub grows 
naturally in Carolina, on the borders of favannahs, 
or near ponds of water; fpreading much by its roots. 
The ftalks are flender, rifing to the height of two 
The Species with us 9 
or 
