Pl. ex . mon. 
246 11. Corylus. 6. CORYLIDEiE. 
II. 11. CORYLUS. Pliny. Basel 
Monoicous.~M.ALE . Ament cylindrical ; scales imbricate* 
hairy, 3-lobed, middle lobe broader, covering the narrow 
side ones ; stamens 6 or 8, very short.— F emale. Flowers 
many, in the scales of the bud, becoming peduncled ; cu- 
i)ula 1 -leafed, 1 -flowered, fleshy below, above turgid, 2-lip- 
ped, torn ; perigonium scarcely visible ; ovary 2-celled ? 
styles 2 ; ovules 2 ; nucula ovate, smooth, involucrated at 
the base, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — Stem shrubby; ament ter- 
minal ; fmit-luds axillary. 
1 . Corylus sylvestris. Wild Basel 
Stipules oblong, ovate; cupula bellshape, tip patulous, 
torn, toothed ; leaves ovate, heartshape, pointed. 
Corylus sylvestris, Raii Syn. 439 ; Ger. cm. 1439, 2. 
Corylus, seu Nux avellana sylvestris, Park. 1416. 
Corylus avellana, Lin. S. P. 1417. 
Hasel nut . 
Woods and hedges; shrubby; March and April. 
Leaves expanding after the flowers; petioles short; aments 
pendulous ; fruit-buds ovate ; styles blood-red, projecting. 
- — Flowers the first of our trees, considered by country- 
people to prognosticate the future harvest : root used for 
inlaying and staining; wood clears turbid wine, used for 
walking-sticks, fishing-rods, crates, hoops, and for char- 
coal ; nuts eaten, also expressed for oil. 
2. Corylus tululosa . Tulular hasel. 
Stipules oblong, blunt; cupula tubular, cylindrical, tip 
narrower, jagged, toothed; leaves rather round, heartshape, 
pointed. 
Nux avellana, sive Corylus, Ger. em. 1438, 1 ; Park. 1416. 
Corylus avellana 8, Lin. S. P. 1417. 
Corylus tubulosa, Willd. S. P. 
Filberd. 
Cultivated for its fruit. 
III. 12. QUERCUS. Pliny. Oak. 
Monoicous. —Male. Ament threadshape ; flowers distant ; 
perigonium torn; stamens 5 to 10 . — Female. Cupula one- 
flowered, scaly ; scales many, coalescing into a cup ; peri- 
gonium 6-sepaled ; sepales very small, pubescent, girding 
the base of the style; ovary 3-celled, 2 cells abortive; style 
short, pyramidical, thickened; glans 1-celled, 1-seeded, 
base included in the cupula. — Stem arborescent ; leaves an- 
nual (in exotics perennial). 
