MONOECIA, POLYANDRIA. 
ITS 
19. Q. leaves on short petioles, obovate, acute at chinauapin. 
base, deeply dentate, glaucous beneath ; teeth 
nearly equal, dilated, callous at the point ; cup 
hemispherical ; acorn ovate. — Pursh. 
Q. Prinus Chinquapin, Mich. f. 
Q. Prinoides, Willd. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. n. 5. t. 9. f. 1. Mich. f. Arbr. 
forest. 2. t. 10. 
Chinquapin Oak. Dwarf Chesnut Oak. 
A very handsome shrub, when in flower, in which state I 
have found it from one to four feet high. On the edges of 
woods near Kaighn’s point, in the hedges bordering the 
sandy flelds near the Delaware, and not far from Kaighn’s 
point; and in similar places near Woodbury. \ . April, May. 
358. COHYLUS. Gen. pi. 1450. (Jtmentacece.) 
Masc. Ament imbricated. Calix the scales 
of ament. Stamina 8. Fem. CaZia? 3-part- 
ed, lacerate. Styles 2. JSTut ovate, in- 
closed by the persistent calix. — A^utt. 
1. C. leaves subrotund, cordate-acuminate; calices Americana, 
of the fruit subrotund-campanulate, larger than 
the globose nut ; limb dilated, dentate-serrated. 
—Willd. 
Icon. Wangh. Amer. t. 29. f. 63. 
American Ha%el-nut, Wild Filbert. 
A shrub, from five to eight feet high. In shady woods on 
the Chester-road, ten miles from the city. Ij • March. 
359. FAGUS. Gen. pi. 1448. (^Amentaceae.) 
Masc. Ament roundish. Calix 5 -cleft, cam- 
panulate. Stamina about 12. Fem. Calix 
4-toothed, setose. Germs 2. JSTuts 2, in- 
cluded in the echinate, coriaceous and 
quadrifld calix. — ATutt. 
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