476 
XC1Y. CUPULIFERAE 
Corylus Colurna, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 625. A shrub. Leaves 
stalked, glabrous or nearly so, ovate, 3-6 X2-4 in., cordate, irregu- 
larly lobed and toothed, long-pointed ; the buds and base of leaf- 
stalks covered with tawny, glandular hairs. Male catkins 2-3 in., 
drooping, clustered : flowers single ; bracts small, hairy, 3 ; peri- 
anth none ; stamens 8, filaments short, often more or less united, 
anthers 1 -celled. Female cones ovoid, very small : flowers in pairs 
in the axils of the upper bracts, each enclosed by a 3-4-cleft, hairy 
bracteole; bracts imbricate; perianth tubular, the lower part adnate 
to the ovary, limb free, minutely toothed; ovary 2-celled, 1 ovule in 
each cell ; styles 2, long, linear, red, protruding from the tip of the 
bud-like cone. Fruit in clusteis of 2-3, consisting of a hard, ovoid 
nut sheathed by the much-enlarged, lobed and toothed, glandular- 
hairy bracteole, with the withered outer bracts at its base. 
Simla, rare, Narkunda, common ; April, May. — W. Temperate Himalaya. — 
S.E. Europe. 
The kernels are as good as English Hazel-nuts. 
5. CARPINUS. The classical name. — -N. temperate regions. 
Carpinus viminea, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 626. A tree ; 
branches slender, drooping. Leaves stalked, glabrous, ovate- 
lanceolate, 3-5 in., teeth unequal, sharp, tip very long, tail-like. 
Male catkins appearing before the leaves, drooping, in. : flowers 
solitary ; bracts small, hairy ; perianth none ; stamens about 12, fila- 
ments free, minutely forked, anther-cells separated, their tips hairy. 
