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DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Fagus. 
ribbed. Seeds nearly egg-shaped, flatted on one side. Flowers in long, 
upright, terminal bunches; fine yellow. 
Agrimony. (Irish: Murgraehin ; 'Scahog Muire. Welsh: Tryw; Try- 
don; Caliwlyn y meL E.) Borders of corn-fields, shady places, and 
hedges. P. June—July.* * * * ***** 
TRIGYNIA. . 
FA'GUS.f B. and F. flowers on the same plant: Bloss. 
none. 
B. Calyx five-cleft; bell-shaped : ( Siam . about twelve. 
E.) 
F. Calyx with four teeth, changing into a prickly four- 
valved, two-seeded capsule. 
F. sylvat'ica. Leaves egg-shaped ; smooth ; indistinctly serrated; 
(fringing at the edge. E.) 
{E. Bot . 1846. E.) — Evel. p. 136. i. p. 132. Ed. ii .—Matth. <205—Ger. 12 55 
— Dod. 832 —J. B. i. b. 118 — Lonic. i. 33. 1— Spect.de la Nat. ii. 29. 1. at 
p. 290— Nat. Delin. ii. 19. 1. atp. 312. 
(A large spreading tree, with branches frequently assuming horizontal 
strata. Baric smooth, greyish. E.) Leaves shining, waved, scarcely 
serrated, finely fringed. ( Calyx of the fruit ovate, silky, muricated with 
simple pliant prickles. E. Bot. E.) 
Beech Tree. (Welsh Pfawydden. E.) Woods and hedges especially in a 
calcareous soil. T. March—April.f 
* The Canadians are said to use an infusion of the root in burning fevers, with 
great success. An infusion of six ounces of the crown of the root, in a quart of boiling 
water sweetened with honey, and half a pint of it drank three times a day, Dr. Hill says, is 
an effectual cure for the jaundice. He advises to begin with an emetic, afterwards to keep 
the bowels soluble, and to continue the medicine as long as any symptoms of the disease re¬ 
main. (The leaves may be used, for medicinal effect, as tea, and are not disagreeable. 
This plant has long been recommended in scorbutic disorders, in debility and laxity of the 
intestines, &c. Digested in whey, it affords a useful diet-drink, for the spring season, 
not ungrateful to the palate or stomach. Dr. Alston prefers administering the herb in 
powder, when the intention is to corroborate; and if thus taken in large quantity, he ex¬ 
pects it will cure ague. E.) Sheep and goats eat it. Cows, horses, and swine refuse it. 
Linn. The flowers, fresh gathered, smell like apricots. 
•j* (From <payw t to eat ; the fruit of this glandiferous tree being acceptable to man and 
beast; though it may be inferred from a note of the critic Palmerius upon Theophrastus, 
(an opinion confirmed by Pausanias), that the ancient cpjjyop, meant not the Beach, but 
a kind of oak, altogether dissimilar. E.) 
I This tree is large and beautiful, but no verdure will flourish under its shade, (however 
refreshing to the weary shepherd— 
t( Lentus in umbra.” 
“ There at the foot of yonder nodding Beech , 
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His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch.” E.) 
