FAGUS CLIFFORTIOIDES. 203 
lamellae. Fruit the smallest of the genus, Jin. to jin. Jong; nuts, one to three, 
one or two triquetrous, the other flat with winged margins; ovate, puberulous. 
In Hooker’s drawing in ‘“‘Icones Plantarum,” t. 816p, the transverse 
lamella are represented with a sharp tooth in the middle, and the nut is rather 
longer and narrower than in any of my specimens. 
EXPLANATION OF Pirates CI. anp Cla. 
Cl. Fagus cliffortioides, Hook. f. 1. Fruiting specimen. 2. Specimen with 
male flowers. 3. Alpine specimen. 4. Seedling. All natural size. 5. Male 
flower. 6. Female flower. 7. Fruit. 8. Involucral’ cup. g. Nut. All mag- 
nifted. 
Cla. Fagus cliffortioides, Hook. f. Fruiting specimen from Lake Wakatipu. 
