. Flowers of the field. Botany. FIR TRIBE 267 in general outline, with usually sinuate, bluntly-lobed edges, sometimes almost pinnately lobed. The (Excellence of the timber has become almost proverbial ; the bark is used for tanning ; the galls, which form from the attacks of certain insects, have been used in the manufacture of ink ; and the acorns are relished by swine.— Fl. in spring, when the leaves are expanding. 9. CoRYLUS (Hazel).—Barren flowers in"a long, droopmg, cyhn- drical catkin ; scales 3-cleft ; stamens 8 ; fertile flowers, several, enclosed in a bud-like involucre ; stigma
. Flowers of the field. Botany. FIR TRIBE 267 in general outline, with usually sinuate, bluntly-lobed edges, sometimes almost pinnately lobed. The (Excellence of the timber has become almost proverbial ; the bark is used for tanning ; the galls, which form from the attacks of certain insects, have been used in the manufacture of ink ; and the acorns are relished by swine.— Fl. in spring, when the leaves are expanding. 9. CoRYLUS (Hazel).—Barren flowers in"a long, droopmg, cyhn- drical catkin ; scales 3-cleft ; stamens 8 ; fertile flowers, several, enclosed in a bud-like involucre ; stigmas 2 ; nut enclosed in the enlarged, jagged involucre. (Name, the Latin name of the tree.) C. avellana (Common Hazel).—A shrub or small tree, with coarse, rounded, serrated leaves. The barren catkins, which form in the autumn, expand early in spring before the leaves appear ; the fertile flowers may be recognized by their crimson stigmas ; nuts edible. 10. Carpinus (Hornbeam). —Barren flowers in a long cylindrical catkin ; scales roundish ; fertile flowers in a loose catkin ; scales large and leaf-like, 3-lobed ; stig- mas 2 ; nut strongly ribbed. (Name, the Latin name of the tree.) A small tree, with ovate, doubly serrate leaves, somewhat downy be- neath. The tough wood is used for making cog-wheels. Indigenous to the south of England and Wales. — Fl. when the leaves are expand- Carpinus Betulus ing in spring. (Common Hornbeam). Natural Order LXXVIH CONIFER^.—Fir Tribe Stamens and pistils in separate flowers, and often on different trees. Stamens collected in sets around a common stalk : fertile flowers in cones, destitute of styles and stigmas ; fruit, a cone, com- posed of hardened scales or bracts, bearing, at the base of each, naked seeds, which are often winged. A large Order of trees, represented in all parts of the globe. They vary from mere stunted bushes to the gigantic Redwood trees of California. Only three species are natives of Britain, but a large numb
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