The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . art-shaped,pointed and shortly stalked. In the variety C. purpurea, theleaves, as also the pellicle of the kernel and the husk of the nut,are purple, and in C. hetcrophylla they are thickly clothed withhairs. In autumn the rich yellow tint acquired by the leavesof the hazel adds greatly to the beauty of landscapes. are monoecious, and appear in Great Britain in Februaryand March, before the leaves. The cyhndrical drooping yellowmale catkins (fig. 2) are i to 2i in. long, and occur 2 to
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . art-shaped,pointed and shortly stalked. In the variety C. purpurea, theleaves, as also the pellicle of the kernel and the husk of the nut,are purple, and in C. hetcrophylla they are thickly clothed withhairs. In autumn the rich yellow tint acquired by the leavesof the hazel adds greatly to the beauty of landscapes. are monoecious, and appear in Great Britain in Februaryand March, before the leaves. The cyhndrical drooping yellowmale catkins (fig. 2) are i to 2i in. long, and occur 2 to 4 in araceme; when in unusual numbers they may be terminal in•position. The female flowers are small, sub-globose and sessile, • It has been supposed that the origin is to be found in O. a behest, connected with hatan = GeT. heissen, to give ordei-s:thehazel-wand was the sceptre of authority of the shepherdchieftain {iroiiffif Xowv) of olden times, sec Grimm, Cexh. d. , p. 1016, 1848. The root is kas-, cf. Lat. coruias, corylus;I and the original meaning is Fig. I.—Hazel (Corylus Avellana).—1,Female catkin (enlarged); 2, Pair of fruits(nuts) each enclosed in its involucre(reduced). ii8 HAZLETON Fig. 2.—Catkin ofHazel {Corylus Avel-lana), consisting of an each of which coversa male flower, thestamens of which areseen projecting beyondthe scale. The catkinfalls off entire, separ-ating from the branchby an articulation. gatherer, -who with(Thomsons Seasons, resembling leaf-buds, and have protruding crimson stigmas;the minute inner bracts, by their enlargement, form the palmatelylobcd and cut involucre or husk of the nut. The ovary is notvisible till nearly midsummer, and is not fully developed beforeautumn. The nuts have a length of from ^ to J in., and grow inclusters. Double nuts are the result ofthe equal development of the two carpelsof the original flower, of which ordinarilyone becomes abortive; fusion of two ormore nuts is not unc
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