. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. OHAP. ] CUPULIIi'ER^. 201 volucre is not closed, as in Fagus and Castanea, but it is open at top ; the nut, as in all cupuli- ferse, adhering to it, when young, by the hiluni or scar visible at its base. There are about seven species of Corylus, of which the most remark- able is the Constantinople Nut {Corylus Colurna), The Filbert is only a variety of Corylus Avellana. THE GENUS CARPINUS. Some botanists include this genus and that of Os
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. OHAP. ] CUPULIIi'ER^. 201 volucre is not closed, as in Fagus and Castanea, but it is open at top ; the nut, as in all cupuli- ferse, adhering to it, when young, by the hiluni or scar visible at its base. There are about seven species of Corylus, of which the most remark- able is the Constantinople Nut {Corylus Colurna), The Filbert is only a variety of Corylus Avellana. THE GENUS CARPINUS. Some botanists include this genus and that of Ostrya in the order Betulacese, instead of placing them in Cupuliferse, as the nut of the Hornbeam is not surrounded by a cup or husk, but by a leaf-like involucre as shown mfy. 92, at a, h being the nut. Both the male and the female flowers are pro- duced in long catkins, which have an exceed- ingly light and elegant appearance on the tree. The male flowers con- sist each of one bract, with twelve or more stamens attached to its base ; and the female flowers have each two very long stigmas, and a ribbed calyx, which adheres to the ripe nut and assumes the appear- ance of a hard brown skin. The leaves are feather-nerved and persistent, Hke those of the. Fig. 92.—FRUtT of the Horn- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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