. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1718. O, Tirglnica. beam. 1719. O. vlTgliuca. Genus VL CO'RYLUS L. The Hazel. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Polyandria. Identification. Ijn. Gen., No. 1074.; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 17. Syrumyjnes. Coudrier, Fr.; Haselnuss, Ger. \ Nocciolo, Jtal. Derivation. According to some, from korus, a helmet; the
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1718. O, Tirglnica. beam. 1719. O. vlTgliuca. Genus VL CO'RYLUS L. The Hazel. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Polyandria. Identification. Ijn. Gen., No. 1074.; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 17. Syrumyjnes. Coudrier, Fr.; Haselnuss, Ger. \ Nocciolo, Jtal. Derivation. According to some, from korus, a helmet; the fruit, with its involucre, appearing as if covered with a bonnet; and, according to others, from the Greek word karuon, a nut. Gen. Char., S^c. Male flowers in cylindrical catkins. Bracteas sessile, im- bricate. Perigonal scales two, cohering at the base, and adnate to the under surface of the bracteal scale. Stamens 8, inserted upon the peri- gonal scales towards their base. Anthers bearded at the tip. — Female flowers in a bud-like catkin, which is developed into a branchlet. Bracteal scale ovate, entire. Calyx not obvious, formed of a slightly villous mem- brane. Stigmas 2, long, thread-shaped. Fruit an ovate nut. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire, feather-veined. Flowers whitish in the male, and red in the female, protruded before the leaves. — Low trees and large shrubs, deciduous ; natives of Europe and North America ; thriving only in good soil, rather dry than moist. a 1. C. .^VELLA^NA L. The common Hazel nut. Identification. Hort. Cliff., 448.; Eng. Bot., t. ?23. Sytumymes. Coudrier Noisetier, Fr.; Haselstrauch, Nussbaum, Ger.; Avellano, Nocciolo, Ital.; Avetlano, Span. Derivation. jivellSna is derived from Avellino, a city m Naples. Hazel is from the Anglo-Saxon word hiBsil, which signifies a head-dress. Noisette signifies a small nut; and Nussbaum, a nut tree. Engravings. Blackw., t. 293. ; Eng. Bot., t. 723.; and our fe.
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