. 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. LXX. CORYLA^CEiE : FjC'GVS. 911. b. Species not yet introduced into British Gardens. S 6. F. Dombe'y/ Mirb. Dombey's, or the MyHle-leaved, Beech. Idmtification. Mem. Mus., 14. p. 468.; Comp. Bot. MiE., I p. 301. Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 24.; and our^, 1704. Spec. Char., Leaves
. 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. LXX. CORYLA^CEiE : FjC'GVS. 911. b. Species not yet introduced into British Gardens. S 6. F. Dombe'y/ Mirb. Dombey's, or the MyHle-leaved, Beech. Idmtification. Mem. Mus., 14. p. 468.; Comp. Bot. MiE., I p. 301. Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 24.; and our^, 1704. Spec. Char., Leaves ovate-lanVeolate, some- what rhomboid, pointed; serrated, coriaceous, shining, glaorous; wedge-shaped, and obliqne at the base, on very short footstalks. Perianth of the male ternate, campanulate, 4—,5-lobed. Anthers 8—10. Cupules involucriform, smooth, 4-partite; segments almost linear, laciniate. Ovaries laterally exserted, 3-sided ; angles mar- ginate. (ikfirA.) A tall tree, a native of Chili, where it was lound, along with F. obliqua, by the botanist after whom it had been named. Whether it is deciduous or evergi'een we are un- certain ; there being no living plants of it either 1704. F. Doa,bi!,i. '" Frauce or England. 1 *7. F. DU'BiA Mirb. The dubious Beech. Identificatimi. Mgm. Mus., 14. t. 26. Engravings. Mem. Mus., 14. t. 26.; and our.^. 1705. Spec. Char., S(c. Leaves ovate, bluntish, doubly ser- rate, coriaceous, shining, glabrous, round at the base, on short footstalks. Perianth of the male solitary, turbinate, 5—7-lobed. Anthers 10—16. (Mirb.) A South American tree, not introduced. Probably nothing more than a variety of F. beta- Idides. The branches are smoother and more elon- gated ; the leaves larger, oval, and not elliptic ;' and dentate, not crenulate; all which differences may be the result of a more vigorous growth. The dried specimen, in other respects, perfectly resembles that of F. Aetuloides; and Commerson, who gathered it at the Straits of
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