. Flowers of the field. Botany. 44S ', 3. C-VRrfNUS (Hornbeam).--Trees with deciduous leaves; slaininate flowers in catkins ; slameiis 3-'-:2, with forked filaments and tufts of hair on the anthers ; carpellale flnwers in pairs in the axils of leafy bracts, forming an erect spike m flower, becoming pendulous in fruit; ovary 2-chambered, 2-ovuled ; slyles 2. (Name, the Classical Latin name of the tree.) 1. C. Bettthis (Common Hornbeam).—A small tree with smooth, light grey bark: leaves elliptic-ovate, acufe, doubly serrate, strongly plaited parallel to the pinnate veins when in bud
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 44S ', 3. C-VRrfNUS (Hornbeam).--Trees with deciduous leaves; slaininate flowers in catkins ; slameiis 3-'-:2, with forked filaments and tufts of hair on the anthers ; carpellale flnwers in pairs in the axils of leafy bracts, forming an erect spike m flower, becoming pendulous in fruit; ovary 2-chambered, 2-ovuled ; slyles 2. (Name, the Classical Latin name of the tree.) 1. C. Bettthis (Common Hornbeam).—A small tree with smooth, light grey bark: leaves elliptic-ovate, acufe, doubly serrate, strongly plaited parallel to the pinnate veins when in bud ; fruiting ealkiiis. 2—4 in. long, with large 3-lobcd leafy bracts. — Clayey woods in the .south. ; local. A'alual)le as fuel and for cogs.—Fl. May. Perennial. 4. Ci' (Hazel).- Shrubs or trees with deciduous leaves: slaniiiiale eatkms long, drooping, (-yliitdric; sianieiis 4- 8, with short filaments and tufts of hair on tiie'anthers ; earpcllale flflwers in pairs in the axils of the upper bracts of a small head ; ovarv 2-chambercd, 2 ovuled; slyUs 2, long, slender ; jrnil a woody nut, enclosed in a witlicring leafy capsule. (-Name, the Classical Latin name of the tree, from the Creek koriis', a cii[).). 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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