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HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA.
WITCH HAZEL.
Tetrandna Monogynia, Linn. Berberides, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calioc 4-cleft, persistent, with three bractes. Petals 4, long and linear, with a short, dilated
filament at the base of each ; filaments and anthers united. Anthers
2-celled, each cell having a vertical valve. Capsule coriaceous, (nut,) 2-celled,
2-lobed, 2-awned j apex 2-valved ; valves cleft. Seeds 2, arillate.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves ovate, acutely dentated, cordate, with the sinus small. Pursh.
A large branching shrub, attaining the height and dimensions of a
small tree. Branches irregular, the smaller ones knotty and zig-zag
by inches, halves, and quarters of an inch; the knotty prominences
originating from the cicatrices formed where the former leaf-stalks
have been. Bark ash-grey, smooth, mottled with lighter spots of the