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CORYLUS AVELLANA. HAZEL-NUT TREE.
CORYLUS Avellana, stipulis övatis, obtüsis; CalycibüS fructus campanulatis, lacero-dentatis • foliiä
cof dato-rotundatis,' acuminatis.
CORYLUS Avellana. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1417. Fl. Suec. p. 783. Boehm. Lips. n. 6 91. J aca.
Fmd.p. 171. Scop.Carn. ed. 2 . p. 1 19 2 . Timm. Prodr. Fl. Megap. n. 390. Wiegel
TI. Pom. n. 6 13. Zmn.Goet. p . 10. Hort. Ups. p. 286. Mat. Med. p. 204. Roy.
Lugd. Bat. p. 81. Daleb. Paris, p. 294. Gmel. Sib. vol: 1 . p. 150. Hort. Keio. ed 1
:c •• ml; 'S- W B H D «<* «• t - SO».' Muds. Angl. p. 423. With. Bet. Arr. ed. 4.
vol z.p . 371. Mull Br. Bot. p . 213. Sibth. 0.r. p. 127. Reih. Cant.p. 564. Abbot
Htdf. p. 2 1 1 . M Bot. t. 723. Smith Bl. Brit. Vol. 3. p. 1030. Willi. Sn. PI. vol. 4.
p . 4 /0 . m ild . Beams, p. 79. Mill. Gard. Diet. Polüch Pal. n. 9 12 . Blackw
(.2 9 3 . Hoffm. Germ.p. 3 3 9 ., Rath Germ. ml. 1 . p. 409. ml. 2.p . 490. Lamarck
Diet. ml. 4. p. 495. Lam. Illmtr. t. 780. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 3. p. 308. Lam.
Fl. Gail. Sm. p . 181. Gcertn. de Fruct. ml. 2. p. 52. ?. 89. /! 3. Pcrs. Sun. P t. ml. 2 .
A 571. Deslongch. Fl. Gail. ml. 2 . ƒ<. '661. Saoi Trattato degli Alben della Toscan.
p . 68. .
CORYLUS sylvestris. 22mz %?z. ƒ;. 439. Ger. Em. p. 1438. Bauh. Pin. p. 418. » Helv.
w. 1626. Tbwr». /«*£. Re/ Herb.p. 582. Zo5. Jcm. 192. i/«/e«s. p. 86. Di//.
35. Pupp. Jen. p. 329.
CORYLUS sylvestris et sativa, fructu albo minore seu vulgari. Volchn. Noremb. p. 125.
AVELLANA Nux sylvestris. ; Fuchs. Hist. p. 398.
Armenian. Fj-andik. Funduch. Bohem. Ljshowj. Ljska. fructus. Ljskotoy brech. Dan. Hassel
Hasselbusk. Hasseltreee. Hasseinöd. Dut. Hazelaar. Hazehioot. Ein]..Sarapuu. Fr. Le Noi-
sbtier. L e Coudricr. Aulanit. Oseien. Ozel. fructus. Noisette. Germ . Die Haselstraude.
D e r Haselstrauch. Hasel. Haselnuss. Hassel. Klöterbuscli. Hung. Moggorb-fa. fructus.
Moggorb. Irish. Coll. It. II Nocciuola. Nocella, frugtos. Nociuola. Nocella. Japan. Dz"
l'asibami. Sm. Timbal Kalmuck. Tschitäk. Tschiitik. Schitligin-Modun, Norw. Hatt.
Hassel. Hassetrie. Hasselnyt.. Pol. Leszezyma. fructus. Ovrechlaskay. Port. Avelleira.
Avellaneira. fructus. Avelld. Russ. Orcschnik. fructus. Orech. Scotch. Calltain. Calltin.
Coli. Span. E l Avellana. fructus.Avellana. Swed. Hassel. Ilasselnöt. Tartar. Tschättäng
Funduk. Turk. Frandik. Welsh. Coll-koyn. Collen.
Class a n d .Ord e r . MONCECIA POLYANDRIA.
[Natural Ord e r : AMÈNTACEJE, Linn. Juss. D e Cand. CORYLACEiE, Mirbel.]
Gen . Char. Masc. Amentacylindracea. Cal. squamatrilobata.. Cor. O. Stam. 8.
Fern. Cal. bi-pardtus lacerus. Cor. nulla. Styli duo. Nux ovata, calyce persistente cincta.’
Arbor humilis, rämosa; ramis erectis, flexibilibus,
’ fusco-mäculatis; ramulis glanduloso-tomentosis.
Folia alterna, rugosa, ovato-rotundata, basi cordata,
apice acuminata, margine undulata, inciso-ser-
rata, subtus prascipue pubescentia, petiolata,
petiolisbrevibus, basi stipulis minutis, ovatis, ob-
tusis, 1 sufful tis.
Flores antequam erumpunt folia reperti masculi et
feeminei in eadem stirpe.
Amenta mascula ramulis terminalibus, subbiuncialia,
terminalia lateraliaque, pedunculis ramosis, brevi-
bus insidentia, sübpaniculata, cylindracea, pendula,
tremula.
Calyx : Squam® numeros®, persistentes, receptaculo
communi, tomentoso affixie, fusco-virides, piloso-
. tomentos®, basi extus solummodo glabne, arcte
iinbricata?, appress®, dem um antherarum pro- 1
gressione' apert®, ovato-deltoide®, trilobat®,
iob,o medio majore laterales tegente.
Corolla nulla.
•Stamina plerumque octo. Anther® subsessiles, ovato-
hitea at£6’ fulva3’ un*loculares. Pollinis granüla
Flores fmminei pauci, in gemmis propriis, ovatis,
lateralibus, alternis, squamosis inclusi. Squam®
numeros®, ovat®, fuse®; exterioresmajores gla-
Ve-^ marS’ne solummodo pilos®; interiores
valde pilos®; summ® florifer®.
Calyx minutus, demum ampliatus.
iyli sub singula squama florifera duo, exserti, ad j
öasin usqüe bipartiti, segmentis filiföraiibus coc-
eineis.
varium unum (primo denudatum, D e Cand.) demum
. 1 f l i® conaceo-carnoso, campanulato, mar-
gine lacero eine turn. *
apsula nux ovata, subapiculata, l®vis, dura, mono-
sperma.
T re e of humble growth, branched, with tlie branches
erect, flexible, spotted with brown; the younger
ones downy and glandulose.
L eaves alternate, rugose, ovate approaching to round,
cordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, with
the margin undulate, inciso-serrate, beneath
principally downy, petiolated, having the peti-.
oles short, furnished at the base with minute, ovate
stipules.
F lowers, male and female on each individual before
the bursting forth of the leaves.
Male Catkins on the terminal branches, in themselves
terminal and lateral, about two inches long,
seated upon short, branched, subpaniculated
peduncles, cylindrical,- pendulous, tremulous.
Calyx : Numerous persistent scales .affixed to the common
downy receptacle, brownish green, piloso-
tomentose, on the outside and at the base alone
smooth, closely imbricated, appressed, by the
progression of the anthers open, ovato-deltoid,
. three-lobed, having the intermediate lobe the
largest and. covering the lateral: ones.
Corolla none.
Stamens generally eight. Anthers somewhat sessile,
ovato-quadrate, fulvous; one-celled. Granules:
v of pollen yellow.
Female Flowers few, contained in proper, ovate, late-
ral, alternate, squamose gemm® or buds; Scales,
numerous, ovate, brown; the exterior ones the.
largest, smooth or hairy only at the margin ;
tlie interior ones very hairy; the upper ones
floriferous..
Calyx minute, at length very large.
Styles two under each floriferous scale, exserted,
parted down to the base, with the segments filiform,
scarlet.'
Ovarium one (at first naked, D e Cand■) at length en-
- circled at the base with a coriaceo-carnose, cam-
panulate calyx, having the margin tom.
Capsule an ovate, subapiculate, smooth, hard, one-
seeded nut. -
& E The three-lobed male calycine scales. Fig. 2 . Bud o f female flowers. Fig. 3. the Anthers. Fig. 4.
the styles. Fig. 5. Scale of female blossom, flowers and calyces.
D i c t i o h TutesE/ ° ur vaneties of the CorylusAvellana; and in tlie last edition of Miller’s Gardener’s
and the only onp thni-6, **ortus. Kcwensis, five are noticed, viz. «. which is our common wild Hazel nut-tree,
l the Cob nut-h-PA a11natl,ve of this country: /3. the white Filbert nut-tree : y . the red Filbert nut-tree:
0ur gardens and hM & P tlie dnstered Nut-ti-ee. All these, but more particularly the four last, are cultivated in
,7 cnaras; and /3. and y . are esteemed among^the most delicate fruits that are brought to our