CORYLUS AYELLANA. HAZEL-NUT TREE.
CORYLUS Avellana, stipulis ovatis, obtusis; calycibus fructus carapanulatis, lacero-dentatis; foliis
'cordato-rotundatis, acuminatis.
CORYLUS Avellana. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1417. FI. Suec. p. 783. Boehm,. Lips. n. 691. Jacq.
Vind. p, 171. Scop. Cam. ed. 2. n. 1192. Timm. Prodr. FI. Megap. n. 390- Wiegel
FI. Pom. n. 613. Zinn. Goet. p . TO. Hort.* Ups. p. 286. Mat. Med. p. 204. Roy.
Lugd. Bat. p. 81. Haleb. Paris* p. 2 9 4 .' Gmel.Sib. tool. 1. p. 150. Hort. Keio. ed. 1.
>ool. 3. p. 363. ed. 2. ml. 5. p. 302. Huds. Angl. p. 423. With. Bot. Arv. ed. 4.
ml. 2.p. 371. H ull B r . Bot. p. 213. Sibth. 0.v. p. 127. Reih. Cant.p. 364. Abbot
Bedf. p. 211.. Engl. Bot. t. 723. Smith FI. Brit. m l. 3. p. 1030. WilkL Sp. P i. ml. 4.
p . 470. Willd. Baumz. p. 79- MUL Gard. Diet. Pollich Pal. n.-9. 12. Blackw.
t. 293. Hoffm. Germ. p. 339- Roth Germ. ml. 1. p. A 09- ml. Q. p. 49Ö. Lamarck
Diet. ml. 4. p. 495. < Lam. Illustr. t. 780. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 3. p. 308. Lam.
FI. Gall. Syn. p. 181. Gcertn. de Fruct. ml. 9>.p. 52. t. 89 - f 3. Pers. Syn. P I. m l. 2.
p . 571. Deslongch. FI. Gall. ml. 2. p. 661. Savi Trattato degli Albert della Toscan.
p . 68.
CORYLUS sylvestris. Raii Syn. p. 439- Ger. Em. p. 1438. Bauh. Pin. p. 418. Hall. Helv.
n. 1626. Tourn. Inst. Rei H e rb.p: 582. Lob. Icon. 192. Biuvb. Halens, p. 86. Dill.
Giss. p. 35,. Rupp. Jen. p. 329-
CORYLUS sylvestris et sativa, fructu albo minore seu vulgari. Volckm. Noremb. p. 125.
AYELLANA Nux sylvestris. Fuchs. Hist. p. 398-
Armenian. Frandik. Funduch. Bohem. Ljskowj. Ljska. fructus. Ljslcoxoy órech. Dan. Hassel.
Hasselbusk. Hasseltrcec. Hasselhöd. Dut. Hazelaar. Hazelnoot. Finl. Sarapuu. F r. L e Moisei
lev. Le Coudrier. AulariiL O zelen. Ozel. fructus. Noisette. Germ Die Haselsttaude.
D e r Haselstrauch'. Hasel. .Haselnuss. Hassel. Klöterbusch. Hung. Moggoró-fa, fructus.
MoggoH. Irish. Coll. It. I I Nocciuólh. Nocello, fruct os. Nociuola. Noßdlä.V Japan. Fa.
Fäsibami. Sin. Timbai. Kalmuck. Tschitäk. Tschittik. Schitligin-Modun'. Norw. Haiti
Hassel. Hassetrie. H a s s e ln y t .Pol. Leszezyma. fructus. Ovrech-laskay. Port. Aoelleira.
Avellaneira. fructus. Avellä. Russ. Oresc/mik. fructus. Orech. Scotch. Calltain. Calltin.
Coli. Span. E l Amllano, fructus. Amllana. Swed. Hassel. Hasselnöt. Tartar. Tschätfäng.
.Funduk. Turk. Frandik. Welsh.. Coll-lzoyn. . Collen.
Class a n d Order. MONOE C IA POLYANDRIA.
[N atural Order. AMENTACEÆ, Linn. Juss. D e Cand. CORYLACEÆ, Mirbel.]
Gen . Char. Masc. Amenta cylindracea. Cal. sqüama trilobata. Cor. 0. Stam. 8.
Fern. Cal. bi-partitus lacéras. Cor., nulla. Stylt duo. Nux ovata, calyce persistente cincta.
Arbor humilis, ramosa; ramis erectis, flexibilibus,
fusco-maculatis; ramiilis gl'anduloso-tomentosis.
Folia alterna, rugosa, ovato-rotundata, basi cordata,
a pice' acuminata, margine undulata, inciso-ser--
rata, subtus pnecipue pubesceritia, petiolata,
petiolis brevibus, basi stipulis minutis, ovatis, ob^
• tusis, Suffultis.
Flores antequain erumpunt folia reperti masculi et
fosminei in eadem Stirpe.
Amenta mascula ramulis terminalibus, subbiuncialia,
terminalialateraliaque,pedunculis ramosis, brevi-
bus insidentia, subpaniculata, cylindracea, pendular
tremula.
Calyx : Squamas numerosa;, persistentes, receptaculo
communi, tonientosb affixos, fusco-virides, piloso-
tomentosee, basi extus solummodo glabrte, arete
imbricate, appressas, demum antherarum progressions
aperte, ovato-deltoideas, trilobate,
lobo medio majbre lalerales tegente.
Corolla nulla.
Stamina plerurnque detb.' Anther® subsessiles, ovato-
quadrate, fill vie, uniloculares. Pollinis granula
lutea.
Flores foeminei pauci, in gemmis- propi'iis, ovatis,
lateralibus, alternis, squamosis inclusi. Squama?
numerosre, ovatfe, fuse®; exterioresmajores gla-
br®, vel margine solummodo pilos®; interiores
valde pilos®; summ® florifer®.
Calyx minutus, demum ampliatus.
Styli sub singula squama florifera duo,, exserti, ad
• basin usque bip&rtiti, segmeiitis filiformibus coc-
cineis.
Ovarium unum (primo denudatum, D e Cand.) demum
basi calyce coriaceo-carnoso, campanulato, margine
lacero cinctum.
Capsula nux ovata, subapiculata, l®vis, dura, mono-
Tree of humble growth, branched, with the branches
erect, flexible,’ spotted with brown; the youn'ger
ones downy and glandulose.
Leaves alternate, rugose, ovate approaching to round,
• cordate at the base, acümiüate at the apex, with
the margin undulate, inciso-serrate, beneath
principally downy, petiolated, having the petioles
short, furnished at the base with minute, ovate
' stipules..
Flowers, 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, ovatb-deltoid,
three-lobed, having the intermediate lobe the
largest and covering the lateral ones.
Corolla hone.
Stamens generally eight. Anthers somewhat sessile;
ovato-quadrate, fulvous, one-celled. Granules
of polien yellow. •
Female Flowers few, contained in proper; ovate, lateral,
alternate, squamose gemm® or buds. Scales
numerous, ovate, brown; the exterior ones the
. largest, smooth or hairy only at the margin;
thé interior ones very hairy ; the upper ones
fforiferous.
Calyx minute, at length very large.
Styles two under, each fforiferous scale, exserted,
parted down to the base, with the segments filiform,
scarlet.
Ovarium one (at first naked, De Cand.) at length encircled'
at the base with a. coriaceo-carnose, cam-
panulate calyx, having the margin torn.
Capsule an ovate, subapiculate, smooth, hard, one-
seeded nut.
Fig. 1. 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.
Willdenow enumerates four varieties of the Corylus Avellana; and in the last edition of Miller’s Gardener’s
Dictionary, and of the Ilortus Kewensis, five are noticed, viz. a. which is our common wild Hazel nut-tree,
and the only one that is a native o f this country: '/3. the white Filbert nut-tree: y. the red Filbert nut-tree:
X. the Cob nut-tree, and e. the clustered Nut-tree. AH these, but more particularly the four last, are cultivated in
our gardens and orchards; and (3. and y. are esteemed among the most delicate fruits that are brought to our