2030
ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
PART nr.
as 3. C. rostra'ta Ait. The beaked, American , or Cuckold , Hazel.Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 364.; ed. 2., 5. p. 303.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 471.: Michx.
Amer., 2. p. 201. ; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 21 .5 Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.
Synonymcs. C. sylvestris, &c., Gron. Virg., 151.; C. corntita Hort.
Spec. Char., $c. Stipules linear-lanceolate. Leaves ovate-oblong, acumi-nate. Involucre of the fruit tubular, campanulate, larger than the nut, 2-partite; divisions inciso-dentate. {Willd.) C. rostrata is a bushy shrub,seldom exceeding 4 ft. or 5 ft. in height, resembling the common Europeanhazel, but distinguished from it by its fruit being covered with the calyx,which is prolonged in the form of a long very hairy beak ; and hence thename. The kernel is sweet, but not worthy of cultivation for the table.The plant is found, according to Pursh (ii. p. 635.), on mountains, fromCanada to Carolina; but is not common on the plains, and rarely occursso far south as Boston . The American hazel was introduced into Eng-land, in 1745, by Archibald Duke of Argyll, but has never been much cul-tivated. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. each ; at Bollwyller,2 francs; and at New York, 25 cents.
a 4. C. america'na Michx. The American Hazel.
Identification. Michx. Amer., 2. p. 210.; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 471.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 183&Synonymcs. C. am. hilmilis Wang. Amer., 88 . t. 29. f. 63 .; Dwarf Cuckold Nut, wild Filbert, Amer.Engraving, Wang. Amer., 88 . t. 29. f. 63.
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate. Involucre of thefruit roundish, campanulate, longer than the nut; limb spreading, dentatelyserrated. {Willd.) The American hazel is a shrub, growing, according toPursh, to the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft. It differs from C. rostrata aboutas much as the filbert from the European hazel. The calyx is larger thanthe included nut, the flavour of the kernel of which is said to be very fine.It is found in low shady woods from Canada to Florida . It was intro-duced, in 1798, by the Marchioness of Bute, Plants, in the London nurseries, are 2s. each ; at Bollwyller, 1J francs; and at New York, 25 cents.
App. i. Species of Corylus not yet introduced.
C.flrox Wall. PI. As. Rar„ t. 87., andour fig. 1950., in which a is the nut withits deeply laciniated calyx ; b the nut;c the kernel; and d a longitudinalsection of the nut, with the kernel en-closed. The leaves are oblong, andmuch pointed. Stipules linear-lanceolate.
Nut compressed, and half the length ofthe villous, 2 -parted, ragged, and spinousinvolucre. {Wall.) “ A native of the topof the mountain Sheopur, in Nepal jflowering in September, and bearingfruit in December. A tree, 20 ft. high,with a trunk sometimes 2 ft. in circum-ference, and somewhat glabrous ash-coloured bark. Branches twiggy, smooth,cylindrical, brownish, dotted j the youngones silky. Buds conical-oblong, co-vered externally with soft down. Leaves3 in. or 4 in. long, covered on both sideswith adpresseddown ; dark green above;rough, and of a pale colour, beneath.
The wood of this tree is light, compact,and of a pale tinge. The nut is small,and precisely like the common hazel nutin taste. The shell is exceedingly hardand thick.” {Wall. PI. As. Ear. , t. 87.)
This species has not been yet intro-duced ; but, from the elevation of itsnative habitat, it would doubtless provehardy. From the laciniated calyx ofthis nut, it appears nearly allied toC. C. arborescens Fisch. (See p. 2029.)
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