AN
EXPLANATORY TABLE
OF THE
Parts of FRUCTIFICATION of the different Species of Trees described
in the SILVA.
Obs. The Parts marked with a Capital Letter are magnified.
The OAK. £hiercus (Rohur.)Monoecia Polyandria.
a. A Male Catkin.
b. c. The Calyx. In some Flowers it is divided
into four, in others into five segments.
B. C. Ditto.
d. An entire Flower.
D. Ditto, showing the situation oftheStamina.
e. A Angle Stamen.
E. Ditto.
/, A Female Flower,
F. Ditto.
g. The Acorn, or Nut, as it fits in its perma-
nent Calyx.
h. Ditto, feparated from the Calyx.
i. The Cup, or permanent Calyx.
Pentandria Digynia.
a. An entire Flower.
B. Ditto.
c. The Calyx.
C. Ditto.
d. The Stamina.
D. Ditto.
e. The Pointal, or Female part of the Flower .
E. Ditto.
/. The Seed.
g. A Branch, at the time of Flowering , whichhappens before the leaves appear.
The BEECH. Fagits (Syhatica.)
Monoecia Polyandria.
a. A Catkin of Male Flowers.
b. A tingle Flower.
B. Ditto.
c. The Calyx.
C. Ditto.
d. A Female Flower.
e. The Calyx.
f. The Germen, or Embryo, with its three
Pointals.
g. The two Embryos with their Pointals, as
they sit in the Calyx.
h. The permanent Calyx become a Capsule,
or Seed-vefsel.
i. Ditto, as it opens at the top.k. The two Seeds.
The HORNBEAM. Carpittus ( Vulgarh.)
Monoecia Polyandria.
a. A Male Catkin.
b. A Male Flower with its Scale.
B. Ditto.
c. The Scale.
C. Ditto.
D. The Stamina.
e. The Female Catkin.
/. The Female Flower with its Scale.
F. Ditto.
G, The Scale.