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Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2)

CHAPTER II
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they are likewise specifically distinguish'd by other characters, leaves, buds, blossoms, &c.

but especially by what they produce of more importance, by their fruit ye shall know them: v.

g.
The _glandiferae_, oaks and ilex's yield acorns, and other useful excrescencies: The mast-bearers are the beech, and such as include their seeds and fruit in rougher husks; as the chessnut-tree, &c.

the wallnut, hazle, avelans, &c.

are the _nuciferae_, &c.


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