See also:

• AMENTIFERAE, or AMENTACEAE

AMENTIFERAE, or AMENTACEAE  , 'a name which has been used. to include in one class several natural orders of See also:

• PLANTS

plants which See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear their See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers in catkins (amenta) . They are trees and shrubs chiefly of temperate climates, and include many See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• BRITISH

British trees . It comprised the following orders:—Salicaceae, willows and poplars; Corylaceae, See also:

• HAZEL (0. Eng. hresell; cf. Ger. Hasel, Swed. and Dan. Kassel, &c.,; Fr. noiselier, coudrier)

hazel, See also:

• HORNBEAM (Carpinus betulus)

hornbeam; Betulaceae, See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

birch, See also:

• ALDER

alder; Fagaceae, See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, See also:

• BEECH

beech, , See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

chestnut; Casuarinaceae, .See also:

• CASUARINA

Casuarina (beefwood); Platanaceae, See also:

• PLANE

plane; Juglandaceae, See also:

• WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut; Myricaceae, See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

bog See also:

• MYRTLE

myrtle . This class is not retained in the most See also:

• MODERN

modern systems of See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification .