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2 II. Nuts enclosed in the involucre.


 * A. Involucres with linear, awl-shaped, bristly appendages. Species 2, 3, and 4.


 * 2. Fagus sylvatica. Europe.
 * Fruit-stalks short and pubescent throughout.
 * 3. Fagus ferruginea. North America.
 * Fruit-stalks short and pubescent throughout.
 * 4. Fagus sinensis. Central China.
 * Fruit-stalks short, pubescent only close to the involucre.
 * 4. Fagus sinensis. Central China.
 * Fruit-stalks short, pubescent only close to the involucre.


 * B. Involucres with their lower appendages dilated and foliaceous. Species 5, 6, 7.


 * 5. Fagus orientalis. Caucasus, Asia Minor, N. Persia.


 * 6. Fagus Sieboldi. Japan.
 * Fruit-stalks short (as long as the involucres) and pubescent throughout.


 * 7. Fagus Engleriana. Central China.


 * American Beech.

The American beech ranges, according to Sudworth, from Nova Scotia to north shore of Lake Huron and Northern Wisconsin; south, to western Florida; and west, to south-eastern Missouri and Texas (Trinity River). Mayr says it is at