BEECH

n, Bech. A.-S., bece. Gr., $nyés. Lat., fag us. Fr., hêtre. Ger., Buche. The genus Fagus, especially the Fagus silvatic a. [B,'19.|—Australian b. The Tectona an str at is, [B, 19.] —B.-drops. See the major list. — BB. fungus. The Cyftaria Darwin i i. [B, 185,|—B.-mast, B.- The fruit of the Fagus silvatic a. [B.]—B.-nut oil, B. oil. Lat., oleum fag i, Fr., huile de fuine. Ger., Buchelél, Bucheckerél. A yellow oil expre ed from the nut of the Fagus silvatic a. It has a feeble odor, a miid taste (somewhat acrid when heat is employed during the expre ion), and a ae er of 0°921 to 0°923, and freezes at —17°5° C. It consists chiefly of olein with some stearin and palmitin, and is similar in pree era tion) and uses to cotton-seed oil. [B, 86.]—B. of Australia. Australian b.—B. of New South Wales. The Monotoca elliptic a. [B, 19.]—B.-tree. See B.—B.-wheat. Buckwheat (the Polygonum fagopyrum). [B, 275.|—Bine b. The Carp in us american a,.|—Copper-colored b. The Fagus silvatic a. var. cuprea. {B, %5.1—Duteh b. The Populus alba. [B, 275.) —Éver green b. The Fagus betuloides. [B, 185.|—Horn-b., Horse-b., Horst-b. The Carp in us betulus. [B, %5.]— Indian b. The Pongamia glabra. [B, 172..—Purple b. © Fugus silvatic a, var, purpure a. {B, 25.) “Rusty-leaved b. The Fagus ferruginea.[B, 185.]—Seaside b. A Jamaica name for the Æxostema caribœum., 19.1 Water-b. 1. The Carp in us american a. 2. The Platan us occidental is. BE 19, 275.|—We. ping, be The Fagus silvatic a, var. pendula. |B, 275.]— White b. The Carp in us betulus. [B, 275.]