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to whom I have given a. portion, or by some other observer. 
At a temperature much below that of boiling water, it becomes 
fluid, and may be easily made into such cakes as Mr. Brant 
speaks of. When cold it is hard and brittle. 
73. QUERCUS regia (Ilices ?) ramulis glabris, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceo- 
latis cordatis grossé inciso-dentatis undulatis utrinque nitidis viridibus 
glaberrimis: dentibus lobisque aristatis. 
Of this species also there are no traces of fruit, and its 
general appearance is very much that of the Spanish Chesnut. 
Its buds, however, shew it to be a Quercus and not a Cas- 
tanea. It is certainly the finest Oak I know, its beautiful 
dark green shining leaves being as much as nine inches long, 
by three inches broad at the heart-shaped base. The leaf- 
stalks are almost three-quarters of an inch long. It probably 
belongs to the same section of the genus as Q. rigida. 
74. QUERCUS Brantii (Ilices ?) ramis petiolis foliisque subter dens? et mol- 
litér tomentosis, foliis cordatis ovatis aristato-dentatis acutis super stel- 
lato-pubescentibus cinereisque. 
No doubt can be entertained as to this being also a spe- 
cies totally unknown prior to Mr. Brant's discovery of it. 
The fruit is however still a desideratum. It is a most re- 
markable plant, the full-grown leaves being six inches long 
including the petiole, and three inches and a half across at the 
widest part, which is near the base. They are as downy as 
those of a young plum tree; and the plant must, in a live 
state, be altogether unlike any of the species now in cultivation. 
It may be perhaps compared to a Quercus Ballota, with the 
leaves decupled in size. It need scarcely be added, that a 
name has been given it in compliment to its zealous disco- 
verer. Alas for civilization ! that we do not know what even 
the forest trees are of countries whose history is coeval with 
that of the human race. But it is to be feared that Botanical 
collectors, while they hunt with all diligence and surprising 
sharpsightedness after microscopical curiosities, acquire a 
sort of false vision, which renders them incapable of perceiv- 
ing any thing else; they cannot find the trees of the forest 
because they are so large. 
WISTARIA (or Glycine) SINENSIS. 
A magnificent specimen of this plant, 180 feet long, and’ 
covering about 1800 square feet of wall, has been for some 
E. June, 1840. J 
