Tas. 8695. 
QUERCUS DENSIFLORA. 
North America. 
CUPULIFERAE. Tribe QUERCINEAE. 
» Quercus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen Plant. vol. iii. p. 407. 
Quercus densiflora, Hook. ¢ Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 891; Hook. Ic. Plant. 
t. 380; Nuttall, Sylva, vol. i. p. 11, t. 5; DC. Prodr. vol. xvi. pars ii. p. 82; 
Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. vol. iii. p. 231; Engelmann in Trans. St. 
Louis Acad. vol. iii. p. 880;. Brewer & Watson, Bot. Caltf. vol. ii. p. 995 
Kellogg, Forest Trees Calif. p. 69; Sargent, Rep. Forests N. Amer. p. 155; 
Greene, Ill. West Amer. Oaks, p. 41, t. 283; Mayr, Wald. Nordamer. 
. 263, tt. 2&5; Garden ¢ Forest, vol. v. p. 517, fig. 89; Sargent, Silva 
_N. Amer. vol. viii. p. 183, t. 488 ; Elwes ¢ Henry, Trees of Great Brit. & 
Ireland, vol. v. p. 1331; species americana sectionis Pasaniae unica, 
amentis erectis vel adscendentibus densifloris interdum androgynis, antheris 
minimis, cupula breviter poculiforme squamis longis linearibus patentibus 
vel recurvis tecta. 
Arbor saepe 15-25 m. alta interdum ad 30 m. alta, trunco ad 1 m. raro ad 
1:75 m. diametro ; rami adscendentes vel patentes, ramulis primo fulvo- 
tomentosis demum atrobrunneis et glaucescentibus. Folia sempervirentia, 
oblonga, oblongo-obovata vel late lanceolata, apice acuta, subacuta vel 
breviter acuminata, interdum rotundata, basi plus minusve rotundata, . 
interdum cuneata, raro leviter cordata, serrata vel serrulata, interdum 
repanda vel integerrima, 5-12 cm. longa, 2-7 cm. lata, coriacea, leviter 
rugosa, margine incrassata et revoluta, primo dense fulvo-stellato-tomentosa, 
maturitate supra glabra et nitida vel parce stellato-tomentosa, demum 
utrinque glabrescentia, infra interdum glaucescentia, costa et nervis 
peng infra prominentibus; petiolus crassus, tomentosus, 0°5-1°8 cm. 
ongus ; stipulae oblongo-obovatae vel lineari-lanceolatae, brunneae, scario- 
sae, pilosae. Amenta ex axillis foliorum hornotinorum orta, erecta vel 
adscendentia, densiflora, tomentosa, omnino mascula vel superiora basi flores 
femineos paucos gerentia, 5-10 cm. longa. Flores masculi in fasciculis 
3-floris aggregati, ex axillis bractearum ovatarum orti. Perianthiwm 
tomentosum, 5-6-lobatum ; lobi ovato-elliptici vel subtriangulares, obtusi — 
vel subacuti. Stamina saepe 10-12; filamenta gracillima, perianthio 
multo longiora; antherae subglobosae, minimae. Ovarit rudimentum 
yilosum. Flores feminei solitarii, in axillis bractearum acutarum. Peri- 
cntvium 6-lobatum, lobis rotundatis. Stamina 6, antheris sterilibus. 
Sty 8, raro plures, elongati, teretes, leviter recurvi, basi hirsuti. 
Fructus solitarii vel 2-8. Pedunculus crassus, tomentosus, ad 2°5 cm. 
longus. Cupula breviter poculiformis, 1°5-2 cm. lata, intus dense rufo- 
velutina, extra squamis longis linearibus patentibus vel recurvis sericeis 
tecta. Glans subovoidea vel subglobosa, apice acuta vel rotundata, basi 
lata, 2-3 cm. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, dense flavo-tomentosa, demum 
glabra; pericarpium lignosum, crassum.—Q. echinacea, Torrey, Pacific 
R. RB. Rep. vol. iy. pt. 1, p. 187, t.14. Pasania densiflora, Orsted, Vidensk. 
_ Medd. Kjébenh. 1866, p. 83; Sargent, Trees N. Amer. p. 225, fig. 185; 
_ Jepson, Fl. Calif. 362, et Silva Calif. p. 235, tt. 7 & 73.—S. A. SKAN. 
