 s MONORCTA. Rot EASE EA: oe, , 
white, lanuginous, not scipeniaets the dentures few? 
sometimes partly absolete or like mere crenatures, the 
_ breadth two thirds of the length; peduncle filiform, 2 or 
“3 inches long, about 4-flowered, 1 to 3-fruited? _ Perhaps 
rhe 3 Jiliformis of Mubl. Catal. p. 87. but of which there is no 
__ specimen in his herbarium. 
30. montana. (Rock Chesnut Oak.) 81. Castanea. (Yel- 
low Oak.) Scarcely distinct from -Q. Prinus. 32. Chin- 
_ quapin. _(Chinquapin, or Dwarf Chesnut Oak.) 
Of this very useful genus, containing about 80 species, 
there are 15 indigenous to the coast of the Gulph or to the 
‘ empire’of Mexico, about 28 spread through Europe, Bar- 
ry 2 oper, Weta of these the most important and thost 
i the world are Q. Robur, and Q. peduncu- 
tata, (The Siaiacon British Oak); a enerable for its 
majesty and longevity, independent o1 igh destinies of 
its economy.—Japan also produces 6 species of Quercus; 
the whole southern hemisphere affords but a solitary ano- 
malous species, (@. molxcca) indigenous to the islands of 
Celebes and Formosa, near the coast of India. 
AN Miasc. Ament iimbricated. Calix the scales of 
Stamina 8. Fem. Calix 2-parted, la- 
_ Styles 2. Nut hoes inclosed by the 
nt calix. 
5 or shrubs; leaves pnabdisks ovate Ot cordate; 
female buds axillary. 
americana. 2. rostrata. A ropa 
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