89 niveerite 
_ Habitat. Levant. 
Quality. Galls excessively astringent. 
Uses. Hemorrhages, old diarrhceas, antidote to poisons, gargles, gleet, leucorrhoea ; in 
the preparation of ink. 
3. Q. Gramuntia Linneus.—(BELOTE 
Oak.) Fig. 134. 
Leaves evergreen, hard, round, spiny- 
toothed, hoary beneath. 
Habitat. Spain. 
Uses. Acorns sweet, eatable, 
used as food in Spain 
under the name of Belotes. 
4, Q. pedunculata Willde- 
now. — (LONG-STALK- 
ED Oak.) Fig. 133, 
Leaves deciduous, obo- 
vate-oblong, sinuated, 
short-stalked; acorns 
long-stalked. 
Habitat. North of Europe. 
Quality. Bark very astringent, 
tonic ; abounds in tannin. 
Uses. Decoction in gargles ; 
a wash in ulcers; an 
injection in leucor- 
rhoea, &¢,; an astrin- 
gent in diarrhoeas ; 
a poultice in mortifi- 
cation. Timber in- 
valuable. 
-133.—Q. pedunculata in flower and fruit ; 134, Leaf of Q. Gramuntia ; 135. Q. sessliflo 
