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to whom I have given a portion, or by some other observer. 

 At a temperature much below that of boiUng 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 grosse inciso-deutatis undulatis utrinque uitidis 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- 



lit^r toaientosis, foliis cordatis ovatis aristato-dentatis acutis super stel- 

 lato-pubescentibus ciuereisque. 



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. 



WISTARI4 (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. / 



