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t, 25, and a fi^re of Queen Charlotte's Oak will be found on p. 26. See 

 Amoen. Querc. fol. x. 



Among other celebrated Oaks of the county may be mentioned Pope's Oak 

 in Binfield Wood. A very fine tree stands in Radley Park, near the well- 

 known College. 



Remains of the Oak are found in the Peat Beds of Newbury. The 

 prevalence of tlie tree in the county is evidenced by the name 

 Oakingliam, now Wokingham. 



Quercus Robur is found in all the bordering counties. 



Var. SESsiLiFLORA (Salisb. Prod. 392, as a species'. Durmast Oak. 

 Q. sessilis, Erhh. Arb. n. 87, et Beitr. v. 161. Q.foemina, Miller, Gard. 

 Diet. ed. 8, 176 (1768). Q. Robur, y&r. femina. 

 Top. Bot. 369. Syme, E. B. viii. 157, t. 1289. Nyman, 660. Fl. Oxf. 267. 

 Denizen. Coppices, plantations. Rare. Tree. April-July. 

 First record. Quercus latifolia mas, quae brevi pediculo est, C. B. Pin. 419. 

 In Bagley Wood and divers other places about Oxford. Folia 

 huic obscurius viridia et minus profunde sinuata quam vulgari, 

 Tinde a vulgo circa Newberry oppidum The Baij Oak, id est Lauro- 

 quercus, dicitur, Mr. J. Bobart in Ray, Syn. ed. 2, 286, 1696. 

 1. Isis. Wytham. 2, Ock. Bagley Wood, Bobart. 3. Pang. 



Sulham. 4. Kennet. About Newbury, Bobart. I never saw 



more than one tree (about Newbury), and that had been planted 

 as a curiosity, Bicheyio in Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. In a copse at 

 Kintbury, Gotobecl in Bot. Guide, 1805. Mortimer, Tvfnail. 

 Aldermaston. 

 This variety with sessile acorns has been recorded for Oxfordshire 

 fas a planted tree), Surrey, and Hampshire. 



CASTANEA, Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768). (Toumefort, Inst. t. 584.) 



*C. sATivA, Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. 8, n. i (1768). Sweet Chestnut. 



C. Castanea, Karst. C. vesca, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 181. Fagus Castanea, Linn. 



Sp. PI. 997 (1753). 

 Comp. Cyb. Br. 560. Syme, E. B. viii. 159, t. 1290. Nyman, 660. Fl. Oxf. 266. 

 Denizen. Plantations, woods, parks, &c. Local. Tree. May. 

 First record. Near the Great House, Langley, Mr. J. Lousley in Russell's 



Cat. 1839. 



1. Isis. Wytham woods. 



2. Ock. Wittenham Wood. 



3. Pang. Near the Great House, Langley, Hampstead Norris, Lousley. 



Sulham, Tufnail. 



4. Kennet. In the lane betwixt Newbury and Hungerford, Britt. Contr. 



Mortimer, frequent as undergrowth, Tufnail. Aldermaston. Hamp- 

 stead Marshall. Brimpton. 



5. Loddon. Everywhere about Wellington Coll., List. Bisham Wood. 



Quarry Wood. Bowsey Hill. Sandhurst. 

 Castanea is recorded for all the bordering counties. It is a doubtful native 

 of Britain. Its claims to being considered indigenous are discussed in 

 a paper in Philosophical Transactions, vol. Hx. 23, and in Journ. Bot. (1885) 254. 



