CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CEZ. QUE/RCUS. 1925 
¥ 42. Q. Fonrane‘st Guss. Desfontaine’s Oak. 
Identification, A dried specimen, named by Gusson himself, in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Synonyme. @. pseido-coccifera of Catros of Bordeaux, and of the Hort, Soc. Garden, in May 2837, 
Engraving. Our fig. 1813. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval; obtusely sinuated, and bluntly dentate; 
downy beneath. Fruit on peduncles. This oak was received from M, 
Catros of Bordeaux, under the name of Q. pseudo- 
coccifera, but it does not at all agree with the de- 
scription given of that species in the Nouveau Du 
Hamel, where it is said to be evergreen, with leaves 
resembling those of Q. coccifera ; while the plant in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden is deciduous. 
Dr. Lindley informs us that it is the Q. Fontanésii 
of Gussone; a native of Calabria, and also found in 
Palestine ; it being identical with a specimen in the 
doctor’s herbarium, named by Gussone himself. 
Gussone considers it as identical with the Q. Psetido- 
Stber of Desfontaines; whichis somewhat singular, as 77 
Desfontaines describes his plant as an evergreen. 
The tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden is 
12 ft. high, and the bark and buds are like those of Q. Cérris. 
2 43. Q. 2? austRaA‘tis Link. The Southern Oak. 
Description. “A noble species of oak,” Captain S. E, Cook observes, 
“is associated with the Q. Stber in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar ; where 
I met with it in ascending through a forest to the left of the common 
route to Cadiz, above Los Barrios. This species,’ he continues, “ which is 
one of the finest of European trees, and Stich has not found its way into 
our nurseries, was pronounced by Dr. Lindley to be the Q. australis of Link, 
The leaf is very large, and . 
ovate [Captain Cook, who 
has seen this account of his 
oak since it was in type, 
says it should be “ obo- 
vate”’], with small inden- 
tures. The acorns might . 
be easily procured, in Oc- <\Syak. 
tober or the beginning of “223 
November, from Gibral- 
tar.” (Sketches, &c., vol. 
ii. p. 249.) The acorns 
were so procured for the 
London Horticultural So- 
ciety, through the influence 
of government, and plants 
were raised from them, in 
1835, in the garden of the 
Society. Fig. 18)4. is a re- 
presentation of part of one 
of these plants of 2 years’ 
growth, taken in March, 
1837. The species appears 
to be adecided evergreen ; 
and we think it is allied 
to Q. sessiliflora. The 
Q. australis of Link, as 
quoted by Sprengel, Syst. 
Veg. Quer., No. 59., which is the Q. hybrida of Brotero, is thus described : 
— Leaves ovate-elliptic, somewhat obtuse, sinuated, toothed, coriaceous ; 
shining aboye, pubescent beneath. Fruit almost sessile. Scales of the cup 
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