PSEUDO-WOODS 277 
knobs, buttons, balls, and various other small articles of 
turnery. 
For the most part, pseudo-woods, although sometimes 
Fic. 267.—Cork Oak (Quercus Suber, Beech Family, Fagacee). A, fruiting 
branch. B, twig with staminate flower-clusters. C, staminate flower. 
D, pistillate flower. (Redrawn after Schneider.)—Tree growing 15 m. 
tall; bark thick and spongy; leaves whitish, hairy beneath; flowers 
yellowish; fruit brownish. Native home, Southern Europe, and 
Northern Africa. 
locally important, are of comparatively small use and need 
not here be further discussed. 
