EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate CCCLXIL Quercus lobata. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A staminate flowerj enlarged. 



3. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 



4. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



5. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



6. A fruit, natural size. 



7. A cup-scale, enlarged. 



8. Upper surface of a portion of a mature leaf showing 



the stellate pubescence, enlarged. 



9. A winter-bud, enlarged. 



