1730 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



be rciulcrcd complete. After iliily considering all the materials of wliich we 

 have been able to avail ourselves, we have thought it best to throw into 

 grou[)s those species which we have seen in a living state in the neighbourhood 

 of London or elsewhere ; and to place the remainder in Appendixes, ac- 

 cording to their native countries. In characterising our groups, we have 

 followed Scopoli and Michaux, in paying particular attention to the fructifi- 

 cation and the bark, as well as to the leaves; and, with regard to the latter, 

 noticing not only their form, but, in the decitluous kinds, the colours which 

 they assume in autumn before dropping ott^ because we find this a very con- 

 stant character. Our groups are the following : — 



A. Leaves deciduous. 

 a. I^alivcs of Europe. 



fi i, iJo^nim. British Oaks. Leaves lobed and sinuatcd; dying off of a 



yellowish or russet brown. Bark rough. Buds ovate. Fructification annual. 



Cups imbricate. 

 ^ ii. Ce'rris. Turlcij OaJis. Leaves lobed and sinuatcd, or dentatcd ; in 



some varieties subevergreen ; always dying off a dij-ty white. Bark rough. 



Buds furnished with linear stipules. Frnctification biennial. Cups echi- 



nate, ranicntaceous, or scaly-squarrose. 



b. Natives of North America. 



§ iii. A'lbje. White Oaks. Leaves lobed and smuated ; dying off more or 

 less shaded with a violet colour. Biirk white, and scaling ofl'in thin lamina;. 

 Fructification annual. Cup imbricate, or echinate. Nut oblong, generally 

 large. 



^ iv. Primus. Chestnut Oa/is. Leaves dentate ; d^ing off of a dirty white, 

 or of a rich yellowish orange. Bark white, rough, and scaling off. Fructifi- 

 cation annual. Cup imbricate. Nut ovate, rather large. 



§ v. Ru^BRiE. Bed Oaks. Leaves lobed, sinuatcd, and deeply cut, mucro- 

 nated ; dying off of a deep red, scarlet, or purple. Bark blackish ; smooth or 

 furrowed, but never scaly. Fructification biennial. Nut ovate, and with a 

 persistent style. Cup imbricate, large in proportion to the nut. 



§ vi. Ni^GR.E. Black Oaks. Leaves obtusely and very slightly lobed ; with 

 mucros, which generally drop off when the leaves have attained their full 

 size; leaves dying off of a blackish green, or very dark purplish red, and 

 in America frequently persistent. Bark quite black, smooth, or furrowed ; 

 but never scaly. Fructification biennial. Cup imbricate. Nut with a per- 

 sistent style, and sometimes marked with dark lines. 



§ vii. Phe'llos. Willow Oaks. Leaves quite entire ; dying off without 

 much change of colour ; but in America sometimes persisting during two 

 or three years. Young shoots straight and wand-like. Bark very smooth, 

 black, and never cracked. Fructification biennial. Cup imbricate and 

 shallow. Nut roundish and very small. 



B. Leaves evergreen, 

 a. Natives of Europe. 



^ viii. Plf.x. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. Leaves ovate or oval, entire or ser- 

 rated, with or without prickly nuicros. Bark smooth antl black, or rough 

 and corky. Fructification biennial. Cuj) imbricate. Nut ovate, acuminate ; 

 sometimes very long in proportion to the cup. 



b. Natives of North America. 

 § ix. Vire'ntes, Z/ire Oa/r*. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; dentate and variously 

 cut when young, but on full-grown trees quite entire. Bark smooth, black. 

 Fructification biennial. Cup imbricate. Nut long. 



c. Natives of Nepal. 

 § X. L.vNA^T.E. Woolli/-leaved Oaks. Leaves oval, oblong, or lanceolate; 

 serrated or dentate; woolly beneath. 



