CHAP. CV. 



coryla'ceje. que'rcus. 



1899 



B. Leaves evergreen. 

 § viii. Vlex. Holmy or Holly, Oaks. 



a. Natives of Europe. 



Sect. Char. Leaves ovate or oval, sometimes lanceolate, entire or serrated ; 

 with or without prickly mucros; downy beneath. Bark smooth and black, 

 or rough and corky. Fructification biennial. Cups imbricate. Nut ovate, 

 acuminate ; sometimes very long in proportion to the cup. Low trees, or 

 shrubs, of" great commercial interest, from including the oaks which produce 

 cork, the kermes insect, and edible acorns. 



1 29. Q. Plex L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1412. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4 p. 433. j Ait Hort. Kew., 5. p. 289. ; N. Du 



Ham., 7. p. 156. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 32. 

 Synonjfmes. /"lex arb6rea Bauh. Hist., 1. p. 95. ; I'Yeuse, or Chfene vert, Fr. ; Stein Eiche, Ger. ; 



Elice, Ital. ; Encina, Span. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t 186.; N. Du Ham., t 43, 44.; Dend. Brit, t. 90.; our ^^. 1781.; 



and the plates of the tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., t^c. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 

 hoary beneath. Bark even. Nut ovate. ( Willd. and Smith.) A large shrub, 

 or low or middle-sized tree, according to soil and situation ; a native of' 

 the south of Europe, the north of Africa, and of Cochin-China, and other 

 parts of Asia ; in cultivation in British gardens from a very remote period ; 

 flowering in May, and ripening its acorns the second year. 

 Varieties. These are very numerous, and 

 frequently very distinct ; and, as in the 

 case of every species of oak, they might 

 be greatly increased by selecting from 

 beds of seedling plants. 



1 Q. L 1 integrifblia Lodd. Cat., ed. 

 1836; 5'milax Dalech., Bauh. 

 Hist., I. p. 101.; iS'iiber secun- 

 dus Matth. Valgr., i. p. 188., as 

 to the figure ; has the leaves 

 lanceolate, entire. 

 I Q. L 2 serratifdlia Lodd. Cat., 

 ed. 1836 ; /'lex Matth. Valgr., 

 i. p. 186., Du Ham. Arb., i. t. 

 123., and our 7%. 1778.; has the 

 leaves lanceolate, serrated. 

 I * Q. L 3 fagifdlia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1830 ; Ph^llodrys Matth. Valgr., 

 i. p. 189., as to the figure; P\e\, ^o. 3., Du Hayn,, ^^^ ^ 

 Arb.,i. t. 224., and our^g. 1779. ; has broader and 

 less rigid leaves, which are more or less undulated, 

 and sometimes slightly serrated. fe^' 



I sfc Q. L 4 crtspa Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the leaves \ 



wrinkled at the edges, 

 i M Q. I. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Q. /. obl6nga ^i . 

 Hort.; and our 7%. 1780. ; has broad leaves, nearly 

 entire. There is a magnificent specimen of this 

 variety at Pm*ser's Cross, some of the leaves of 

 which, on the lower part of the tree, are upwards 

 of b in. long, and nearly 3 in. broad. The leaves 

 of Q. /./agifolia often attain nearly the same size ; 

 but they differ in being undulated, and sometimes slightly serrated at 

 the edges. 





