1948 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III- 



peduncle. Calyx 5 — 8-parted. Ovary globose. Style very short. Stigmas 3 — 4, spreading and 

 recurved. A native of New Spain, between Venta de Ataguisocla and Mojoncra, on the road from 

 Acapuico to Mexico. Nee states that it is considered one of thi* largest oaks in NewSpain ; and that 

 it has a dense head of innumerable branches. The acorns are s arcely bigger than a pea, and nearly 

 covered by the cup, which is clothed with blackish scales. (Aiv, as quotci in Itecs's Ct/ct.) Hum- 

 boldt calls it one of the most majestic trees of New Spain ; and it i.-^ as remarkable for the 

 beauty and singularity of its leaves, as it is for the grandeur and nobleness of its general appearance. 



Q. elliptica Willd., No. 14., Nee in Anal. Cien. Nat, 3. p. 278., Fisch. Misc. jHisp., 1. p. 117., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 154., Smith in Kees's Cycl., No. IC. Leaves ellip'cal, entire, coriaceous, nearly 

 sessile; rounded at each end; roughish beneath. [IVilld.) Gather d by Louis Nee, but without 

 flowers or fruit, in the kingdom of Mexico, by the road from Ixmiquilpan to Cimapan, as well as 

 between Tixtala and the river Azul. The trunk is thick, 12 ft. high, with a grey bark. Branches 

 horizontal ; the smaller shoots erect ; all very leafy. Leaves 3 in. long, and 1 in. broad ; slightly revo. 

 lute ; smooth above, roughish and veiny beneath ; the veins forked. Footstalks thick, and very short. 

 (AVc, as quoted in Itccs's Cycl.) Humboldt considers this species as allied to his Q. spicita (p. 1945.) 

 and O. ambfgua (p. 1947.) ; but dirtbring from both principally in tlie leaves. 



Q. niucroiiata Willd., No. 34., N. l)u Ham., 7. p. 1G2., Smith in Kees's Cycl, No. 41 ; Q. Castanea 

 Kee in Anal. Cien. Kat., 3. p. 276., Fisc/i. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 114. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, with 

 pointed awned serratures ; polished above, downy beneath; heart-shaped at the base. (Willd.) 

 Found by Louis Nee, without flowers or fruit, in New Spain, between Ixrniquilpan and Cimapan. 

 This tree is 12 ft. high, with a straight trunk, covered with a brittle dark-coloured bark. Branches 

 erect, alternate, smooth, much subdivided. Leaves 3 in. long, and 1 in. broad, acute ; abrupt and 

 heart-shaped at the base ; their serratures awned ; the upper surface green and smooth, the under 

 clothed with fine yellow down. Footstalks 2 lines long. Stipules none. (See, as quoted in hees's Ci/cl.) 



(J. tomenthsa Willd., No. 35., N. Du Ham., 7. p. 163., Smith in Kees's C>cl., No. 42 ; fi pedunculiris 

 Nee \n Anal. Cien. Sat., 3. p. 270., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. Iu6. Leaves oblong-ovate, with tooth-like 

 notches; densely downy beneath. Fruit racemose. Nut globose, nearly covered by the calyx. {Willd.) 

 Native of New Spain, in the road from Mexico to Acapuico, beyond the river Mescala. A tree, 20 ft. 

 high, with an upright trunk, and grey brittle bark. Branches numerous, alternate, clothed with 

 dense reddish wool. Leaves 5 in. long, hardly 2 in. wide, crowded ; obtuse at the base ; pointed at 

 the end ; bordered with tooth-like notches ; green and smoothish above, downy with prominent 

 veins beneath. Footstalks downy, very short. Female flowers on an axillary solitary stalk, 3 in. 

 or 4 in. long. Acorns but little bigger than peppercorns, each almost concealed in its scaly, downy, 

 reddish cup. {Nee.) 



Q. ciicinata Witid., No. 36., Nee in An. Cien. Nat., 3. p. 272., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 109., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 163., Smith in Kees's Cycl, No. 43. Leaves ovate, crenate, undulated ; acute 

 at each end ; downy beneath. Nut scarcely larger than the calyx. {Willd.) Native of New Spain, 

 between Tintala and Chilpancingo. A tree, 20 ft. or 2,5 ft. high. Trunk erect. Bark brittle, ash- 

 coloured. Branches horizontal ; the young ones erect, furrowed, villous. Leaves alternate, from 

 5 in. to 7 in. long, and 3 in. broad ; green and shining above ; more or less downy, and flesh- 

 coloured or reddish brown, beneath; their edges turned towards the point of the leaf. Fruit sup- 

 ported bya very short common stalk. Calyx hemispherical, the size of chick peas (Cicer arietlnumj ; 

 its scales acute at the point. Nut but little larger than the calyx. Plukenet's t. 53. f. 4. in some 

 measure resembles the species before us ; but is said to have a large fruit, and is quoted by authors 

 as (i. /'rinus. {Nee, as quoted in liees's Cycl.) 



y. spUndens Willd. No. 37., Nee in An. Cien. Nat., 3. p. 275., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 113., N. 

 Du Ham., 7. p. 164., Kees's Cycl, No. 44. Leaves oblong.ovate, bluntly toothed ; slightly dov.ny above ; 

 densely silky beneath. {Willd.) Native of New Spain, near Taxala. Trunk erect, much branched, 

 15 ft. high. Branches partly horizontal, partly erect, clothed with red shining down. Leaves 

 scattered, crowded, 3 in. long. 1 in. broad; green, with a thin downy coat, above ; thickly clothed 

 bene.ith with shining pubescence, the midrib only being prominent ; the edges bluntly and unequally 

 tootl)ed. Footstalks very short, with an awl-shaped villous stipule at each side. Flowers and fruit not 

 observed. {Nee, as quoted in Hees's Cycl.) 



Q. rugdsa Willd., No- 38., Nee in An. Cien. Nat, 3. ]>. 275., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., N. Du Ham., 7. 

 p. 164., Kees's Cycl, No. 45. Leaves ovate. oblong, coriaceous, rugose ; toothed towards the end; 

 heart-shaped at the b.ise ; downy and rusty beneath. ( Willd.) Native of the woods of Huifquilica and 

 Ociula, in the way from Mexico to Santo Christo dc Chalma. A middle-sized tree, having numerous, 

 alternate, round, grey branches, rough with minute prominent points. Leaves 3 in. in length, hardly 

 Sin. in bre.adth ; thick and coriaceous; rugged, green, and shining on the upper side; brown and 

 downy at the back ; heart-shaped at the base; the margin toothed from the middle to the extremity. 

 Footstalks 2 lines long, thickened at their base. Female flowers in scaly axillary clusters. {Ncc, as 

 quoted in Kees's Cycl.) 



O. macrop/iylla Willd., No. 39., Nee in An. Cien., Nat., 3. p. 274. Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 111., 

 N. Du Ham., 7 p. 164,, Kees's Cycl, No. 46. Leaves obovate, crenate; tapering and heart-shaped at 

 the base ; downy beneath. Fruit spiked. ( Willd.) Found by Louis Nee in the districts of Chilpan. 

 cingo and LaCurva, and on the mountain of Quirapon, in NewSpain. This is a tree, 30 ft. high, with 

 an upright trunk, and dense head. The principal branches are horizontal ; the rest ujjright, furrowe<l 

 when young. Leaves 1 ft. long, and 7 in. or 8 in. broad ; rounded at the end, gr.idually tapering 

 down to the cmarginate, or heart-shaped, base, where they measure only 4 lines across; their upper 

 surface green and shining; the under yellowish, clothed with very minute down ; the margin crenate 

 and wavy. Footstalks very short and thick. l<'cmale flowers sessile on a common stalk, and encom- 

 passed with downy bracteas. {Ncc, as quoted in Hees's Ci/cl.) 



Q. diversifilia Willd., No. 21., Nee in An.de las Cien. Nat, 3. p. 270., N. Du Ham., 7. p. 155., Kees's 

 C>cl., No. 28., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 2. p. 1()7. Leaves ovate, undivide<l or deeply toothed ; yellow and 

 downy beneath. Fruit spiked, globose. (Sniitli.) Found by Louis Nee between the villages of Chalma 

 and Santa Kosa, in New Spain. A shrub, from 10 ft. to 14 ft. high ; its trunk seldom straight ; the 

 bark cracked, dark-coloured ; the branches alternate. Leaves l^in. long and undivided or2iin., and 

 deeply toothed; smooth and shining above; downy and dull yellow beneath. Footstalks hardly a 

 line in length. Stipules oblong, reddish, membranous, contracted at the base, deciduous. Acorns 4 

 or 5, sessile, on a thread-shaped axillary stalk, 2 in. long. Cup the size and sh.ipe of a pea, covered 

 with scales. Nuts scarcely |)rojecting above a line beyond the cup. {Nee.) 



y. C(in(/ica;M Willd., No. .58., Nee in An. de las Cien. Nat., 3. p. 277., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., l.p. 115., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 173., Smith in Kees's Cycl, No. 6.5. Leaves ovate, sinuated ; white and downy 

 beneath ; lobes toothed, bristle-pointed. {Willd.) Native of New Spain, in sandy ground near Tixtala. 

 A tree of middling size, with a dense head of upright branches. I^caves 9 in. long, 4 in. wide ; tapering 

 at each end, sinuated, with bristle-pointed teeth; green and smooth above; white and downy 

 underneath. Footstalks 4 lines in length. I'lowcrs and fruit not observed. {Nee, as quoted in 

 Jtff.i's Cycl.) 



