THE 



WOODLAND COMPANION. 



THE OAK. 



QUERCUS ROBUR. PL i, 



* Fruftifcation. Barren flowers in a loofe 

 catkin, each confifting of a bundle of 

 chives, from 5 to 10 in the fame cup* 

 Fertile flowers in a bud on the fame tree, 

 each having an oval feed-bud, which 

 becomes an acorn. 



Specific clarafter. Leaves deciduous, ob- 

 long, broaden: towards the end, with 

 fliarp indentations and rather blunt 

 angles. 



THE oak ftands at the head of Britifh tim- 

 ber-trees, as well on account of its utility, 



as 



* In this, and all the future inftances, thefruflifoa- 



tlon it dcfcriptire of tttfe genus, or family, of the tree 



B treated 



