SESSILE OAK 



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from inside, showing the stamens, of which two are also seen separated 

 and viewed from behind and from the front; 6 and 7, pair of female 

 flowers enveloped in their bracts and bracteoles ; 8, a separated female 

 flower; 9, fruits and cupule; 10, fruits; 11, the fruit in section; 12, seeds; 

 13, buds; 14, seedling (Wi). 



Fig. 102. Sessile-flowered Oak, Quercus Eobur, var. sessiliflora. 1, 

 flowering shoot, the ? flowers in the uppermost leaf-axils ; 2, apex of 

 branch with the sessile acorns; 3, a female flower; 4, portion of <? catkin 

 (Wi). 



