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** Leaves obovate? with three to five lobes. 



7. Quercus ntarylandica, Muenchhausen. United States. Seep. 1236. 



Branchlets at first stellate-pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves with dense 

 bands of stellate pubescence along the sides of the midrib and nerves, 5 to 7 

 in. long and wide ; stalk not exceeding \ in. 



8. Quercus ilicifolia, Wangenheim. United States. See p. 1238. 



Branchlets pubescent. Leaves densely white or grey tomentose beneath, 

 3 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petiole \ in. long. 



9. Quercus cuneata, Wangenheim. United States. Seep. 1237. 



Branchlets pubescent. Leaves either (a) cuneate at the base and three-lobed 

 above ; or (b) oblong obovate, five- to seven-lobed, cuneate or rounded at the base ; 

 densely grey tomentose beneath ; 5 to 7 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide ; petiole f to 



1 in. long. 



10. Quercus Catesbcei; Michaux. United States. Not now in cultivation in 



England. 

 Branchlets glabrescent. Leaves (Plate 333, Fig. 1) divided into three to 

 five long narrow lobes ; lower surface glabrous, except for dense pubescence in 

 the axils and on the main nerves ; stalk j to in. long. 



* * * Leaves oval, with seven to nine large lobes, usually toothed. 



(a) Leaves densely tomentose beneath. 



ioa. Quercus cuneata, Wangenheim. See No. 9, the five- to seven-lobed form. 



11. Quercus pagodafolia, Ashe. United States. See p. 1237, note 2. 



Not yet introduced. Leaves similar to the five- to seven-lobed form of 

 Q. cuneata, but covered beneath with a silvery white tomentum ; stalk 1^ to 



2 in. long. 



(b) Leaves, with scattered stellate pubescence over the whole of the lower surface. 



12. Quercus velutina, Lamarck. United States. Seep. 1239. 



Branchlets with scattered stellate pubescence. Leaves shining dark green 

 above ; lower surface with rusty pubescent axil-tufts ; 5 to 9 in. long, 4 to 5 

 in. wide ; stalk 1 to 3 in. long. 



13. Quercus Kelloggii, Newberry. California, Oregon. See p. 1241. 



Branchlets glabrescent. Leaves without axil-tufts beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 

 2 to 4 in. broad ; stalk 1 in. long. 



(c) Leaves glabrous beneath, except for tufts of pubescence in the axils. 



Branchlets glabrous. 



14. Quercus rubra, Linnaeus. North America. Seep. 1242. 



Leaves with axil-tufts inconspicuous or absent, dull green beneath, turning 

 dull red or reddish brown in autumn, 5 to 8 in. long, 4 to 6 in. broad. Buds 

 \ in. long, reddish, pubescent only at the tip. 



15. Quercus coccinea, Muenchhausen. North America. Seep. 1247. 



Leaves with axil-tufts inconspicuous or absent, shining green on both 



1 Quercus nigra (See No. 6), in the form with obovate leaves, would be found here. 



