738 CUPULIFEK^. (OAK FAMILY.) 



3 Q. Ilex. 



* * Styles linear, siibidute at tij). Fruit tal-iiuj tioo years to mature. 

 t Leaves ever(ireen. lasting for several years. 



4 Q. coccifera. 



t t Leaves Jailing from late autumn to early spring. 



5 Q. CeiTris, 6 Ehrenbergii, 7 zEgUops, 8 Look, 9 Libani. 



Fig. 334. 



(a) A cluster of sterile catkins. (5) A single starainate flower enlarged, (c) Trans- 

 verse secti' ii' of tlie Scelled ovary, each cell containing 2 ovules, {d) A young seed with its 

 abortive fellow attached to its base, (e) An acorn, showing the nut and its cupule. (/) 

 Longitudinal section of the nut, showing the cotyledons and superior embryo. 



1. Q. sc§siIiflora, Sn. 5^ tall tree. Leaves petioled, truncate 

 to curbeate at base, obovate-oblong, .1 or more long, glabrous or glab- 

 rescent, more or less deeply sinuate-pinnatilobed, ^lie lobes muticous. 

 Peduncles scarcely as long as petioles or almost ; scales of cupule 

 tomentellous, ending in a short, triangular, appressed appendage, or 

 short-lanceolate, obtuse — Spring. 



Var. Ccclrorwm. A.D.C. Leaves oblong, often more dceply 

 pinnatitid — Lebanon above Cedars. 



Var. piiiiiatifida, Boiss. Leaves i^innatifid beyond middle or 

 near to rachis — Danniyeh (Lebanon). 



2. €1. L.ii§itaiiica, Lam. 5 MelhV. BaUut. 5 to 10. Leaves 

 lasting late into winter but falling before the new twigs are developed, 

 somewhat leathery, petioled, .05 to .2 long, rounded or truncate at 

 base, elliptical to oblong or ovate- oblong or sometimes sublauceolate. 



