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CUPULIFER-S. (OAK FAMILY.) 



FiCt. 



the upper lutear-suhdafe, erect or spreading-reflexed^ and coniorted — 

 Spring — Woods ; lower and middle to subalpine regions — ISIany kinds 

 of galls grow on this species. 



Var. pseudocerris, Boiss. Leaves more or less pinnatisect or 

 parted into linear, entire, or 3-5-lobuled lobes; scales of cupiile some- 

 what thicker, convex at outer face — Mt. Cassius. 



6. Q. Elirenbergii, Ky. 5 A medium sized tree. Leaves mem- 

 branous, petioled, tomentellous on each face with stellate hairs, short- 

 ovate in outline, pinnatisect or -partite into unequal, oblong, usually 

 acute and apiculate lobes, which are entire or dentate toward tip. 

 Acorns large, solitary, subsessile ; scales of cupule loosely imbricated, 

 tomentellous, all erect and short, the lower and intermediate ovate to 

 Oblong, acute or apiculate, the uppermost linear, scarcely longer than 

 the others ; nut once and a half as long as cupule — Middle zone of 

 Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



y. Q. iXlgilops, L. 5 Valo- 

 nia Oak. 5 to 15; trunk stout; 

 comus spherical. Leaves some- 

 what leathery, late in falling, 

 petioled, glabrescent and glossy 

 at upper surface, tomentellous- 

 canescent at lower, rounded- 

 truncate to cordate at base, ovate 

 to oblong, unequally coarse- 

 serrate, teeth acuminate or 

 mucronate. Acorns solitary or 

 2-3 in a cluster, sessile ; cupule 

 globular, .02 to .04 in diameter, 

 scales thick, tomentellous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, the upper or all 

 elongated, spreading-recurved , 

 the nut 2-3 times as long as 

 cupule — Common to middle 

 mountain zones. The cupules of 

 this species are largely used in 

 tanning, and form an important article of commerce. 



Var. Itlial>iiren!!il§, Boiss. Leaves Iroad-omte, teeth shorter 

 than in type. All the scales recurved — Galilee ; Gilead ; Banias ; 

 Amanus. 



Var. Pyranii, Boiss. Later leaves more or less deeply lobed to 

 lyrate, the terminal lobe broader, rounded, cordate at base. Lower 

 scales of cupule ovate, erect, the upper linear-lanceolate, recurved — 

 Mouth of the Pyramus. 



8. Q._ LiOOk, Ky. 3 A medium sized tree or shrub. Leaves 

 short - petioled, rigid, wavy, stellate - puberulent at under surface, 

 coarsely crenate-dentate, teeth mucronate. Acorns short-ped uncled, 

 solitary or twin ; cupule somewhat top-shaped, scales tomentellous, the 

 lowest ovate, somewhat appressed, the intermediate ovate-lanceolate, 

 inHexed at tij), the upper elongated, linear, hooked-reflexed — Spring 

 — Flanks of Hermon near Rasheya; Wadi-eMIarir; Hauran; Wadi 

 Ibrisah (Lebanon) ; Amanus. 



Acorn of Quercus ^gilops. 



