738 CUPULIFEEiE. (OAK FAMILY.) 



3 Q. Ilex. 



* * Styles linear, subulate at tip. Fruit taling ttco years to matun 

 t Leaves evergreen, lasting for several years. 



4 Q. coccifcra. 



t t Leaves falling from late autumn to early spring. 



5 Q. CeriTis, G Ehrenbergii, 7 .^gilops, 8 Look, 9 Libani. 



Fig. 334. 



(a) A cluster of sterile catkins, (b) \ single staminate flower enlarged, (c) Trans- 

 verse sect!' n of the 3-celled 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§si9iflora, Sn. 5 -^ t^H ^I'^e. Leaves petioled, truncate 

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

 rescent, more or less deeply sinuate-pinuatilobed, the 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. Cedrorum. A.D.C. Leaves oblong, often more deeply 

 pinnatilid — Lebanon above Cedars. 



Var. piiiiiatificla, Boiss. Leaves pinuatifid beyond middle or 

 near to rachis — Danniyeh (Lebanon). 



2. C^. Liiisitaiiica, Lam. 5 Mellul. Ballut. 5 to 10, Leaves 

 lasting late into winter but falling before the new twigs arc devcloj^ed, 

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

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



