no 



CUPULIFEEJ5. (OAK FAMILY.) 



the upper Itnear-sulidate, erect or spreacling-reflexed, cmd contorted — 

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

 of galls grow on this species. 



Var. pscucloccrris, Boiss. Leaves more or less pinuatisect or 

 parted into linear, entire, or o-5-lobuled lobes; scales of cupule some- 

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



6. Q. Elirenberg^ii, Ky. 5 -^ 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 Antilebanou. 



^. q. iSgilops, L. 5 Valo- Fig. 335. 



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. Itliaburensi§, Boiss. IuQ^nq^ Irocid-ovate, teeth shorter 



Acorn of Quercus ^gilops. 



than in type 

 Amanus. 



All the scales recurved — Galilee ; Gilead; Banias: 



Var. Pj-ranii, 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 — 

 Moutli of the Pyramus. 



8, q. Look, Ky. 5 A medium sized tree or shrub. Leaves 

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

 coarsely crenate-dentate, teeth mucronate. Acorns short-peduncled, 

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

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

 inUexed at tip, the upper elongated, linear, hooked-rcflexed — Spring 

 — Flunks of Hermon near Basheya; Wadi-el-Harir; Ilauran; Wadi 

 Ibrisah (Lebanon) ; Amanus. 



