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QUERCUS 



Q. VACCINIFOLIA, Kellogg. This is sometimes associated with the above 

 as a variety, but is probably a quite distinct species. It is a shrub up tc 

 4 ft. high, with small, oval, mostly entire leaves, covered beneath with a 

 pale grey scurf. Introduced in 1909, but little is known of its behaviour. 

 Wild on rocky hillsides in Oregon and California. 



QUERCUS COCCIFKBA. 



O. COCCIFERA, LinncEUS. KERMES OAK,. GRAIN TREE. 



An evergreen shrub up to 10 or 12 ft. high, of sturdy, dense, neat habit, 

 sometimes a small tree; young shoots clothed with starry down. Leaves 

 stiff and hard, broadly oval, oblong, or ovate, rounded or heart-shaped at the 

 base, ending in a stiff, sharp spine similar to the three to five with which each 

 margin is armed ; \ to i^ ins. long, half to three-fourths as wide ; dark green 

 above, slightly paler below, shining and smooth on both surfaces ; stalk 

 about \ in. long, downy like the young shoot. Acorns usually solitary on a 

 short stalk about \ in. long in cultivated specimens, and more than half 

 enclosed in the cup, which is covered with reflexed spiny scales. 



