Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



27. Purple-leaved Birch. (Betula alba, var. atropurpurea.) 



Essentially like our white birch (" Native Trees," 65), but with 

 purple foliage. 



28. Southern Over-cup Oak. (Quercus lyrata.) 



LEAF: 5'-8', simple, alternate, y-g-lobed (lobes triangular, 

 acute, not serrate), obovate-oblong, glossy above, whitish be- 

 neath, crowded at end of branch ; nut globular, almost enclosed 

 in rough globular cup. Southern and Western States. (PI. I.) 



29. Turkey Oak. (Quercus cerris.) 



LEAF : 4'~5', simple, alternate, pinnately lobed, not serrate, 

 long-oblong, broadest in middle, dark green above, hairy when 

 young, short-stemmed ; acorn-cup with long divergent scales. 

 Southern Europe. (PL I.) 



30. English Oak. (Quercus robur.) 



LEAF 4/-6', simple, alternate, lobed (not as deeply as in our 

 white oak, which it resembles, but not as large, nor whitish be- 

 neath), no teeth or bristles. Va.r.pendula with drooping branches. 

 Var. asp lent folia with cut-leaved foliage. (PL I.) 



31. Ginkgo. (Salisburia adianti folia.) 



LEAF : 2', on long stem, simple, alternate, fan-shaped, fern- 

 like, deeply notched at apex, lobes again lobed or wavy-edged, 

 base wedge-shaped ; flowering minute as in yew ; tree of peculiar 

 figure, with few large branches. Japan. (PL III.) 



32. European Holly. (Ilex aquifolium.) 



Much like American species (" Native Trees," 49) ; evergreen, 

 leathery, more glossy, and berries brighter red ; flowers about the 

 same ; tree and shrub. Var. macrophyllum, with large leaves. 



33. Oriental Plane. Sycamore. (Platanus orientalis.) 



LEAF: 3'-$', as in our buttonwood (*' Native Trees." 88), but 

 more cut and becoming smooth, and fruit-heads larger. 



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